Thanks to all of you who voted in the poll on the blog and on the forums. Read a write up on this in the June issue of the ELT World Journal.
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In a brave move to escape the clutches of blogspot, the latest news headlines will now be occupying their own blog: ELT World News. I’ll still be putting the headlines up here, but for the latest intrigue in the ever glamorous world of TEFL, you’ll now have to head over to ELT World News to [...]
Here’s the latest lowdown on what’s happening in the World of American TEFL:
Arizona: Language Funding Becomes Law Without Signature
Gov. Janet Napolitano let a bill that allocates an additional $40 million for English instruction become law without her signature Monday, expressing concern that the state still has unfinished business on the matter.
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Colorado: English [...]
M. Le Prof D’Anglais has been ‘inspected‘. Here’s what happened:
“Your English accent is really good” (really?), “the kids obviously respect you” (because you were there and I’m bribing them) “it was a good lesson, you pass” (yyeeessss!!!) “and I’ll raise your teaching grade so you’ll go through the salary scale more quickly” (ker-ching!).
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As those of you unfortunate enough to wade through my blog posts on a farily regular basis may well know, I set up a Wiki devoted to the fine profession of TEFL awhile ago. This appears to be a growing phenomenon, with none less than Jeremy Harmer, the TEFL legend, addressed the issue of [...]
Alex Case has made an impassioned plea to all TEFLers over on the general discussion forum. the person in question has something of a reputation for threatening lawsuits against anyone who dares mention his name, so I’ll let you take a look for yourselves…
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If you’re thinking of teaching English in Spain but finding it hard to sort through all the information online, Pain in Spain is one TEFL blog which could definitely help you.
Posts including how to become legal in Spain help you to find out what it’s really like to teach English in Madrid through the eyes of a current EFL [...]
New York-based English language expert and TEFL legend Jeremy Harmer has said that “the idea of speaking Queen’s English is no longer relevant to the world in 2008, especially in the context of compatibility and intelligibility of the language.”
Speaking to The Hindu website he said it was “absolutely fantastic” to see so many different kinds [...]
Places on the Web that Link to ELT World…
It’s hard for me to believe, but some of you have actually taken the time to add this blog to your own sites! Mutual backscratching is great, I really need to start a who’s who of the excellent bloggers out there. Why not help me get started?
Here’s what to [...]
The excellent ESL Lesson Plan blog is running a survey on bullying in the workplace, which is, sadly, more prevalent than we might wish:
‘I recently read an article about bullies in the workplace which reported that 1 in 6 people surveyed had been bullied by someone at work. While some countries have laws protecting employees [...]
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