Varanasi, India – RJ is engaged to a beautiful girl, but getting married is the last thing on his mind. “I’m only 26,” he said. “I’m so young to marry.” It’s not unlike a conversation I’ve had with several of my American friends, but RJ is Indian and his wife has already been chosen. “She’s very [...]
Another week is over, amazingly. Recently I’ve seen that the deadline for people who want to apply for the August internship is in just over four weeks. It’s hard to imagine that in just a few months’ time there’ll be a different person sitting in this chair, possibly typing their own blog post! The time [...]
This week in Huh?! – Week of May 13th About 60 kilograms of tomatoes were delivered to our office this week. No one else paid this any mind but I was fascinated by sheer quantity. That’s a lot of fruit… A man came into the staffroom this week and collect almost all of the teacher’s shoes. [...]
In which I countdown my remaining work days Everyone does it, count towards a life event I mean. I’m no different, I just let an app do it for me: Tripit. It’s been my handy tool for over a year now, counting down the days until I went home for the Olympics (which is what I was counting [...]
Part one http://teflbloggers.com/blood-sweat-and-good-luck-part-1/ Part two http://teflbloggers.com/blood-sweat-and-good-luck-part-2/ That strange looking assortment of human beings is me and my mate Sam with 2 very enthusiastic, strange looking ladybodys, Thailand’s notorious 3rd gender. That was my first night in the Land of Smiles and one not to be forgotten. Despite my encompassing jet lag and overwhelming feeling of, well, being overwhelmed, Sam and [...]
In this article from the British Council, Barney Griffiths examines some of the problems with monitoring speaking activities in class, and offers some suggestions for improving how we go about this. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/monitoring-speaking
In which we explore Guilin at night There are three things that I would seriously recommend you do in Guilin at night: 1) Find AWESOME Guilin noodles. Seriously, these noodles have got to be the best I have eaten, and I have eaten a lot. Cez enjoyed them so much, he had a second bowl [...]
I was one of those kids. So, I know. And if you were one of those kids too, you probably are thinking, KARMAAA!!! I’ve been teaching at a lovely language school in Chiang Mai for almost 3 years. Prior to that I taught in Ecuador, and I was also a Waldorf teacher in the States, [...]
My day usually starts at a leisurely 10 o’clock with a bowl of Rice Krispies and a quick scan of BBC News; it’s finally sunny in England, and a school in Essex has banned triangular flapjacks because apparently they’re dangerous when kids throw them at other kids’ faces. Oh England. Then I drag myself, still bleary eyed, to [...]
As mentioned in the last post, I spent one or two evenings a week eating and living with students who stayed on our school campus. This meant elementary through high school students, living from Monday through Friday, depending on the week, on their own with the exception of a dorm teacher and a night school [...]
