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Sun 06-Jul-08 - by tommyk |
Hi there, I'm just looking for some materials for teaching about Beijing Olympics, I've got a class plan to make but not sure what kind of materials I should use. I did a google search and found a few little things, mostly just the olympic website itself. But I found some translated stuff about beijing olympics here which is cool cause its got chinese characters in it too, its called Lazyteach.com - You are so lazy
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1 Reply | 31 Views | | Reinventing the wheel with text books | |
Tue 12-Jul-05 - by tonelir | 
I'm often dumbfounded as to why some language schools and companies that outsource English teachers, have their own inhouse text books. I'm very against this because:- It's reinventing the wheel
- A language school cannot compete with the likes of Cambridge or Oxford Press or the other great text book publishers. Off the shelf text books contain beautiful illustrations and carefully thought and proofread lessons.
- It's a big time waster for language schools. Shouldn't they be more concerned with training teachers and increasing student numbers?
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Fri 07-Jul-06 - by Niko |  Safety when working abroad
Have you ever considered teaching or working in a hostile country?  Occasionally you will come acr... [Read More] | |
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Mon 17-Jul-06 - by Niko |  Back off! I'm British!
Teaching English in Taiwan is fun for the most part. However, it seems to me that all Taiwanese think us English teachers are from America?
Why do they think we are all Americans? Don't th... [Read More] | |
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