Category Archives: TEFL qualifications

TEFL in the news- IH takes 9 year old into youth academy, trains him for greatness

Posted on 04/08/2007 by alexcase

It seems International House has found a way out of the severe worldwide competition with Bell, the British Council and Central School of English for the cream of the TEFL teaching crop by signing up children who have shown their precocious … Continue reading →

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I’ll believe in technology in the classroom when… Part One

Posted on 02/08/2007 by alexcase

I’ll believe in technology in the classroom when… …”You’d better take your Michael Swan into class with you” means a clone, not a book

Posted in CELTA, Technology, TEFL | Tagged | 2 Comments

Big Teacher

Posted on 29/07/2007 by alexcase

Have just been reading about Daniel Liebskind, yet another celebrity architect. Let me write that again- celebrity… architect. Celebrity architect???? Might not be as bad as celebrity driving instructors or celebrity hotel staff (we’ve had both of them in the … Continue reading →

Posted in EFL exams, ELT publishing, Teaching low levels, Teaching older students, TEFL, TEFL qualifications, TESOL | 9 Comments

Mini reviews

Posted on 24/07/2007 by alexcase

Books I’ve been reading recently that I haven’t had time to review but would highly recommend (in no particular order): Office Ladies and Salaried Men- Yuko Ogasawara (University of California Press). A real inside look on what goes on in … Continue reading →

Posted in ELT publishing, IELTS, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Teaching low levels, Teaching teenagers, TEFL, TEFL qualifications, TESOL | Leave a comment

Diploma or MA? Let battle commence!

Posted on 01/07/2007 by alexcase

After a couple of years teaching, this is a question that pops into most people’s heads – if only to pop straight back out for most of us, until our bosses almost force us to do one or the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Diploma in TESOL, TEFL qualifications | 6 Comments

rumours of big name transfers in the EFL league

Posted on 23/06/2007 by alexcase

So, Thierry Henry finally going to Barca, eh? And in the season when everyone had got so bored of the rumours that they had almost stopped talking about it. So maybe British Council Jeddah really are going to swoop for … Continue reading →

Posted in MA TESOL, Teaching English in Saudi Arabia, TEFL celebs/ TEFL heroes and villains, TEFL heroes- Jeremy Harmer, TEFL heroes- Mario Rinvolucri, TESOL | Tagged | 1 Comment

Another day, another jumper

Posted on 22/06/2007 by alexcase

Someone else took their frustration out on the world by choosing rush hour to dive in front of the Tokyo-bound train again this morning. That’s one way of coping with pressure, I guess. It all makes me wonder- any Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Classroom management, Problem students, Teacher training, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching shy students | 2 Comments