TAG : Thai Language Schools

EFL Teaching in Thailand (and elsewhere) part two

What’s the best and the worst class you’ve ever taught?

In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 1st August 2009

As promised, here are some of the lighter moments that I have been privy to in my time as an ajarn in Thailand; a time that, give or take one or two visits elsewhere, has lasted about twelve years. To be honest, I don’t have to think that hard to come up with memories of my good classes as they spring to mind with relative ease.

Tags: teaching in thailand teacher problems thai students classroom management teaching in asia classroom activities teaching kids thai characteristics teaching experience classroom dynamics

A time of change

How does teaching in Thailand now compare to twenty years ago?

In Ajarn Street: Articles - 11th February 2009

For those of you pissing and moaning about visa runs, the immigration department, the work permit process, the unpredictability of the consulates in neighboring countries - let me tell you this - it was no better in the early 90s. In fact I'd say marginally worse.

Tags: teaching in thailand red tape private language schools teaching licences thailand red tape visa regulations visa runs thai language schools thai government policies thai consulates

Doing it yourself

What it takes to start your very own language school

In Blogs Archived: Jason Alavi - 1st January 2009

For the first two years we actually lived in our school. This was tiring and annoying, but saved us a lot of money, obviously. Our monthly mortgage was only 6,600 baht, for which we got a house AND a school! The drawbacks to this sort of arrangement are that we had to pull out our bedrolls after the school was closed down

Tags: teaching adults government regulations teaching licences thailand red tape teaching regulations thai language schools business opportunities starting your own school

Views from Laos

Sent in by Stephen Thomas in Laos

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 11th July 2008

There should be no surprise to foreign nationals that the Thai Ministry of Education from an educational perspective is trying to improve matters in relation to hiring foreign personnel. I read a recent Yahoo survey which claimed that 40% of foreign teachers in Taipei, Taiwan, hold some false documentation, notably fake degree certificates that they bought in Bangkok.

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A very bad day indeed

Today was one of the most unpleasant in my four years plus of teaching

In Blogs Archived: Tazza's Thailand Tales - 1st December 2007

My problem was discipline. You see, I've been teaching for over four years and until today I had only received two complaints.

Tags: teacher problems thai students teacher roles teacher opinions thai attitudes student discipline teaching kids student problems teacher respect student motivation

Tips for the Thai classroom

How to survive it

In Blogs Archived: Seth Leighton - 2nd October 2004

After graduating from college in the States, I surmised the job market and beat a hasty path to Thailand. Using an all-inclusive, value-added program called LanguageCorps, I had TEFL training in the well-known Ban Phe school, followed by a guarantee of my choice of jobs.

Tags: thai culture thai attitudes student discipline student problems thai lifestyle student motivation student attitudes bad teaching experiences student activities student participation