Category Archives: Teaching English in Europe

The benefits of teaching in Japan

Posted on 12/05/2008 by alexcase

Number one is that the status of English teachers is not so obviously low that when I met the love of my life and asked her to marry me she actually agreed! You won’t hear a lot about it on … Continue reading →

Posted in Becoming a Director of Studies, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discipline in the classroom, Eikaiwa, ELT management, English Teachers in Japan, IELTS, Job security, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Spain, Teaching Japanese primary school children, Teaching older students, Teaching shy students, TEFL, TEFL working conditions, TESOL, TOEIC | 7 Comments

A blast from the EL Gazette

Posted on 13/04/2008 by alexcase

Hopefully it’s okay for me to reprint this editorial in full (and in the classic self-deluding style of a habitual blogging copyright breaker I am going to take the fact that they haven’t disabled the copy function on the online … Continue reading →

Posted in EL Gazette, Kaplan, Teaching English in Europe, TEFL heroes- Melanie Butler, TEFL in the UK, TEFL scams, TEFL working conditions | 1 Comment

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

Distance learning Quote of the day

Posted on 17/03/2008 by alexcase

‘to me, “distance learning” means an unusually long classroom

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Distance learning, Teaching English in Russia, Technology | Tagged , | Leave a comment

An appeal to TEFLers everywhere

Posted on 13/03/2008 by alexcase

I would be grateful if you could help me and TEFLers everywhere by sparing ten minutes to read this and do one of the actions suggested below Some background: 2 weeks ago a certain Paul Lowe of Windsor Schools/Windsor TEFL … Continue reading →

Posted in Teacher training, Teaching English in Europe, TEFL, TEFL heroes- Sandy McManus, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams, TEFL villains- Paul Lowe, TEFL working conditions, Windsor Schools | 7 Comments

TEFL bloggers of the world unite!

Posted on 12/03/2008 by alexcase

Thanks to all the people who have supported me in my fight (and the losing fights of Sandy McManus at TEFLtrade and Wally Windsor) against the vague threats and other bullying tactics of Mr Paul Lowe of Windsor Schools/ Windsor … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL heroes- Sandy McManus, TEFL scams, TEFL villains- Paul Lowe, TEFL working conditions, Windsor Schools | 1 Comment

Becoming a TEFL course provider

Posted on 11/03/2008 by alexcase

You really do learn new stuff in TEFL all the time. Only a week ago I wrote an article on The Advantages and Disadvantages of Setting Up a TEFL Course  (something I did twice back when I was ambitious), and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, ELT management, links, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL in the UK, TEFL qualifications, Trinity, Usingenglish, Via Lingua | 1 Comment

Letter from a reader- Windsor Schools

Posted on 05/03/2008 by alexcase

“Hello Alex,   I am writing to find out who owns your balanced “forum” of ideas. You will know that the web is a place for all-comers to denigrate others without the need for any material explanation or proof- some … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL, TEFL villains- Paul Lowe, Windsor Schools | 29 Comments

Question from a reader- Legal English

Posted on 04/03/2008 by alexcase

“Hi Alex Just been looking at the worksheets and lesson plans you´ve reproduced.  You´ve certainly been busy, great work I will be using quite a lot of them.  I was checking through to see if you had any specific to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, Legal English, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Teaching English in Spain, TEFL | 2 Comments

Random gestures around the world

Posted on 03/03/2008 by alexcase

“An American teenager was hitchhiking in Nigeria. A carload of locals passed him. The car screeched to a halt. The locals jumped out and promptly roughed up the visitor. Why?

Posted in Body language in the classroom, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Europe, Teaching English in Germany, TEFL | 2 Comments