Stories from the Front Lines of EFL December 25, 2011 My Teaching ‘Journey’ in Greece (by Christina Markoulaki) Imagine a persistent traveller who suddenly sees an ominous mountain in front of her obstructing her way. Determined to arrive to her destination, she climbs up the steep slope, ignoring the surrounding thorns and... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL December 23, 2011 Lion Tamers and Circus Clowns (by Troy Nahumko) At any moment between 4:30 and 8pm here in Spain, thousands of unqualified people are standing in front of children pretending to be teachers. This, however, is not a game of make believe played... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL December 22, 2011 Teaching middle school students in South Korea (by Dayle Major) I teach in a rural area of South Korea at a couple of middle schools: one is located about 10 minutes about outside the city and has about 190 students whom I see three... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL December 21, 2011 Teaching Kindergarteners in Turkey:Enjoying Every Minute of It (by Özge Karaoğlu Ergen) “To teach is to touch lives forever.” Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be an English teacher! It was because my mum was my kindergarten teacher. She was so creative,... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL December 20, 2011 I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours (by Steven Herder) Committed to Learning After 20 years in the EFL classroom, I still learn new things all the time. Certainly, here in Japan, the students are completely different than they were back in 1989; in... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL October 23, 2011 The Treasures of Teaching (by Joanne Sato) Hi. I’m a British woman who has been living and teaching in Japan for thirteen years. I have lived in Fukushima (yes, THAT Fukushima) city for the last ten of those and work at... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL September 18, 2011 Teaching English in Europe and the U.K. (by Sandy Millin) I’m a native Brit who loves languages. I did my CELTA during my final year of uni when I was studying French, German and Spanish. Once I’d finished my degree I decided to head... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL August 29, 2011 Are we going too global? (by Yitzha Sarwono) Some people fear that in the race to make Indonesian students more global, they may be losing the sense of what it means to be part of the Indonesian nation. August 17th is Independence... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL May 2, 2011 Teaching in a Buddhist Monastery in India (by Anna Greenwood) I am teaching in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery school in India. The area surrounding the school is rural; we have fields of ginger and coconut trees. The school is provided for the monks that... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL / Technology for Teaching and Learning May 25, 2010 One week in my Second Life (by Baldric Commons) In case some of you didn’t know it, Second Life (SL) is a relatively new country where the rules of Real Life (RL) often don’t apply. For instance, you can fly and teleport from... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket