Articles tagged ‘ESL’
Around The Web On TEFL: October 13
By Katie | October 13th, 2007 |
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“If I could teach English to anybody, living or dead, my choice would be… ” get the results at Notes From The TEFL Graveyard. (Sadly, missing deadlines as I do, I missed my opportunity to vote here as well. For the record, I’d chose Mother Teresa. I haven’t been to Albania yet but [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: September 7
By Katie | September 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Two-tongued teaching gains ground in the US (?!)
As if two-tongued teaching doesn’t sound like enough fun, TEFLtastic has some fun and games in worksheet form, ready to be used in class.
The US Embassy is promoting English language learning in Cameroon…will this be to the detriment of Frananglais?
Not exactly TEFL, but an interesting debate on a [...]
TEFL News Hot Off The Press: August 27
By Katie | August 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
From a rather unlikely source, the New Yorker, fiction with the ESL classroom as a backdrop.
“It seems so logical, and I don’t know why we haven’t done it all along”: pupils in Georgia put language skills to use. (you have to register to read it)
English language requirement enforced for nursing student applicants in Dubai.
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Bilingual Education Drama
By Katie | August 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I recently came across an article on a potentially controversial topic in the US; my instinct is that it feeds into the fears fueling what I consider the ridiculous and xenophobic “English only” trend in the US. For that reason, I’ve been hesitant to post about it – am I contributing to that silliness?
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Fire Safety Vocabulary For ESL Learners
By Katie | August 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some ESL learners in North Carolina are getting a special introduction to fire safety vocabulary from the pros: some volunteer firefighters. Among other things – probably of the more academic variety – students had a race to put on fire gear and searched for a staff member in a dark building using thermal cameras. [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: August 12
By Katie | August 12th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
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” [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: August 7
By Katie | August 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
One Danish group uses its own language to covertly criticize a political leader in a commercial ad, proving you never know just what trouble those non-English speakers get up to!*
A Texas judge rules that the state’s ESL program is adequate.
Korea Beat blog wonders if there are too many foreign words in Korea.
American Sign Language is [...]
English - Even As A Second Language - Still “Not Enough” Sometimes
By Katie | August 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
In most countries in the world, people pass through years and years of English classes, devoting much time and energy to learning this foreign language. Many countries would be thrilled to have English spoken widely, and often more as a second language than a foreign language. But in a country where this has [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: August 2
By Katie | August 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A Wisconsin resident wins a content which salutes bad English.
EFL Geek is recognized as a quality educational blogger by Middle School World.
87% of students in Hong Kong are “good” at English (you gotta love odd quotes).
From Today’s Trucking.com find out why US police officers are in a position to assess English language proficiency.
Massachusetts has a [...]
Emerging Trend: English For Sex Work Purposes
By Katie | July 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Get ready for a new type of English for very special purposes in London: according to the Guardian Education section, there is now class which offers sex workers, many of whom are immigrants, the opportunity to learn a range functional language useful in their profession. (TESall.com spotted this gem of an article before I [...]
