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• Ins and Outs of Working for a Private Institute in Seoul March 16, 2009
  by David Cox Six o’clock on a winter morning. The temperature bottoming out at around -20 C. A tall, not altogether awake Englishman makes his way to work through the dawn streets of Seoul; just another chancer wanting to teach English and taste a bit more of what the world’s got to offer. The tall [...]
• English will Always be the Language of the U.S. March 13, 2009
  Why english will remain the mother tongue, by Donna Poisl Our citizens who think English will disappear in our own country are worrying over nothing. People who want to pass laws making it our “official language” are wasting time and effort. I read recently that someone called the United States a “language graveyard”. People [...]
• Assimilation and the Necessity for English March 9, 2009
  Assimilating to US culture requires learning English, suggests Donna Poisl Achieving and living the American Dream requires knowing the language we use here. Immigrants who don’t learn English, and even our own citizens who don’t have a good grasp of the language, never reach their full potential. People who know our language are more [...]
• English writing made easy March 4, 2009
  By Ronald Doherty English is the dominant Internet and business language so making cash online (or offline) often involves English writing. More importantly perhaps, is the fact that everyday, but life-changing documents, resumes job applications, essays, term papers, business plans, loan and rental applications, and sales letters, are often written in English. internet [...]
• TEFL Certification and Training Options for Teaching English Abroad February 28, 2009
  By Luke Fisher We’re once again joined by Luke Fisher, who delves into the world of teacher training courses in this article: The various types of TEFL Certification available make it important to research all possible options before learning to teach English as a second language. As there are many types of courses available you can usually [...]
• English Grammar Software: An Overview, Tips, and Benefits February 26, 2009
  By Gil Lavi Technology keeps churning out innovations that promise to change, improve, or make our life easier. One of these revolutionary and ambitious technologies pledges to change the way we write English, whether or not we’re native English speakers. Subscribe to The ELT Times by Email Since the first word possessors surfaced a few decades ago, [...]
• Learning Basic English is Easy February 23, 2009
  By Nigel Nix English has become the international language of business and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Whether it’s a German project manager dealing with a French auto parts manufacturer or a Chinese software developer advising a Mexican medical center the intermediary language is English. So why exactly has English taken front stage when [...]
• Teach In China? February 19, 2009
  By Timothy Green Teaching English in China won’t get you rich, but it’s guaranteed to provide you with an exceptional opportunity to experience the Chinese culture, to travel, make friends, learn some Mandarin, and also provide you with a means to live abroad for an extended length of time. Interested? If you’re between the ages of [...]
• Esl Teaching - a New Career for Moms? February 17, 2009
  By Fae Cheska Espera Teaching English as a Secondary Language (ESL) online has proven to be one the fastest-growing online jobs nowadays. More foreigners are recognizing the benefits of being fluent in English, and the target market is no longer concentrated only on students, but on business professionals as well. Besides that, people find that ESL [...]
• Model Essays: a necessity for the improvement of student writing? February 16, 2009
  Whether you’re fond of them or not, custom term paper essay writing services are here for the duration and it’s almost certainly for the best to get to grips with the type of services they can offer your students. As the seasoned professionals among us know only tool well, the huge majority of our students [...]