Articles tagged ‘korea’
Thoughts On A Job Post #14
By Katie | January 17th, 2008 |
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It’s been a while since the last thoughts on an EFL job post - about ten weeks, to be exact. The job ad that caught my eye this time is interesting more as insight into the recruiting industry than as a job itself. Identifying details have been changed. Have a look and [...]
Korea Visa Changes
By Katie | November 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the wake of the case of an accused child abuser who had been working in Korea and fled to Thailand (recently caught by interpol), Korea has unveiled a slew of new laws for English teachers. Hat tip to EFL Geek for the latest on all this (this post and this post – and [...]
Korea Visa Changes (Part 2)
By Katie | November 24th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Read about Korea visa changes first.
I don’t really know the industry in Korea well enough even to hazard a guess, but I can comment that TEFL, especially TEFL in Korea, does seem to rely heavily on non-career teachers who come because it is relatively easy to get a job and make a fair amount of [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: October 28
By Katie | October 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Infested dogs and English teachers go out in the midday sun. It sounds like my life story, but actually contains the reflections of a retired social worker who volunteered as an English teacher in Cambodia.
After living in Germany for five years as a KGB agent (”alongside our German colleagues and friends”), he “possessed” the [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: August 22
By Katie | August 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
High demand and low supply of ESL classes in California…and Arizona too.
An EFL teacher and graduate student in Korea explains how she’s culturally enhanced Korea and how it has culturally enhanced her. (Thanks to TESall.com for the link)
From ESL Teacher Talk, get some new ideas for using news articles in class.
Make sure you’re up [...]
A Solution To Exploitation? Via EFL Geek
By Katie | August 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
EFL Geek had a good find on a topic many of us know and love: exploitation of foreign teachers (or is it?). The article is lengthy, but I think justifiably so as the topic is complicated. To simplify one of the main themes, the author says that teachers often allow themselves to be [...]
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 [...]
Which Five TEFL Trends Will Still Be Around In Five Years’ Time?
By Katie | August 2nd, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The TEFL Logue is nearing its one year anniversary, which means over three hundred days of posting and nearly 850 posts full of my own unique variety of TEFL Logue cheer.
Had someone told me just over one year ago that today I would be a blogger with that many posts under my belt, [...]
Teach English In Korea: Spotlight On Korea
By Katie | July 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Korea is one country that does not really need any more promotion to attract droves of native English speaking teachers. I don’t know if there are any official TEFL stats, but the EFL market in Korea might just be the biggest in the world.
Why do people go? There are lots and lots of [...]
Five More TEFL Blogs To Check Out
By Katie | July 26th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I regularly come across interesting blogs, and sometimes bookmark them with the hope of making a post about one of the relevant topics. Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to that, so here are some I’ve come across recently:
TEFL Wanderer has just taken a job as a DoS. I came [...]
