Tag Archives: guest writers

Guest piece- Why I Mentor

Posted on 19/01/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by Paula Swenson, long term TEFL.net reviewer and all round star “Mentoring, mysteriously, seems to be something of a hot-button topic. You know the type of thing that causes people to write flaming, emotion –laden replies to … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, mentoring, TEFL | Tagged | 3 Comments

Your DoS’s RMCITE (aka Nick’s Scale of Awesomeness)

Posted on 05/01/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by Nick Jaworski of Turklish TEFL blog “Do you ever wonder why your Director of Studies likes others and not you? Do you ever get the feeling you’re being measured against some unknown scale? Well, this is … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, CPD, ELT management, links, personal learning network, TEFL blogs, TEFL interview questions, TEFL workshops, Twitter | Tagged , | 12 Comments

A short diversion in which we advert to ancient Chinese wisdom

Posted on 15/12/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by Sputnik of The TESLA Coil ” All teaching is based on deception While everything may seem hunky-dory to outsiders, those of us in the profession know that TESL is, in fact, beset by problems.  Chief among these … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesson observations, Teaching teenagers, TEFL blogs, TESLA Coil | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Guest post- The Homework Conundrum

Posted on 03/12/2009 by alexcase

By Paula Swenson, regular TEFL.net reviewer, submitter of my only ever guest worksheets (so far!) and online purveyor of something too modern for me to understand at http://englishexcellence.wordpress.com/. Today though, she’d like to set you a homework conundrum or solve your homework … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL | Tagged | 10 Comments

The TEFLbs detective Part One – Brain Gym and ELT

Posted on 26/10/2009 by alexcase

Brain Gym™ and ELT – a personal path of discovery by Philip Kerr “About ten years ago, I was introduced to Brain Gym™ by the director of studies of a language school in Cordoba. She was a good director of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques | Tagged | 6 Comments

Has the TEFL blogging zeitgeist changed?

Posted on 10/08/2009 by alexcase

Posting those hilarious highlights from English Teacher X and contrasting When I Am a TEFL Billionaire Part One and Part Two has made me wonder whether something fundamental has changed in the last 562* blogging years that TEFLtastic has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Englishteacherx, Insights into TEFL, notes from the TEFL graveyard, teacher in development, TEFL, TEFL blacklist, TEFL Tradesman, TEFLlogue | Tagged | 5 Comments

Guest piece- If I Was a TEFL Billionaire…

Posted on 10/08/2009 by alexcase

By Burcu Akyol, whose blog is home to the fabulous recent Spread Your Knowledge series. Of all those guest writers, seems I was the only one clever or cruel enough to ask for a return guest piece from Burcu, and … Continue reading →

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Guest pieces wanted, guest pieces supplied

Posted on 01/08/2009 by alexcase

Burcu Akyol kindly agreed to write me a guest piece in return for my upcoming piece there and asked for some previous examples, so was planning for this to be a list of the best guest pieces so far. When … Continue reading →

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The other side of Oxford Street

Posted on 16/06/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by “Holden Coalfield” “‘No thanks’, I said to the leafleter who offered me and everyone else a flyer for an English school as I walked out of Oxford Circus tube into this crowded and surprisingly tacky centre … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Cambridge Delta, CELTA, Dodgy TEFL school owners, ELT management, finding good TEFL jobs, first TEFL job, Job security, Learner motivation, Oxford Street schools, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL in the UK, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams, TEFL working conditions | Tagged | 6 Comments

Guest piece- 4 more stupid decisions your TEFL colleagues make and why they make them

Posted on 18/05/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by “good TEFL Dave” (David of ELT World) “This is the continuation of a post from my blog, unsurprisingly titled ‘4 Stupid decisions your TEFL colleagues make and why they make them’, here as a guest article … Continue reading →

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