Daily Dose: October 4

If you’re interested in the JET Program go here to read about the details for application and to find out the deadline (the application is a LONG one, so get moving!)

Meet the new Nintendo product which can be used to practice English but which the makers do not want “to become too closely associated with anything as worthy as learning.”

Find out what’s going on with native speakers who forge degrees and qualifications in Korea.

Investigate the sad yet odd story of a 36-year-old American teacher of English who died in China.

Check out the suprising story of a British man who got up to no good in Thailand…and was turned in to the authorities by his mother. (Current TEFL teachers can breath a sigh of relief: he only claimed to be teaching English.)

Read the latest employment warning from Tesall.com and also check out that sites links for teachers.

As for blogs, catch up with a woman who has just finished a TEFL course in Egypt, and find out how blogging can improve your students’ English in a recent entry at Teacher Dude’s Grill and BBQ.