Category Archives: Teaching English in Korea

Korean body parts vocabulary memory game

Posted on 11/09/2008 by alexcase

Read the Korean and my attempt to turn it into a picture based on the closest English sounds, see if you can guess the English meaning and then scroll down and check. Hopefully worth a look for people who are … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Learner training, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | Leave a comment

An amusing vocabulary memory trick

Posted on 09/09/2008 by alexcase

With this little collection of vocab have a look at the expression in Korean, then my effort to make an image/ sound combination that will make it memorable and see if you can guess what the meaning might be before … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL, Vocabulary | Leave a comment

TEFLtastic is moving on

Posted on 12/08/2008 by alexcase

No, not, as the lack of recent posts might suggest, in the cyber world (we managed to beat the hostile takeover bid by Microsoft by the use of a poison pill*), but in a physical sense. Have quit Shane Language Services, … Continue reading →

Posted in Shane Language Schools, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Korea | 15 Comments

TOEIC and other TEFL News

Posted on 20/05/2008 by alexcase

According to an article today in the Korea Times, of the 10,000 people who applied for the 70 new recruit jobs available in the Korea Exchange Bank this year, “Twenty-nine applicants scored full marks in TOEIC, and 1,086 scored over … Continue reading →

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The TEFL Civil War Quote of the Day

Posted on 28/03/2008 by alexcase

“even universities do not insist on any proper teaching qualifications but rather MAs and PHds.”

Posted in MA Applied Linguistics, MA TESOL, Teacher training, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TEFL in the UK, TEFL qualifications | 5 Comments

Blue-eyed English teachers quote of the day

Posted on 20/01/2008 by alexcase

“Kim Min-suk, spokeswoman of JungChul Language School, said that her school does not employ Asian English teachers because she believes the students prefer Caucasians. About 99 percent of teachers are white and the rest are Korean-Americans, she added.” Although that … Continue reading →

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