Articles tagged ‘korea’
Around The Web On TEFL: July 22
By Katie | July 22nd, 2007 |
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Immigrants who are nurses in their home countries take classes to improve their English in the US.
The English divide in Korea, put into terms of how much fluent English improves job prospectives.
An English language plan for immigrants in Ireland unveiled.
The debate over English as the medium of instruction in the Philippines continues.
Students from different countries [...]
Gdog At The Daily Kimchi Eats Live Octopus, Fulfilling His Promise To The TEFL Logue
By Katie | July 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I recently took a few days off posting and in that time found something very exciting in the “incoming links” section of the TEFL Logue: a celebratory post at the Daily Kimchi about EFL blogger Gdog eating live baby octopus.
More intrepid readers will recall that after Gdog mentioned how much he would like to try [...]
The Daily Kimchi At A Crossroads: Vote To Make A Difference
By Katie | July 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As TEFL Logue readers should know, one of the EFL blogs I follow is the Daily Kimchi, the brainchild of Canadian Gdog who arrived in Seoul around this time last year to start teaching English. He updates nearly every day with posts about his teaching, Korean food, and other funny day to day events [...]
Language Learning Challenge From The Seoul Times
By Katie | July 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
One teacher looks at Korea’s English language challenges and puts a large amount of responsibility on the shoulders of the government. He not only cites what he considers too-low requirements for teachers (both Korean and foreign), but also proposes that the government is not doing much to change things. Why?
Because of the influence [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: May 28
By Katie | May 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re a fan of food, you might want to see Gdog’s master list of his Hong Kong meal diary - just one of the treats in store for you in EFL…in some places anyway!
E-learning in the Czech Republic is on the rise.
Yet another attack on the English language, from a surprising source. Okay, [...]
The Case Of Zen Kimchi (And The Role Of The Internet In EFL)
By Katie | May 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Via EFL Geek’s blog, I came across the story of Zen Kimchi, a long time EFL blogger, who is currently having legal trouble: apparently he is the first foreigner to actually finish a one-year contract at his school, though when he finished it, his employer did not follow through and pay him [...]
EFL Geek On Blogging
By Katie | May 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As mentioned in Part 1 of the TEFL Logue’s interview with EFL Geek, he started blogging in an effort to organize his thoughts on the various readings he was doing for his graduate studies; I asked him very generally to make some remarks about blogging - including the positives and negatives as well [...]
Anyone Up For A Toefl Tour?
By Katie | May 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Care for a Toefl tour? If you’re a South Korean in dire need of the test, you may find demand outstripping supply in your own country – and sign yourself up for a tour which includes test preparation, a guaranteed Toefl slot perhaps along with a few days of sightseeing…in a neighboring country.
According the [...]
Around The Web On TEFL: May 12
By Katie | May 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Cool video resource: Conversations
With History, searchable video interviews with over 360 notable people.
There may well be an interesting theme to comment on, but I just like the title: KFC vs. The English Language (does KFC own the phrase “family feast”?).
Teacher In Development on standard coursebooks being frequently outdated.
English language students get younger and younger in [...]
Interview With EFL Geek
By Katie | May 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I had the opportunity to interrogate by email one of the big name EFL bloggers: EFL Geek. He embarked on his teaching career about ten years ago, originally with the idea of funding further travel in Asia; his original plan was to get some “beyond the book” insight into the topics he studied [...]
