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No staff injured in British Council Kabul attack

Posted on 21/08/2011 by alexcase

My newspaper said there were doubts on the matter, but according to the British Council’s statement only security forces were affected.

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TEFL news roundup 9 Jun 2011

Posted on 09/06/2011 by alexcase

The Guardian are back to their worst TEFL advertorial tricks, only now the TEFL section has disappeared it’s moved to careers. This time possibly tops them all, with their usual advertorial writer from TEFL England (spin off from tacky marketing … Continue reading →

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British Council to be scrapped?

Posted on 24/09/2010 by alexcase

“The BBC World Service, the British Council and the Environment Agency are among the 94 publicly funded bodies whose fate has yet to be decided.” from Quango Cuts in the Torygraph It wouldn’t seem to make sense to close all … Continue reading →

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Eikaiwa continues to shrink

Posted on 20/09/2010 by alexcase

David English House in Hiroshima, a well respected school run by author and all round booster of professionalism in Nippon David Paul, closed for business on 1 September leaving him personally bankrupt. Sounds like they managed the process well, though, according … Continue reading →

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Even celebrities hate TEFLers

Posted on 12/08/2010 by alexcase

“The year before was a bloody disaster – I was rambling around the streets of Los Angeles, drinking way too many frappucinos and wondering what the hell I was doing here. I had no work and my mother was threatening … Continue reading →

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Guest piece- 2000 Sri Lankan English Teachers Coming to Korea??

Posted on 11/08/2010 by alexcase

by Anontastic “No doubt,  anyone reading the EL Gazette this month may have done a double take when looking at the front page for August 2010 – I know that I did. According to the headlines, Korea plans to recruit … Continue reading →

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The Disneyfication of English teaching

Posted on 07/07/2010 by alexcase

Literally. The main motivation for setting up official Disney English schools in China is finding a product that isn’t prone to piracy, all parts of all lessons are based on Disney characters, and whatever teaching that leaves for people who are in … Continue reading →

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Online CELTA on the way

Posted on 27/06/2010 by alexcase

Official Cambridge PR announcement Hattip to TEFLista for pointing out this out to me, via a thread on Evil Dave’s. Seems the teaching practice will still happen face to face as now, and it could be a good thing if … Continue reading →

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Goddess English

Posted on 19/05/2010 by alexcase

‘A FORTNIGHT ago, in a poor village in Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, work began on a temple dedicated to Goddess English. Standing on a wooden desk was the idol of English — a bronze figure in robes, wearing a … Continue reading →

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‘Shane English School (NZ) faces liquidation’?

Posted on 17/04/2010 by alexcase

Don’t know if it’s true, and don’t know what it would mean if it was, but it would have a strange and worrying symmetry with the recent problems with GEOS Australia, also a mainly Japan-based chain with branches in the … Continue reading →

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