Dodgy- dodgier- the dodgiest
Just in case anyone thinks I am overdoing it on slagging off native speaker English teachers in Japan, here’s another reminder how being a TEFL teacher (even a shite one) isn’t the worst thing in the world. At least we don’t work for pharmaceutical companies:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/09/america/NA-GEN-US-Red-Cross-Lawsuit.php
Although, having said that, I actually have taught in two pharmaceutical companies in Japan. And it was exactly articles like this about dodgy business practices, dangerous drugs, marketing that doubles as bribery etc. that made my job so difficult. I simply could not find an interesting neutral article or book on the pharmaceutical industry, and nothing in Japan is more likely to produce blank stares than slagging off someone’s industry.
If anyone else is having the same problems, here are some links to my Medical and Pharmaceutical English materials here and elsewhere:
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-medical-english-mimes/
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-and-game-medical-breakthoughs-dominoes-passives/
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-medical-english-difficult-sounds-pairwork/
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-medical-moral-dilemmas-2nd-conditionals/
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-medical-problems-and-symptoms-guessing/
Onestopenglish ESP Medical English section:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?sectionType=listsummary&catid=58034&docid=144627