Category Archives: Becoming a Director of Studies

Letter from a reader- DoSs as a sociological curiosity

Posted on 12/05/2009 by alexcase

“Hi Alex, I am currently researching the TEFL industry from a sociological perspective, and notice that you seem to be quite prominent in discussing the more social phenomena of the industry on blogs, etc. As someone who has been involved … Continue reading →

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Do you want the temporary buzz of moving on and/ or up too?

Posted on 21/09/2008 by alexcase

Doesn’t last of course, especially the initial thrill of being in the chaos of a third world city or in the chaos left for you by the last person who had that DoS job, but if having some kind of … Continue reading →

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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

Tired of being a TEFL pleb?

Posted on 15/02/2008 by alexcase

To make up for all the navel gazing recently, have decided to give the public what it wants for once. And what the public wants is TEFL sex! That first paragraph should get some nice bizarre Google searches coming my way, but actually I’ve … Continue reading →

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Richard Dawkins says you should take that promotion

Posted on 12/11/2007 by alexcase

As the token scientist in almost every TEFL school I have worked in, I have decided to move on from telling all your English Lit graduates how to work out percentages on your end of year grammar tests and move … Continue reading →

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