TEFL links of the month April 09
Bondage as a common TEFL advertising theme from Gaba in Japan and EF in China, from More on Weirdo Language School Ads- The Atlantic
“Spaced learning” (nothing to do with drugs, despite the name) and other new teaching methods that are “producing dramatic results“ according to the Telegraph
More failed pop stars hitting TEFL, to join my mate’s possibly true story of training (and failing) the ex lead singer from The Christians?
“Teaching abroad was the right decision for Paul McCartney. Following a part-time 10-month TESOL course, McCartney left his “soul-destroying” job… to move to Shanghai”
Come on Paul, I know you’ve never had a decent solo record, but you were in the Beatles! (from TEFL: A World of Teaching Opportunities in The Telegraph, bizarrely home to less capitalistic stories on our fair profession than The Guardian)
Maybe he wants to join:
“teachers I knew [who] often came to work with visible lesions and sores because they frequented brothels”
from Sex, Drugs and ESL, a piece of journalism as serious as you would expect with such a title, from In These Times
Moving onto other bodily fluids:
The Elements of Bile- 50 years and the 500th attack on The Elements of Style by Strunk and White (also of Charlotte’s Web fame, which is something I’ve just found out 50 years after everyone else, it seems)
Also:
EFL publisher Pearson buys Wall Street English China
And if that ain’t enough for you, Karenne over at Kalinago English has her own links to 8 great articles on the ELT blogosphere this week.
Tags: News, TEFL marketing
April 18th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Forgot to mention this one, interviews with TEFL teachers:
http://whytheyteach.squarespace.com/interviews/
April 18th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
And here’s another good one:
http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2009/03/17/working-with-add-adult-learners/
April 19th, 2009 at 8:00 am
For anyone writing their resume and is thinking of describing themselves as ‘experienced’ and ‘detail oriented’:
http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2009/04/6-simple-reasons-why-your-tefl-resume-sucks/
April 20th, 2009 at 9:35 am
News from Korea:
English Instructors Start Network Against Discrimination
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/03/117_41083.html
What makes English teachers qualified?
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2903201
April 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
A very different teaching in Korea story:
http://www.travelbite.co.uk/holiday-ideas/blog/travel-blog-teaching-english-in-seoul-$1287858.htm
April 20th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Some great teaching ideas here, some of which should be easy to convert for TEFL
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-20-uses-for-wordle.html
April 21st, 2009 at 6:44 am
Rosetta Stone is worth 112 million dollars!
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/index/a/22265
Anyone used it?
April 21st, 2009 at 7:16 am
This site is fabulous- translations of Western people’s Chinese tattoos:
http://www.hanzismatter.com/
A nice antidote to http://www.Engrish.com
April 25th, 2009 at 10:36 am
This looks like a nice set of links:
http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/week-in-review-02/
April 28th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Another TEFL blog that I hadn’t come across
http://englishmetas.com/blog/
April 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Gaba on the attack! Japanese “man to man” conversation school hits back the being called a weirdo school:
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/04/on_language_schools_and_weirdo.php
April 28th, 2009 at 8:25 am
The most idiotic language policy ever?
Korean policy wonk suggests forcing New Zealand to adopt Korean as an official language and change all street signs etc to include it:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2904050
May 16th, 2009 at 7:54 am
New blog, mainly by Scott Thornbury so far:
http://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/development-blog