Do You Need to Speak a Foreign Language to Teach in Asia?
Do You Need to Speak a Foreign Language to Teach in Asia? During my years in Thailand, I’ve lost count of the number […]
Read moreDo You Need to Speak a Foreign Language to Teach in Asia? During my years in Thailand, I’ve lost count of the number […]
Read moreKorea is one of the most popular countries for native English speakers who want to teach English overseas. The culture, the people, […]
Read moreAs a former English teacher, but one who is still living in Bangkok, I meet many new teachers every year who arrive […]
Read morePeople often email me to ask which method I recommend to make learning Thai easy and more fun. While the usual methods like […]
Read moreAny foreign teacher that has taught in Thailand will tell you Thai students are far below much of the rest of the world […]
Read moreWhile Some EFL Teachers Think Using DVDs of TV Shows and Movies in Class is a Bad Idea, It’s Not If You Use […]
Read moreOne of the fabulous new ways to make a living teaching English is to sign up with an agency and teach English online. […]
Read moreAs an EFL teacher in Asia, one of the things I did early on was involve the parents of the kids I […]
Read moreAt a TEFL conference several years ago, I read several studies showing teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) to students of […]
Read moreA few years ago, when I was still teaching in Bangkok, I was lucky to be able to go with my school […]
Read moreSmall talk is something many EFL students have problems with. Often they’re shy when speaking English so their minds go blank when […]
Read moreOne of the subjects an EFL/ESL teacher often struggles with is not only how to get students to understand the Five Ws (Who, […]
Read moreTeaching English (EFL/ESL) in Thailand, one thing I’ve noticed is my students’ inability to understand native English speakers because of the slang […]
Read moreTeaching EFL English in Thailand, I sometimes struggle to try to get my students to write something in English that’s interesting. Most […]
Read moreMost Thai students, but particularly children who are beginners, find it difficult to learn adjectives and to understand where to place them in […]
Read moreGetting most EFL students to say more than a couple of words in class can be a challenge. In Thailand, EFL students […]
Read moreIn the decade I taught EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language) in Asia, I noticed how much my […]
Read moreSome of the best and most fluent English speakers I’ve met in Thailand have been Thais who taught themselves English listening to […]
Read moreMany western teachers come to Thailand to teach English and are completely out of their depth. A fair percentage of Thai school […]
Read moreTeaching new EFL vocabulary is usually boring, for teachers and students alike. It’s difficult for a teacher to come up with a lesson […]
Read moreIn response to Friday’s photograph of a monk ‘planking’, a new Facebook page has popped up promoting the Thai way of sitting known […]
Read moreOne thing many EFL/ESL teachers in Thailand get frustrated with is getting their corporate students talking. That’s why this free corporate EFL/ESL […]
Read moreTo many western teachers new in Thailand, working at a Thai university sounds like the most prestigious teaching job in Thailand. However, they’re […]
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