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[This is the first part of a blog which discusses the challenges faced by research scholars from developing countries, with Indians dominating this diaspora, when they move abroad to pursue…
In this interview, Marc Helgesen talks about the changes the English teaching community in Japan has witnessed over the last 30 years, the importance of “positive psychology” in language pedagogy,…
There are over 700 universities in Japan, and most, if not all, offer some kind of English language instruction to their students. But how does one go about becoming a…
Today is Girl’s Day in Japan, but what’s it like to be a female teacher of English in this traditionally patriarchal society? I interviewed Beth Konomoto, an EFL teacher with…
TEFL qualified Gemma Toovey found struggles and triumphs when she opted to teach English in Belarus, a lesser frequented part of the former Soviet Union. I asked her more… 1) …
A perennial debate in the TEFL world is whether and to what extent teachers should use their students’ L1 in the classroom. In the case of English teachers in Japan…
In this interview, Mario Passalacqua talks about teaching young learners of English, and living and working in a post-tsunami Sendai. Mario moved to Japan to teach English in 1997, after…
If you are looking to escape this country to teach English abroad, Korea is definitely worth considering. Korea offers some of the more stable TEFL contracts around to native English…
The staffrooms of summer EFL schools up and down the UK are littered with tired and rather resentful seasoned teachers. You can spot them a mile off. They are the…
In part one of this interview, Aki talked about the lack of work/life balance for many Japanese people, the benefits of working in an English conversation school, and the impact…
