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Tag Archives: News
What does Brexit mean for TEFL?
The answer is, of course, that nobody knows because it all depends on various negotiations and maybe individual policies of the countries involved on working visas, but here are some possibilities: Americans finally have equal opportunities with Brits when it comes to … Continue reading
Mixed results from Denver court order to improve teaching of English
This is a genuinely interesting story, but it also made me wonder what other court orders could influence our industry: – A court orders a teacher to allow a pair of students who are flirting with each other to stay … Continue reading
How to cash in on Scottish independence – a guide for TEFLers
I have no idea what it might be like for an independent Scotland or the remaining “rump UK”, but the Scotch going it alone could be a real boon for people in TEFL like us. Here are some ideas how … Continue reading
Bulgaria and Romania fret over possible flood of UK TEFLers
The Prime Minister of Romania and Foreign Minister of Bulgaria yesterday publically expressed their concerns over the expected sudden influx of low skilled, semi-nomadic TEFL teachers from the UK from January 2014 following the end of visa restrictions, many of … Continue reading
Libertarians protest linguists’ monitoring of their language use
Proponents of freedom of speech and thought on both the right and left have recently kicked up a fuss about how their conversations, online communications, etc are being tracked and stored by linguists. According to Marvin Hassler of human rights … Continue reading
Pearson buys Brazil’s largest chain of language schools
Story from FT here, and The Wall Street Journal, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph have all covered the story too. Forbes profile of the founder Carlos Wizard Martins, including explanation of the name, here. It was a bit tricky … Continue reading
Change in editor at Modern English Teacher magazine
Having a stack of half finished TEFL articles and now two fewer places to put them, have recently been writing to all and sundry asking them to please take them off my hands. Turns out my advice that everyone should … Continue reading
Expect a flood of criminal TEFLers to a school near you
According to the EL Gazette all British Council inspected schools in the UK will need to conduct criminal record checks from 2014, so if the country or school you are in doesn’t insist on such checks a whole bunch of … Continue reading
Hiberno English to become official language of EU after Brexit
Not only is annoying the British the only reason for the French blocking English as the official language of the EU, they have found a way of finally accepting the inevitable while pissing the UK off still further by preparing … Continue reading
Japan facing new demographic crisis
As well as facing the world’s most rapidly ageing society, according to a speech by a government minister yesterday Japan is also having to deal for the first time with its supply of foreign teachers getting older and older as … Continue reading
