Archive for the ‘taiwan’ Category

June 3rd, 2008

South Korea to hire unqualified hacks, Taiwan to blame teachers for failures

South Korea: Hagwon Seek to Block Unqualified Foreign Teachers
In a move that makes a frightening amount of sense, the association of foreign language institutes (hagwon) said recently that the government should block the inflow of unqualified native English teachers, making clear its opposition to a policy to increase the number of “questionable instructors.”
The Korea Association […]

March 31st, 2008

Asia Pacific in the Spotlight

I myself have never had the dubious pleasure of teaching English in Asia. For those of you who have, or are, or will, here’s the latest lowdown on TEFL in the Asia Pacific region:
Vietnam: Teaching English: TOEIC Suitable to Vietnam?
Many, ahem, ‘experts’ say that TOEIC (Test of English International Communication) will not be suitable to […]