ELT World Blog- ELT World TEFL Website of the month: ELT ChatELT Chat With the current big bang-scale increase of the twittersphere, a new type of chat has surfaced for English language professionals. The wonderful #ELTChat is currently being moderated by Twitter TEFL heavyweights @ShellTerrell, @Marisa_C, @englishraven, and @olafelch (although the … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?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 … Continue reading → […]
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Category Archives: Bad English
Fresh herpes!
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it. Hope that if you get herpes, it’s at least fresh (none of that frozen stuff). Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
That’s reassuring!
Nothing like a good bit of turist informashin. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
Italian vanilla mutton chop?
I can’t even hazard a guess as to what this might be, which is why I’m going to have the cold cow in west in special grade picks, which I hear is delicious at this time of year. Click on … Continue reading
The week beats the fish soup?
Mmmm… I think I’ll go for the fresh fruit sand. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
Please don’t touch yourself
Always willing to give a helping hand… Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
The Wade Robins comedy column: ‘Make Your Carrier In Teaching Overseas’
There are many people churning out articles on the web, some for whose English is, quite frankly, not up to the task. The reason for doing this is to basically write on a particular subject and then add links within … Continue reading
They keep us in a job #2
More from the folks who are in need of a little extra schooling. Can you spot the mistakes in each of these signs? [ad#underpost] Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
They keep us in a job #1
The folks who wrote these are in need of a little extra schooling. Can you spot the mistakes in each of these signs? [ad#underpost] Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
