Category Archives: self employed TEFL teachers

Karenne on The Industry- Interview Part Three

An Interview with Karenne of Kalinago English, part 3 What are your predictions for the future of TEFL?   Difficult. There are radical changes going on in education, in general, globally. The TEFL industry will either catch up on some … Continue reading

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TEFL as often private education- often good or often bad?

Or actually, it is perhaps better to ask “often better or often worse”, as we can only choose from the options we have available (as in my usual Dip post obs litany “Yes, you can criticise my lesson, Ms DELTA … Continue reading

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Interview- Jason West Dishes on Guardian Languages and Sets the TEFL World to Rights!

It’s a great interview, stimulating, controversial, and full of TEFL insider tidbits. So many ideas did the CEO of English Out There have, in fact, that it takes a good 10 minutes to read. Please feel free to leave questions … Continue reading

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