Tag: ESL

  • Cram School Teaching Vs Public School Teaching in Taiwan

    I have worked at both of these kinds of schools in the last few years, and this is what I think about them. For those of you who aren’t aware, these are the two main kinds of schools that you can get hired to as a foreign ESL teacher in Taiwan. I will be talking…

  • English Accents As Viewed By Young Taiwanese ESL Learners

    -So which teachers are Canadian? asks Student A. -T. Range, T. K, and T. R., answers Student E. -How about T. Br? -He’s American, as is T. J., I interject. -How about T. Be? -He’s from England. -What’s the difference between them all? -It’s the way that they all say “out”. Canadians will say it…

  • Pencilgate

    As I left the school for a well deserved break, it was about 12:30 and I had yet to eat lunch, I came up the teaching director of the school shouting at someone in her office. While this might seem a common occurrence at most school, it isn’t at ours. I have never seen the…

  • 5 Tips to Finding Affordable Tutors

    When your child needs help with their homework, or you just want your children to go beyond the curriculum of your school, be it in creative writing, mathematics, science, or other subjects, finding the right tutor is key since this will usually be an ongoing relationship for at least a couple of weeks to a…

  • Co-Teachers & Grammar Curriculum

    In Taiwan, ESL teachers are usually matched with a Chinese co-teacher. This is true for all of my classes, but I spend most of my time with my K2 classes and I’ve known my co-teacher for over a year. When co-teachers take time off, the class starts to break down. The class doesn’t run as…

  • South Korea Hires Robot Teachers

    South Korea isn’t a great destination for English teachers. There’s a shortage of English teachers in South Korea because the Koreans apparently work them like dogs (extremely long hours, from early in the morning to late at night including Saturdays on a fixed salary). The ones who stay want to be paid more than what…

  • You Didn’t Review

    -You didn’t review! The Grade 4 boys did terribly in the biweekly test. Shirley was shouting at them. I popped my head in after having marked their test very quickly after they finished it. – If you did, you’d get 98% like Teresa. – But teacher, I didn’t review, Teresa replied. – If you’re Teresa,…

  • Measure Theory and Disposable Teachers

    I I’ve been working hard this week at learning more about measure theory. It’s a really interesting research subject and there are quite a few things that I didn’t know about it. In class, we are currently seeing the Lebesgue measure and topics. I’ve read up on the Borel, Haar, Radon, and Daniell measures. I’ve…

  • New Green ESL Bulbs Will Be As Efficient As CFLs and LEDs

    In the race to finding the greenest way to illuminate our nights, a new company has come up with a new refinement of old technology to serve our needs. Will it be enough to save you even more money? Find out after the jump. Read More…

  • Combatting Racism

    Hi Alex, It has come to my attention that you weren’t truthful with me. It’s funny that you said that you didn’t need any teachers to me and then go and try recruit my wife to sub for you yesterday, after you screwed me out of 6 weeks of work. When I started to deal…