Category Archives: EL Gazette

All CELTA courses are not the same

Posted on 23/07/2008 by alexcase

Some courses, for example, demand a non-refundable interview/ application fee for the pleasure of being asked questions about grammar. Other courses, however, just say this: “I understand and accept that should I be offered a place on the course I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, EL Gazette, interview fee/ application fee, Teacher training, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications | 2 Comments

Four proposals to reform TEFL Part One

Posted on 17/04/2008 by alexcase

The most civilized rant in TEFL has got me thinking, and I’m also feeling confident and enthusiastic since I discovered that the Museum of the English Language that I wrote an article demanding about 10 years ago seems (probably coincidentally) … Continue reading →

Posted in EL Gazette, links, TEFL heroes- Melanie Butler, TESOL | Leave a comment

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

How TEFL taught me not to trust the Guardian

Posted on 17/03/2008 by alexcase

With my recent troubles with Mr Paul Lowe (see below), there were moments when I wondered who I or other troubled TEFLers could turn to for help. The UK government aren’t interested unless it touches on immigration, and the TEFL … Continue reading →

Posted in Cactus TEFL, EL Gazette, Guardian TEFL, links, TEFL blogs, TEFL celebs/ TEFL heroes and villains, TEFL villains- Paul Lowe, Windsor TEFL | 3 Comments

Teaching quote of the day 17 December 2007

Posted on 16/12/2007 by alexcase

‘There several pieces of research showing the negative effect of teaching several unknown words at the same time that are members of a lexical set. Learning several unknown words in such sets made learning 50–100 per cent more difficult.’

Posted in EL Gazette, interview fee/ application fee, lexical sets, links, TESOL, Vocabulary | 6 Comments