Starting a revolution in Korean ESL
by Allistair Elliott The great question I was once asked in an interview ‘how I could revolutionise the teaching of English in Korea’. Having…
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The Essence and True Purpose of Education
by By Rooman Raza Qureshi – aka RRQ “Give me a fish and I’ll eat for a day, teach me to fish and I’ll…
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Some Thoughts on English Language Teaching in Indonesia
By M. Faruq Ubaidillah “It is the uncontested America’s socio-economic factors that make English a language of international communication”, David Crystal I feel a…
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To Teach Back Home or Not
by Tristan Cotterill. Currently in the United Kingdom (UK), the education system is facing a crisis point. There is a severe lack of teachers….
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Speak Out, But Be Heard: Against Sexual Harassment in ELT
Speak Out, But Be Heard: Against Sexual Harassment in ELT About thirty years ago I walked out of my fully funded MPhil/PhD position because…
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Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn From Textbooks?
Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn from Textbooks? A chilling ice-breaker It is the beginning of a new term and we start to…
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Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy
Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy Last month I took four weeks to complete one of the more reputed TESOL qualification courses available (no,…
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Benevolent Authenticity in the Language Classroom
Benevolent Authenticity in the Language Classroom Yusuf is a delightful young man. In addition to being my go-to student whenever thinking time descends into…
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Why Evidence Matters
Why Evidence Matters Evidence in education is something that is being discussed more and more often in talks, blogs and articles, so it seems…
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Objects, Subjects and the Banking Model
“There is no teaching without learning” Paulo Freire Paulo Freire and the Banking Model of Education are perhaps the two things I hear the…
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