Welcome to My TEFL World
Hello everybody (Is it also grammatically correct to say “everybody” when you only have two readers, I wonder)
Welcome to the very first entry. I’m sure you will enjoy this blog- it’s gonna be TEFLtastic!*
Before I start my daily rambles, I’d like to write my plans for these pages:
Most of the things I will write about will be connected to teaching and/ or living in Japan, but I will do my best to make all of them also entertaining and informative for those who are neither teaching nor in Japan- if only because I am relying on my friends and family to provide most of the regular clicks to this blog (you have been warned, guys). Should the entertainment or information value not reach these promised standards, please let me know!
With my Reviews Editor (of this site) and writer hat on, I will also have the occasional rant about the state of the English teaching (EFL) publishing industry. I’m thinking of myself as the ESOL Jerry Springer here. If the sheer level of bile and invective doesn’t keep you amused, please feel free to skip these bits. When I’ve calmed down a bit I might also give some useful info on new books and maybe any industry gossip I get hold of.
Basically, it’s a place where we can all let off steam and so continue acting like the saints we really are in the classroom and the rest of our lives, so all comments welcome (except those mentioning my photo)
* TEFLtastic means something that is genuinely fun and useful in the classroom, but is so like something you learn to do when you do your first teacher training that it’s kind of embarrassing to get too excited about. Endless thanks to Matt Noy for this word- I still think of it at least once a week about 7 years after he introduced me to it
