Comments on: New candidate for the all time greatest English conversation school name http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Laurent http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2431 Laurent Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:59:29 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2431 I'm lost for words, this is quite possibly the best thing in the world ever. I can't even begin to comprehend the idea of kids lessons with teachers dressed in Pikachu suits. I wonder if he's thought about the endless variations provided by his business model - Sailor Moon classes, Captain Tsubasa football seminars... the mind boggles at the possibilities! I’m lost for words, this is quite possibly the best thing in the world ever.
I can’t even begin to comprehend the idea of kids lessons with teachers dressed in Pikachu suits.
I wonder if he’s thought about the endless variations provided by his business model - Sailor Moon classes, Captain Tsubasa football seminars…
the mind boggles at the possibilities!

]]> By: Sandy http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2387 Sandy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:26:14 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2387 I'm in. How much do you need, Derek? Will Emirati dirhams be alright? I’m in. How much do you need, Derek? Will Emirati dirhams be alright?

]]> By: derek hj http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2385 derek hj Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:11:23 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2385 'The Cambridge Royal Universal Lingua Foundation' would be my best bet for a new school. It would have a department called 'Cambridge Royal Corporate Bespoke Training' and a 4-week tefl cert called 'The Cambridge Universal Masters Programme.' And we'd still only need one phone line. Any investors out there? I've seen a nice little basement in Slough. ‘The Cambridge Royal Universal Lingua Foundation’ would be my best bet for a new school. It would have a department called ‘Cambridge Royal Corporate Bespoke Training’ and a 4-week tefl cert called ‘The Cambridge Universal Masters Programme.’
And we’d still only need one phone line.
Any investors out there? I’ve seen a nice little basement in Slough.

]]> By: Kaithe Greene http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2381 Kaithe Greene Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:44:33 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2381 Thank for the welcome...! Thank for the welcome…!

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2380 Alex Case Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:09:27 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2380 Derek- What's the opposite of relaxed shoes, stressed shoes?? Are you sure they were trying to say "lilac shoes"? Sandy- believe it or not there's a school in Tokyo that is not that far off what you are describing. I think yours takes it up another notch and would be a sure fire success Kaithe- You thought you knew TEFL, but welcome to the other side! Derek- What’s the opposite of relaxed shoes, stressed shoes?? Are you sure they were trying to say “lilac shoes”?

Sandy- believe it or not there’s a school in Tokyo that is not that far off what you are describing. I think yours takes it up another notch and would be a sure fire success

Kaithe- You thought you knew TEFL, but welcome to the other side!

]]> By: Kaithe Greene http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2379 Kaithe Greene Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:34:27 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2379 Excuse me, what the f*** are you all talking about??????? Admittedly, I'm pretty knackered by the time I finish in the evening, but even so... Excuse me, what the f*** are you all talking about???????

Admittedly, I’m pretty knackered by the time I finish in the evening, but even so…

]]> By: Sandy http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2376 Sandy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:49:27 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2376 Oh damn. Just when I thought I'd got it made (or is it maid?). You see, I had a dream about opening two language schools, one called EuroLingua Oxford and the other EuroLingua Cambridge. The teachers would all have to dress in either dark or light blue, accopding to their school, and would preferably be hearty young rowing types with extremely resonant voices speaking the Queen's English - or RP, I suppose. There would also be a maritime theme (forget the academic crap) to all the classrooms, which would be named after Oxford and Cambridge colleges (remember the academic crap). And now I'm buggered! Still, what about The Sandy McManus School of Blogging and Quiet Subversion...? Oh damn. Just when I thought I’d got it made (or is it maid?). You see, I had a dream about opening two language schools, one called EuroLingua Oxford and the other EuroLingua Cambridge.

The teachers would all have to dress in either dark or light blue, accopding to their school, and would preferably be hearty young rowing types with extremely resonant voices speaking the Queen’s English - or RP, I suppose. There would also be a maritime theme (forget the academic crap) to all the classrooms, which would be named after Oxford and Cambridge colleges (remember the academic crap).

And now I’m buggered! Still, what about The Sandy McManus School of Blogging and Quiet Subversion…?

]]> By: derek hj http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/teaching-abroad/asia/teaching-in-japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2364 derek hj Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/japan/new-candidate-for-the-all-time-greatest-english-conversation-school-name/#comment-2364 My school has just asked teachers 'not to wear relaxed shoes' - I thought that was weird, but maybe we've had a narrow escape. My school has just asked teachers ‘not to wear relaxed shoes’ - I thought that was weird, but maybe we’ve had a narrow escape.

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