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- 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: Interviews
The Interviews: Sue Swift from ELT Notebook
This originally appeared on the blog way back in 2008. As I’m committing myself to doing more interviews in the near future, I’m republishing this as a little ‘taster’ of what’s to come… Sue Swift has been an EFL teacher … Continue reading
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Classic Articles: Secrets of those that do the TEFL Hiring
In celebration of the upcoming release of the fifth edition of Horizons Journal, I’ve decided to revisit some of the classic articles from the first four issues. In this article, we look at what you need to ask at your … Continue reading
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Interview: Sue Swift from ELT Notebook
Sue Swift has been an EFL teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years and has lived and worked in a variety of European and Asian countries. She is the author of a number of published courses, and runs a … Continue reading
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Interview: Sue Swift from ELT Notebook
Sue Swift has been an EFL teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years and has lived and worked in a variety of European and Asian countries. She is the author of a number of published courses, and runs a … Continue reading
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The Classic Interviews: ITI Istanbul
This interview first appeared on the blog back in September, 2007… The International Training Institute (ITI) specialises in teacher training and development. They have been conducting teacher training courses since 1988 and boast one of the highest success ratios worldwide. … Continue reading
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March 1st: Horizons Issue 3
Issue 3 of the (ELT) World renowned journal will be hot off the printers on 1st March, and it’s an action packed issue… What Would Motivate you to Take a New Job? by members of the forum (general discussion) Interview:Teacher … Continue reading
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The key to teaching in South America
Sharon de Hinojosa, whom members of the ELT World forums know better as Naturegirl321, has been kind enough to answer a few of my questions about her internet projects. After years of gathering information about teaching on the South American … Continue reading
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Interviewed by the TEFL News Network
Those crazy people over at the TEFL News Network decided for some reason that my views were worth listening to and interviewed me on their site a while back. If any of you out there aren’t fed up yet of … Continue reading
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