Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed to be only an interview), refused even to pay for my Entry Upon Arrival Visa …
Monthly Archive: December 2010
Dec
27
Dave's ESL Cafe banned in Saudi Arabia?
Fate, it would seem, is not without a sense of irony. So, one wretched hive of scum and villainy bans another wretched hive of scum and villainy. OK, that’s a bit unfair, I don’t know if I should label Saudi Arabia as a hive of both scum and villainy. What has poor old Dave done …
Dec
23
Dec
20
China: Shanghai police crack down on illegal foreign teachers
Recently, the Minhang Police Entry and Exit Administrative Department of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau began renewing efforts to combat the “three illegalities” for foreigners: illegal immigration, illegal residence and illegal employment. It has recently been discovered, notes eChinaCities website, that many illegal language schools are using so-called “knock off” foreign teachers. Read more on …
Dec
19
Sri Lanka takes measures to alleviate its shortage of English teachers
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education has focused on the dearth of English teachers in the country’s schools and taken measures to launch a special programme to train more English teachers. Deputy Minister of Education, notes ColomboPage website, Vijith Wijayamuni Soyza said that the aim of the programme is to eradicate the dearth of English language …
Dec
14
Dec
11
Egypt: Online program connects students across cultural and national borders
Universities around the world are looking for ways to give their students a more international outlook, notes the Chronicle of Higher Education, in order to prepare them for a future that will increasingly involve global problems and partnerships. ‘There is a real opportunity, with the explosion of new and social media, for expansion.’ However, exchange …
Dec
10
United States: Getting teacher assessment right – What policy makers can learn from research
Given the experience to date with an overwhelming focus on student achievement scores as a basis for high-stakes decisions, policymakers would do well to pause and carefully examine the issues that make teacher assessment so complex before implementing an assessment plan. To facilitate such examination, exclaims the grandly-titled National Education Policy Center, this brief reviews …
Dec
07
ELT World TEFL Website of the month: Jason Renshaw's Weblog
English Raven: Jason Renshaw’s Weblog Following on from October’s winner, Kalinago English and last month’s worthy champion Breaking News English, comes one of the best TEFL blogs out there. Attention all English lovers of cricket! Surely there has never been a better time to heckle an Australian TEFLer, even one as fine as the ever …