life of a TEFLer Archive

Sometimes there are questions that make you stop and think, ‘Wow, does that apply to me?‘ As soon as this thread started at the ELT World forum (thank you 31), I knew that it would result in some fairly emotive banter. Personally, I never feel the need to lie, although I am surprised by the perception [...] […]

Not only can you win prizes, you can even attend presentations. BTW, I actually know one of the people in the pictures. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. […]

I promised a Part 2 and it’s on its way. I’ve been ill with swine flu so please bear with me. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. […]

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 more students to learn English, whether it’s vocabulary, grammar, or conversation, which we all kno […]

Halten sie kinder. Wie heissen sie? Apologies for my crap German, but if the answer is Charlotte or Chantal, you could be in trouble. From the moment they first read the school register, exclaims The Local (Germany’s news – in English!) teachers could already be unfairly prejudiced against certain children, a new study from the [...] […]