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Monthly Archives: April 2009

TEACH – The movie. Thumbs up or down?

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Here’s an acclaimed film/documentary about teaching.Teach – The Movie
About its painstaking difficulty, its rewards for dedication.
Tell us what you thought of these 4 teachers. What did this movie “speak” to you, as a teacher? See the booklet and especially the discussion guide if you might share this movie with higher level students.
Here’s the PBS blurb [...]

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Teaching English and In the Line of Fire

Monday, April 6, 2009

I’m sure you’ve all heard the news of the shooting at the American Civic Association, N.Y. A lone gunman Jiverly Voong, an immigrant, slaughtering 13 people, many fellow English language learners.
I taught new immigrants for a number of years, for the Canadian government. Some of the best memories of my life are from our classes, [...]

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An open source TEFL Certificate. Possible?

Sunday, April 5, 2009

I’ve been working hard on something that has been “pregnant” for several years – a teacher training (TEFL) certificate. As many will know, I really want “quality” when it comes to teaching, I really want content and the profit model put in its proper place when it comes to education. We have so [...]

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