Category Archives: Teacher forums

The TEFLtastic Blacklist of Shame Guardian Watch 3

Posted on 25/05/2008 by alexcase

You can’t do much reading about TEFL on the Net without coming across stories of dodgy geezers and their nasty little business schemes, and then you can’t read much more without coming across the nasty little TEFL teachers with their … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce Veldhuisen, Dodgy TEFL courses, Dodgy TEFL school owners, Teacher forums, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in India, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Thailand, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL International, TEFL scams, TEFL villains- Paul Lowe, Windsor Schools, Windsor TEFL | 14 Comments

The disadvantages of teaching in Japan

Posted on 18/05/2008 by alexcase

“My first two years in Japan were spent teaching English… The students… studied English- or should I say, English was taught in their presence. Nothing ever seemed to sink in. Years of classes and endless tests and still they couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in becoming a teacher trainer, British Council, Business English and ESP, Cambridge Delta, CELTA, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe, Eikaiwa, English Teachers in Japan, Functional language, JALT, Materials, Mixed ability classes, Pairwork and groupwork, Problem students, Teacher forums, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching low levels, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL working conditions, TOEIC | 22 Comments

TEFL Insider Part Six- Nova and the CELTA

Posted on 07/10/2007 by alexcase

To prove that I am capable of not only the idle speculation of the average post on this blog (but then, isn’t that what a blog is for?) but also of getting down and dirty in the trenches of TEFL, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, links, Nova, Teacher forums, Teacher training, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL scams, TESOL | 1 Comment

MA= My A*se! Super CELTA is it, man!

Posted on 27/08/2007 by alexcase

Hope that headline got your attention, but actually I have nothing to say about the MA today at all… Right, now to talk about the CELTA. I have decided to trust a whole lot of people I have never met … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, MA TESOL, PGCE in TEFL, Teacher forums, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL qualifications | Leave a comment

Weekly speech from the TEFL President Part One-New rules for the ESL Au Lait forum

Posted on 27/08/2007 by alexcase

As much as I hate to say anything positive about the British Upper classes, I think we could borrow something from them to make online debate about teaching a bit more civilised. When I am TEFL President, people will only … Continue reading →

Posted in Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe, Teacher forums, TEFL, TESOL | 3 Comments

Time management for teachers 2- Time management for teacher forums

Posted on 26/08/2007 by alexcase

I must say, I really think I am onto something here. Since I decided that one particular person’s comments here and elsewhere were about as worth reading as Reader’s Digest and decided to not even glance at them anymore, I … Continue reading →

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