You might be surprised. Click here to read the thread on the ELT World forums. Note that there is probably a difference between ‘live’ and ’scrape by on a TEFL wage’.
Find out what’s going on in TEFL around Europe with the latest action from the United Kingdom, Ireland and, er, Malta. UK tightens English language test rules for foreign students In a bid by ministers to deter bogus applicants, tens of thousands of international students who want to study in the UK will from this month be [...] […]
What the hell is Data-driven learning? Well, this was a question I was asked recently when I accidentally introduced this confusing piece of metalanguage to my poor students. Basically, it is a form of classroom presentation or activity that has been associated with the lexical syllabus and communicative methodology. Let me try and explain for [...] […]
Get the lowdown on the world of TEFL in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka… Delhi Games put accent on sounding British The Delhi Metro is providing English speaking classes for all its employees in preparation for the Commonwealth Games that the Indian capitol will host this October. With large numbers of foreign tourists expected to [...] […]
Time for a look at the magical world of TEFL in Rwanda, Egypt, Bahrain, the UAE and Pakistan. Rwandan teachers back at school to help country’s anglophone ambitions Although French now ranks as an official language alongside Kinyarwanda and English, the Rwandan government is switching the country’s education system away from French to English. Hence the need […]
Here are a few of the things I’ve been reading over the last month. Enjoy… My first IATEFL conference by Emma Herrod on Ken Wilson’s blog Why texting is good for the English language by Adam Simpson Can someone ever teach someone else how to teach? by Willy Cardoso Becoming a teacher trainer by John Hughes Should TEFLrs have a [...] […]
scraping by is what the Turkey TEFLers are doing.
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