Every time I present one of my ELT news roundups, it really sinks in how little the buggers in power know about language teaching. No matter where you are in the world, it seems there’s some moron beating on about some new initiative absolutely guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of any self-respecting TEFLer. [...]
I myself have never had the dubious pleasure of teaching English in Asia. For those of you who have, or are, or will, here’s the latest lowdown on TEFL in the Asia Pacific region:
Vietnam: Teaching English: TOEIC Suitable to Vietnam?
Many, ahem, ‘experts’ say that TOEIC (Test of English International Communication) will not be suitable to [...]
I myself have never had the dubious pleasure of teaching English in Asia. For those of you who have, or are, or will, here’s the latest lowdown on TEFL in the Asia Pacific region:
Vietnam: Teaching English: TOEIC Suitable to Vietnam?
Many, ahem, ‘experts’ say that TOEIC (Test of English International Communication) will not be suitable [...]
I had the privilege of taking a long six-week vacation in Vietnam in the mid-nineties, and got to explore almost all of this beautiful and fascinating country. This was many years before I got involved with English teaching, although very few foreigners were their at that time for anything other than sightseeing and ‘backpacking’. The [...]
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