Category Archives: Teaching English in Europe

Japan? It's just like Italy

Posted on 09/07/2007 by alexcase

Japan, it’s just like Italy! First, I should point out that this title is based on a serious(ish) conclusion I have come to after much thought, rather than a case of me being fooled by the ‘La Cittadella’ shopping centre … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in Italy, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Rome | 8 Comments

TEFL Insider Part Two- EFLUK this, I’m off!

Posted on 05/07/2007 by alexcase

There seems to be a bit of TEFL gossip floating around that is so juicy that I am going to have to take the broadsheet-newspaper-reporting-on-Big-Brother approach here and comment on the coverage rather than the story, which you can get … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL in the UK, TEFLtrade | 2 Comments

Hong Kong gas billionaire snaps up Birmingham language school

Posted on 27/06/2007 by alexcase

latest news is that Carson Young is thought almost certain to buy out the Birmingham Brasshouse Language Centre, so David Sullivan could be reduced to running a three classroom school with bored housewife teachers in Ipswich whose days of glory in … Continue reading →

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TEFL Scooby Doo, where are you?

Posted on 25/06/2007 by alexcase

Missing- One Subash Melwani and Two Advanced Institutes Talking of Spain (see below), whatever happened to Advanced Institute in Fernandez de los Rios in Madrid? More important, what happened to the lovely filing system I set up there? Has my life’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Spain, TEFL scams | 18 Comments

Teaching in Madrid- A Summary

Posted on 24/06/2007 by alexcase

This is a little out of date, but think things were getting a bit too Japan-otaku on this blog recently, so here’s a bit of Europe to clear the palette. Anyhow, if it’s good enough to be sticky on Dave’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Spain | 6 Comments

The Meaning of Scotland

Posted on 18/06/2007 by alexcase

Great question in my senmongakko (private college) class today: “Teacher, I still don’t understand what Scotland means” I chose to take that as a geographical and political question rather than a philosophical one (Does anyone really, deep down, understand what Scotland … Continue reading →

Posted in English for study abroad, Teaching English in Spain, Teaching teenagers, TEFL, TESOL | 4 Comments