Category Archives: Guardian TEFL

Guardian still up to their TEFL advertorial tricks

Posted on 26/04/2013 by alexcase

I’d just finished a story on the end of Guardian TEFL Update for TEFL News via TEFLnet when into my inbox popped a Google alert for a piece in that very same paper called How to Choose a TEFL Course That’s Right For … Continue reading →

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A fireside chat with Sandy McManus

Posted on 22/09/2009 by alexcase

He’s been the most famous/ notorious online TEFL figure for around five years, and the age of Twitter doesn’t seem to have calmed him down at all. In this exclusive TEFLtastic interview, Sandy shows his sensitive side

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Guardian TEFL fades away

Posted on 03/09/2009 by alexcase

Looking at the pages of Education Guardian, there are four much loved (and for some reason also much hated) letters that have recently gone missing, and those letters are T,E,F and L. The Guardian TEFL pages still exist, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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How to really improve the standard of TEFL courses

Posted on 01/05/2009 by alexcase

The Guardian reports (uncritically, as ever when it comes to TEFL) on the setting up of yet another organisation meant to, apparently, boost the standards of TEFL in the UK- this one called The Association for the Promotion of Quality … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Craptus TEFL and the Guardian are up to their tricks again

Posted on 31/01/2009 by alexcase

“It’s also worth remembering that in some places in the world your online certificate will actually be enough to get you work. These tend to be places where there is a huge demand for teachers, and where any Tefl qualification … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 04/01/2009 by alexcase

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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Guardian TEFL wises up

Posted on 12/12/2008 by alexcase

The latest TEFL infomercial from the alleged newspaper the Graudian doesn’t, for once, have a by-line saying it was written by a representative of a TEFL course provider with everything to gain from the industry selling more courses and nothing … Continue reading →

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And the Certificate in Money for Nothing Teacher Training goes to…

Posted on 18/10/2008 by alexcase

… Trinity, surprisingly. Details from Guardian TEFL here Including such motivational gems as: “Once people sit down and look seriously at the time and cost that will be involved, that will focus their minds wonderfully,” “we can’t say that it … Continue reading →

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TEFL makes the technology news

Posted on 18/07/2008 by alexcase

… and it’s not because of Interactive Whiteboards- see here for details.

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