TAG : Training

When in Rome

Definitely don't do as the Romans do

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st March 2009

With the school year just beginning, at least the public schools here in South Korea, this is as good an opportunity as ever to discuss the teacher-training workshop that is offered twice a year to native English speakers by the various Offices of Education. I've had the misfortune of attending two of them in my three years with the program, both presented in the exact same fashion.

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CLT again

Establishing a ‘communicative English language teaching environment’

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st October 2008

I would say that the practice that most improved any of my classes, by far and away was the practice of walking around the class (particularly in writing classes) and making sure that students were doing the activities, and furthermore knew what they were going to get from them

Tags: teaching methodology thai students training clt cambridge publishing asian students learning environment

The South African viewpoint

Sent in by Marguerite Huson

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 12th August 2008

Four major issues that one particular ajarn reader is concerned about

Tags: culture thai culture course qualifications training degrees visa regulations visa runs south african teachers non-native english teachers

Copland - becoming a tourist police volunteer

Tazza joins the Thai Tourist Police as a volunteer

In Blogs Archived: Greg Hill - 1st May 2008

What happened during the two-day training seminar organised by the Thai Tourist police. What exactly do we foreign civilians have to go through before we're given our uniform and badge and we're ready to patrol those mean streets.

Tags: health issues culture training tourist attractions volunteers background checks paperwork foreign criminals tourist guides

Understanding culture

Or the culture of understanding?

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st April 2008

If knowing more about a specific culture can make me a better teacher while I'm living there, then I'd be more than happy to sign up and pay for some culture course. But keep the "My Culture Is Better Than Your Culture" crap out of it

Tags: ministry of education culture teaching in korea training teaching licences culture course teachers council south korea petitions

Trees or the lack thereof

Global warming - something horrible is probably going to happen

In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st April 2008

You don't need to be a genius to see that if we continue the way we are, then the global warming crisis is going to turn out into something we could never have contemplated. Allow me to stand and look around for a moment.

Tags: training climate mass media imperialism australia environment global warming north thailand alfred crosby european civilization ecological imperialism

Ways to improve Thai education

This should be the first government priority

In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st March 2008

So how can Thailand improve its education? In a nutshell: train the trainers, put fewer students together, motivate them better, hire the right foreign educators to help this bring about, and involve parents more.

Tags: teacher recruitment teaching methodology teacher salaries student motivation qualifications qualified teachers private language schools training education reforms xenophobia

More MOE demands

Sent in by Morgan Rock

In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 4th February 2008

I have been informed that I must (and all the other teachers in my program) attend a training seminar that involves teaching in Thailand and whatever other blah blah blah that the MOE thinks teachers should know.

Tags: ministry of education training degrees

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.

Tags: culture unqualified teachers classroom culture training exams government regulations language schools teacher crackdowns thai immigration garret keizer

Not in my classroom

Dopey foreigners and mentally deficient Koreans

In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st November 2007

It's not that I love to discipline students. I don't. But it is part of my job and I accept that. I have precious little time as it is to teach my students the English they need to know, so I would rather not waste class time telling students to sit down, keep quiet, and stop throwing things.

Tags: classroom management ministry of education student discipline culture training korean culture co-teachers sensitive issues school tragedies korean parents