Category Archives: thailand

Violence is endangering Thai schools

Human Rights Watch (HRW), the New York-based rights group, has warned that unrest in Thailand’s southern provinces was severely endangering the education system. Schools in southern Thailand have previously been targeted by separatist fighters, who view the system as a … Continue reading

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Thailand: In tune with English?

The not entirely optimism-inspiring named Enconcept E-Academy, established in 1994, is now considered, apparently, to be a new ‘breed’ of English cram school. Are you already worried? It has a range of ‘interesting’ and ‘pragmatic’ methods to attract more and … Continue reading

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Social networks improve English skills in Thailand

Thailand: Even those students who don’t own their own computers seem to find ways to network socially on the Internet in their free time. Flickr is one of these social networking systems, and it has recently been used for English … Continue reading

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Just the TKT in Thailand

Thailand: The TKT tests “the candidates’ knowledge of concepts related to language, language use and background to and practice of language teaching and learning”, suggests the Bangkok Post. It does not test the teachers’ practical skills that they would need … Continue reading

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Rare Dedication in Thailand

Daily roll call in the remote Umphang Wittayakom School is in English, notes the Bangoko Post, which is not bad considering these are students whose first language isn’t even Thai. In fact, 11 dialects are represented at the school, and … Continue reading

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2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC)

August 14, 2009, Songkhla, Thailand The Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC), originally Southern Thailand English Language Teaching Conference, will be organized every two years. It will serve as a meeting place for regional, national, and international language and language … Continue reading

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TEFL courses in Thailand & teaching English in Thailand with TEFL jobs

By Luke Fisher The life of the English teacher in Thailand is the subject of this latest in the series of guest articles, this time from Luke Fisher: There are a wide variety and number of TEFL courses in Thailand … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka: Taking English to far-flung places

Sri Lanka: Taking English to far-flung places It is a lazy Sunday morning but a diverse group from all over the country is gathered in Colombo intently listening to senior trainers going through the paces of how to teach English. … Continue reading

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Horizons 4 Extracts #4: Begging ex-Teacher in Thailand

Here is the fourth in a series the extracts from the newly available issue four of the ever popular Horizons journal. In this extract, Voicu Mihnea Simandan relates the tale of a begging teacher in Thailand: In July 2007, while … Continue reading

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TEFL Jobs: Teaching English Abroad

By Luke Fisher Once TEFL certified, course graduates are qualified to teach English abroad. Opportunities for teaching English abroad are plentiful with TEFL jobs, Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language, available in most countries. The vast majority of English teaching … Continue reading

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