SEE Accredited TEFL Programme Benefits

1. TEFL Certification
2. Cultural Awareness Training
3. Employment: SEE provides on-going job support
4. Visa: Non-immigrant visa assistance.
5. Cost: SEE shares its training facilities with EFL Learning Centre. The cost savings are shared and this enables SEE to offer TEFL Certification at a very competitive cost to trainees.
6. Accommodation: SEE can provide accommodation during the training period in Chiang Mai.
7. Group or friend discount: If a couple or two friends confirm accommodation, only one accommodation fee is required.
8. 24-hour emergency Thai/English helpline.
9. A free grammar reference book - Essential Grammar in Use. Raymond Murphy. Cambridge University Press
10. Survival Thai language instruction.
11. How to… open a bank account, find a dentist, buy western food etc.
12. Collection upon arrival: If requested, a SEE representative will meet participants upon arrival at Chiang Mai airport

The cost of living here
The cost of living in Chiang Mai and Thailand is low compared to western countries, and some costs seem unbelievably low. For example, a heaped plate of delicious Thai food near Chiang Mai University costs 15 baht. A few more examples are listed below (approximately $1 = 32 baht, £1 = 64 baht).

• Apartments with an attached bathroom and balcony 1500-4500 baht per month.
• Motorbike rental from 100 baht per day.
• A shared taxi across town is 10 baht per journey.
• A non-alcoholic dinner for 2 in a riverside restaurant with live music costs from about 250 baht.
• A small bottle of Heineken from about 45 baht.