Around The Web On TEFL: August 12

by Katie on August 12, 2007

by Katie | August 12th, 2007  

  • Courtesy of the Bootsnall Italy Logue, a link to a blog post with a variety of TEFL resources, including several specific to Italy.
  • From Education Week, a link to a study on what it would take – in dollars and teaching time – for legal permanent US residents to learn English to pass the US “naturalization” test or start post-secondary education.
  • Some Anglophones find a bone to pick with the usual suspect in linguistic debates: France. From the Education Guardian. (Just kidding! Everyone likes to argue with France, right?)
  • And there’s more, thanks to TEFLtastic for the link.
  • Not quite ESL, but perhaps a job to consider post-TEFL for those who pick up a good deal of their host country’s local language.
  • A new plan in Australia could lead to additional language aid for refugees.
  • A full house is the norm in Washington state ESL classes.
  • Revel in some “lost words” in English, including a list of “ q not followed by u” words and a ranking of swear words by severity.
  • English for pharmaceutical purposes, anyone?

{ 4 comments }

Alex Case August 14, 2007 at 3:25 am
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Another nice language-connected link on the subject of France I think might interest you:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1940313.ece

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Katie August 14, 2007 at 4:02 am
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Oh – interesting. I’m not sure what to make of that, but I’m adding to directly to the post – thanks!

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Alex Case August 15, 2007 at 8:14 pm
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My reaction was the same- very interesting, not sure what to do with it…

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Katie August 16, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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I may have an idea… stay tuned! I do like the idea of taking seven hours to write a dissertation on the meaning of time and the time of meaning…

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