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A fireside chat with Sandy McManus

He’s been the most famous/ notorious online TEFL figure for around five years, and the age of Twitter doesn’t seem to have calmed him down at all. In this exclusive TEFLtastic interview, Sandy shows his sensitive side

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TEFL teachers rock!

No, really! Research shows that the best teachers of deaf kids are ones with TESOL experience, according to this Detroit newspaper. And I thought our only transferable skill was being able to translate from Cockney to understandable English when standing … Continue reading

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