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The maturing of the Thai EFL industry

Something tells me there’s a bright future ahead,

In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 1st December 2009

Take a look around you, and you’ll soon discover that there are signs not only of a maturing of the education sector in Thailand as a whole, but also the language teaching industry as well.

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Are TEFL qualifications necessary?

Let's consider what can go wrong after TEFL courses.

In Blogs: John Wilson - 2nd October 2009

One argument against qualifications is that teaching experience itself is enough to guarantee a good teacher. Not so. I have recently been learning French in an institution where my intermediate classmates are often poor performers in their out-of-class interactions. And for what reason?

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An alternative guide

A rough guide to the lonely planet of teaching in SE Asia

In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 2nd August 2009

If you studied TEFL or CELTA in your home country, something that would have almost definitely been lacking from your course was your tutors experience and knowledge of SE Asia.

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Outsourcing in the TEFL industry

It's not just for blond-haired blue-eyed wonders anymore.

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st March 2008

no one bitches and moans like foreign English teachers. Especially the foreign English teachers with blond hair and blue eyes. Especially the foreign English teachers who have been spoiled over the last three plus decades with free airline tickets to and from home and rent-free apartments

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First lesson memories

Do you remember the moment?

In Ajarn Street: Articles - 5th August 2007

The ink is still wet on your brand new teacher training certificate and you're suddenly faced with the prospect of standing in front of your first ever class and dishing up hearty portions of education and entertainment. We asked for your first lesson in Thailand memories. Were you as cool as a cucumber....or absolutely bricking it?

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The academic debate

Does a degree make a good teacher?

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st February 2007

Now what if a teacher has a degree, but no teaching certificate? Would that be okay? Probably. What about having just a teaching certificate and no degree? Maybe. What about no qualifications at all but a lot of experience? Possibly. And finally, what about schools hiring people with no qualifications whatsoever and no experience, would that go well? There’s the odd chance that it might, but I doubt it.

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Who can truly teach?

Sent in by RM

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 24th September 2006

Education and ESL are two different things. Its that simple. What does a degree in Astro Physics have to with teaching a foreign language to a 9 year old for example?

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Teaching scams

Legendary scams, blacklists and the midnight run

In Blogs Archived: Ken May - 1st September 2005

I tested my marketability and checked the options available. My recently acquired TEFL certificate definitely opened up new opportunities. University job offers poured in from China, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand.

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Sweet spastic, silly swarms

Back in Korea again

In Blogs Archived: Ken May - 1st July 2005

Korea was the same as when I left it. New swarms of hagwons proliferated like rabbits on viagra and cheap wine. Every street twinkled with the latest corporate offspring – doe-eyed upstarts of whatever educational franchise chain. Small, independent, family owned schools struggled to compete; while saturating the nation themselves oblivious to supply and demand.

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Are you certified?

Finding your way through the TEFL course maze

In Blogs Archived: Ken May - 1st June 2005

Teaching was no longer challenging. I was stagnating. Sure, I could always shake my life up with a weekend of debauchery, an occasional fling with a sexy female expatriate, or by traveling to a different city – and, truth be told, I often tried combining all three. But, at my core, I knew that I wasn’t growing productively. As a teacher I wasn’t developing. My methodologies had become stale. I needed a new bag of tricks. I needed rejuvenation.

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