Category Archives: EL Gazette

Is TEFL recession proof?

Posted on 22/03/2009 by alexcase

March’s EL Gazette (electronic edition) leads with the story “Crunch is good for UK TEFL” and then there’s Private English Education Cost Rises 12 Percent in very much recession (and devaluation) hit Korea. And if we can just get into teacher … Continue reading →

Posted in becoming a teacher trainer, EL Gazette, links, Teacher training, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL in the UK | 5 Comments

It’s all down to us, guys

Posted on 07/03/2009 by alexcase

If I heard correctly, last week’s edition of Law in Action included the statistic that 43 of 44 police authorities in the UK do not investigate or prosecute fraud. There are other bodies that do, but they focus very much … Continue reading →

Posted in Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe, EL Gazette, Guardian TEFL, links, Teacher forums, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL blacklist, TEFL blogs, TEFL in the UK, TEFL scams, TEFL School Reviews, Windsor Schools | 2 Comments

TEFL by numbers Feb 2008

Posted on 05/02/2009 by alexcase

78 pounds How much capital you need to set up an English school in Ho Chi Minh City. Wouldn’t rush out there to set up your own, though, as there are already 474 (!) registered language schools there. At least … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council accreditation, EL Gazette, Guardian TEFL, Oxford Street schools, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching English in Saudi Arabia, Teaching English in Vietnam, TEFL in the UK | Tagged | Comments Off on TEFL by numbers Feb 2008

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 →

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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