Articles tagged ‘Teaching Life’
TEFL Retirement
By Katie | January 24th, 2008 |
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I will be entering early blogging retirement…as of this post. The TEFL Logue itself will remain here, but I will no longer be posting.
I’m not out of ideas. I still enjoy writing and have a lot to say about TEFL, but there comes a point in many pursuits where the cons just outweigh [...]
Are Peace Corps Volunteers Too Inexperienced?
By Katie | January 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Peace Corps is one of the best known programs which places US volunteers in developing countries for about two years. Teaching English is one of the jobs volunteers do.
Read the New York Times article yourself and have a look at some letters to the editor that followed the article. I can’t speak [...]
A New Year In The Blogosphere: TEFL On The Web News
By Katie | January 18th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
EFL Geek recently shared his first article for the Korean Herald - on Konglish. Read the article for an explanation of Konglish and some examples.
I was ready to say that the countries I’ve worked in really don’t have anything like this … but as I came up with examples of common mistakes, I [...]
Surviving The Feedback On Your Teaching Practice: My Experience
By Katie | January 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The feedback portion of the CELTA, in my opinion, can be the part that does people in. By that I mean – the part that they cannot stand. I found the feedback difficult at times, especially because of the pressure of an intensive course, but ultimately incredibly helpful.
The feedback usually went to go [...]
These Are A Few (More) Of My Favorite Things
By Katie | December 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s that time of year again, and before I get too caught up in the nitty gritty details of it all, I’d like to wish my readers and fellow bloggers a happy holiday season. Probably feeling that I’d overdosed on cynicism, I compiled the initial report on my favorite things about teaching. For [...]
What To Do With All That Stuff
By Katie | December 7th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you’re like me, you have accumulated a good deal memento-type stuff which you are not quite ready to part with. Aside from the practical difficulties of carting around ticket stubs, coins, and cards from students, the main problem is how to display these goodies. As appealing the idea of framing my old [...]
Christmas In TEFL
By Katie | December 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The holiday season is just around the corner…or was it that corner I passed three blocks ago? I’m terrible with directions, so I’m really not sure, but wherever or whenever it is, the holiday season comes with several important questions:
Where are you going?
Lots of EFL teachers will return “home”, meaning back to their country [...]
How Tied To The Expat Ghetto Are You?
By Katie | October 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
First of all you’ll have to consider whether you count as an expat or not, but even if you don’t (or you don’t care), I think it’s relevant to lots of us living abroad.
I’ve really taken to the Guardian Abroad and have been meaning to post about this article on expat ghettos for a while. [...]
What Do You Need To Teach Beginners?
By Katie | October 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s my experience that students at lower levels tend to progress much more quickly, or at least to feel that they are, and this is one of the reasons I enjoy teaching them. It’s also my impression that more ready-to-go materials exist for lower levels than higher levels; when learning any language there are [...]
The TEFL Logue Goes Home
By Katie | October 28th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I suppose it’s about time to let my readers know that I’m 99% sure to return to the US. I did not teach this term and instead took the opportunity to travel a bit, and provided that I don’t have a major change of heart [in which case I will return and delete this [...]
