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Responsibility: Teaching the fourth R in education

It's time to make our students look good - and not just academically

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 11th July 2010

In our zeal to teach the three ‘R's, reading, ‘righting, and ‘rithmetic, we are neglecting to teach another very important ‘R': Responsibility; responsibility for oneself and responsibility for others

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Review until they are blue in the face

Approaches to pre-test or exam review

In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 2nd February 2010

Never forget the golden rule of review work: what may seem incredibly repetitive to you is very stimulating for students because they know what all of the questions and answers mean and they’re communicating in a foreign language.

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Further unfurling of the Chinese situation

Cultural observations of Chinese students

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st March 2008

I've found out why some of my Chinese students aren't participating in lessons as they should. They've been partying all night and getting drunk and smacked out. The problem is - I'm finding it so hard to tell.

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Notes on a semester

What lessons can a teacher learn from a difficult semester?

In Blogs Archived: Greg Hill - 1st March 2008

When a number of students fail their course, what can a teacher do to make the next semester a better and more successful one? It's all about preparing well, observing other teachers and talking less in the classroom.

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Finding the poetry

English teachers, Sonny's outcry, and finding the poetry

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st January 2008

Governments and Immigration officials in various countries, including South Korea and Thailand, are finally starting to crack down on English teachers who have proven themselves to be less than desirable.

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Teaching the Chinese in Thailand

experiences of teaching an international program

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st January 2008

I came back to Thailand from Korea because I far prefer working with Thai students, or because my experiences here were so much nicer. To my surprise,upon my arrival, the university announced it was launching an international program in which there were many students from the south of China. So I'm in Thailand teaching Chinese students. Go figure!

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Phrasebook learning

Is phrasebook learning letting Korean students down?

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st June 2007

One of the true beauties of learning another language is the curiosity value of seeing how other peoples string together the concepts the words of their language embody to give meaning to the world in ways we never thought of.

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Belated April fool’s jokes

Humorous Thai news stories

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st May 2007

You'll find it hard to believe but these stories - taken from Thai newspapers - are genuinely true. You just couldn't write the script!

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Thai news

It's funnier than comedy

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st November 2006

Latest news before this article goes online: the government will agree to compromise and raise the age for buying alcohol to 20, instead of the planned 25. Cheers!

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My life as a farang teacher

Sent in by Larry Gellar

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 21st October 2006

I probably should have seen the writing on the wall when I was asked to sign a contract in a foreign language, without a translation. I should have just slowly backed away.

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