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	<title>TEFLtastic with Alex Case &#187; Job security</title>
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		<title>TEFL as often private education- often good or often bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefl-as-private-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefl-as-private-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critical Mass ELT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFL exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self employed TEFL teachers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=3869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Or actually, it is perhaps better to ask &#8220;often better or often worse&#8221;, as we can only choose from the options we have available (as in my usual Dip post obs litany &#8220;Yes, you can criticise my lesson, Ms DELTA tutor, but I asked you for better ideas on how to do this before I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does better pay really lead to better teaching?</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/better-pay-better-teaching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/better-pay-better-teaching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodgy TEFL school owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in the Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL pay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=3878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not talking about schools offering better pay and therefore being able to recruit better teachers, because if the whole industry got the standards that we occasionally demand that wouldn&#8217;t work. What I want to discuss is a school giving its teachers a decent living wage and seeing that magically transform its staffroom into one full [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>The other side of Oxford Street</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/other-side-of-oxford-st/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/other-side-of-oxford-st/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative teaching techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambridge Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CELTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodgy TEFL school owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELT management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding good TEFL jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first TEFL job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learner motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oxford Street schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL career planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL certificate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL in the UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL qualifications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guest writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=2707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A guest piece by &#8220;Holden Coalfield&#8221; &#8220;‘No thanks&#8217;, 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 of London shopping and worldwide EFL. I was about to take the first step in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interview- Jason West Dishes on Guardian Languages and Sets the TEFL World to Rights!</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/jason-west-guardian-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/jason-west-guardian-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative teaching techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Council accreditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Distance learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFL exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELT publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guardian TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self employed TEFL teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English Abroad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teaching online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TEFL career planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL celebs/ TEFL heroes and villains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL chains]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;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 and comments even if you don&#8217;t make it to the bottom (even though I highly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guardian TEFL wises up</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/guardian-tefl-wises-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/guardian-tefl-wises-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cactus TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodgy TEFL courses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding good TEFL jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guardian TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TEFL career planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL certificate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest TEFL infomercial from the alleged newspaper the Graudian doesn&#8217;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 to gain from revealing what a flooded market place and falling standards mean for all [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>TEFL scabs</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/tefl-scabs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/tefl-scabs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Berlitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David English House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eikaiwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Teachers in Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JALT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TEFL chains]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems that there is an interesting TEFL strike story going on right on my doorstep that I hadn&#8217;t even heard about, including loads of juicy controversy. You can see the recent open letter by the leader of the Berlitz strike here. Hat tip to the David English House newsletter for teachers, part of the ETJ [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another 25 extracts from the brochures of crappy English schools</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/another-25-extracts-from-the-brochures-of-crappy-english-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/another-25-extracts-from-the-brochures-of-crappy-english-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL chains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TESOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[45. &#8221;Our incompetent teachers will make you feel better about yourself&#8221; 46. &#8221;Certificate of achievement for all students who are actually still around at the end of the course&#8221; 47. &#8221;Guaranteed students who are a much higher level in each class to explain anything the teacher can&#8217;t&#8221; 48. &#8221;To guarantee an English-only class, we only employ teachers who have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slogans for crap English schools</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/crap-english-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/crap-english-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanistic language teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TESOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working conditions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. &#8220;Officially the blondest teachers of any school in Japan/ China/ Taiwan etc&#8221; 2. &#8220;We&#8217;ve never changed because we are perfect&#8221; 3. &#8220;Come and see the new batch of teachers, fresh off the plane&#8221; 4. &#8220;The youth of our teachers makes up for the age of our building/ methodology/ technology/ wallpaper/ receptionists etc&#8221; 5. &#8220;Just [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>TEFLing quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefling-quote-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefling-quote-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative teaching techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class-centred teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classroom dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodgy TEFL school owners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TEFL celebs/ TEFL heroes and villains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL heroes- Rose M Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL in the UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK summer schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working conditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our profession is notorious for exploiting its most valuable asset – language teachers – for financial gain. I remember a teacher recalling taking a summer job where he and his fellow teachers struggled to teach competently in a school with sub-standard facilities and scant resources. He had a vivid memory of the owner arriving in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The benefits of teaching in Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Becoming a Director of Studies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Spain]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Number one is that the status of English teachers is not so obviously low that when I met the love of my life and asked her to marry me she actually agreed! You won&#8217;t hear a lot about it on the TEFL forums, but there are actually a lot of other advantages to choosing Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is a good teacher worth good money? Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/is-a-good-teacher-worth-good-money-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/is-a-good-teacher-worth-good-money-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cambridge Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELT management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher training]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/is-a-good-teacher-worth-good-money-part-two/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I seem to be preaching to the converted here (unless the people who disagree with me are so infuriated that their fingers have tensed up and they temporarily can&#8217;t use a keyboard), but I&#8217;d already started writing part two before I got the comments below, so here goes anyway&#8230; As the comments I&#8217;ve heard from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>TEFL in the news- IH takes 9 year old into youth academy, trains him for greatness</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/tefl-in-the-news-ih-takes-9-year-old-into-youth-academy-trains-him-for-greatness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/tefl-in-the-news-ih-takes-9-year-old-into-youth-academy-trains-him-for-greatness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English Abroad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems International House has found a way out of the severe worldwide competition with Bell, the British Council and Central School of English for the cream of the TEFL teaching crop by signing up children who have shown their precocious grammar explanation and elicitation skills on youtube to be trained until they reach legal TEFL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEFL= the perfect job</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/tefl-the-perfect-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/tefl-the-perfect-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/archives/134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Garrison Keillor, &#8220;92% [of young people] want a &#8216;flexible work schedule&#8217;, 96% want a job that &#8216;requires creativity&#8217;, and 97% want a job that &#8216;allows me to have an impact on the world&#8217;&#8221;. And for my reaction I can do no more than quote Mr Keillor too: &#8220;All I can say is, Wow. Good luck. And [...]]]></description>
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