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Welcome
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Issue #15-10-06
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NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS (Click to go to
the section of interest to you,
but check out every one!)
*THE
WORK
SECTION* News flashes, information about
money opportunities, jobs, visas,
Thailand cities, our trainers, course directors and training
locations,
working in Thailand and other countries, invaluable EFL/ESL teaching
tips,
recognitions and awards, lesson plans, activities, and much, much more
*THE
PLAY SECTION* Serialized stories, essays, poems, fun things
to do in various
countries,
funny
teaching experiences, personal contributions by teachers, hot jokes,
and more
*THE
GETTING
ACQUAINTED
SECTION* Is teaching overseas for you?
Everything you need to know, right from the "horse's mouth"!!
1.
We've done it! Our
newM.E.
Advanced Skills
TEFL Diploma Courseis
available right now!! 25% - 50% Discount on course fees
–Click here
for fees information. Places
are filling fast! Check the
schedule here. Maximize your earnings forever! TEYL,
TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC,
ESP: Available nowhere else. You will learn to teach all of
these courses and more in just a very
short period of dedicated time.
2. GORGEOUS CHIANGMAI! Where
to go, what to do, what to see –and the fascinating history of one of
Thailand's oldest and most magical cities! (A great place to do your
TEFL course, too.)
3. TED
TUCKER goes home to Phuket! Having
done an outstanding training job for us in Bangkok, Ted now goes home
to Phuket to conduct our training there. Want to learn with a great
trainer in a great beach location? Ted is your man! Read more about Ted
and his love for phuket by visiting one of his several web sites: http://www.phuketdelight.com.
EXTRA
MONEY you can earn during until 15
November!!!! (Now you can
DOUBLE your bonus!)
Meet the World with Ted Tucker! One
of our
other TEFL course trainers in Bangkok (now in Phuket!) shows why his
trainees gain such a
broad experience in life through taking the course.
What is our course
all about?The
origin and development of our flagship TEFL course, and how our
imitators and other providers have to offer "candy" to get enrollees.
Do they really care
about the effectiveness of your training? Read only if you want to
become a popular and successful teacher, and if you want to maximize
earnings for your teaching efforts.
MAGNIFICENT PATTAYA!If
you think Pattaya is only about nightlife, think again! There is an
almost endless assortment of things to do, for singles and families
alike....
I Train the Pattaya Teachers!– Our outstanding "people person" trainer,
Mr David Solomon, tells how he produces so many successful and
well-employed teachers!
Keith
Jackaman's Training Story:Why my TEFL Trainees
Make Good Teachers! Our mild- mannered Bangkok trainer, Mr Keith
Jackaman, tells why he is so popular and successful
Tips and Aids –Invaluable teaching tips taken directly from our
TEFL Course materials, and found nowhere else on the Web!
Building
Student Confidence in the Teacher.A
teacher is never lacking in students if he or she has their confidence
at all times. This is not so hard if you are a trained teacher to begin
with. However, to instill confidence in others you must first instill
it in yourself. Here is how to do that!
The First Day of
Class
by James Parmelee. Getting acquainted with your students and
discovering their problems and objectives. What to do before and during
your first class, and how to proceed afterwards.
How to
Teach 'em and Keep 'em!by James
Parmelee. Adapted
from Module 6 of our TEFL Course.
To be a successful teacher, you need to have students, and keep your
students in order to maximize earnings. Here are the tips for doing
that.
Diagnosing the TLGby James Parmelee. Adapted
from Module 3 of our TEFL Course.
To be a great teacher, you need to learn what your group's English
problems are even before you begin teaching them!
The Magic in Questioning Want to
make sure your students are really learning at all times? Here's the
right way to ask and find out! Adapted from Module 6 of our TEFL
Course by James Parmelee.
Tips
for Teaching Children.By
our own Pattaya TEFL Course trainer, Mr David Solomon. Of course, you
need training (maybe a lot of it) to teach children professionally, but
here are some tips that will give you a good beginning until you can do
our course.
Tools
to Dispel Confusionby James Parmelee. From
Module 5 of our TEFL
Course – crucial
word-building and vocabulary instruction for EFL and ESL learners
The Teacher's Checklist!by James
Parmelee. From Module 4 of our TEFL Course – How to know
when you've taught a great lesson. April, 2006
Have
an original tip of your own? Share it with us here!
Special Recognitions and
Announcements:
Trainer
of the Month:
Chiangmai's Brooke Barker! Twenty-six TEFL classes. Count 'em! TEXT-AND-TALK
Academy's one and only Brooke Barker has now finished training a total
of 26 TEFL classes for us, producing many hundreds of happy and
well-employed EFL teachers in the process. Now, with his kind, patient
and helpful teaching approach, Brooke
is successfully instructing our world-renowned TEFL course in just 4
weeks! Who could do it better? Or so quickly? Here's to Brooke – our
deserving Trainer of the Month, for September and October, 2006!
NEW!!!
Our
Upgrade and Refresher TEFL Course!Up to 50%
off our
regular TEFL Course fee! Rusty? Jaded? This is a great chance to do an
affordable TEFL Refresher Course. Want to learn everything that
was missing in the course you did? Then
upgrade now, affordably! Or tired of teaching the same old courses for
the same low pay? Then learn to teach them all for TOP PAY through our
new M.E. Advanced Skills TEFL Diploma Course. (There's a nice special
discount for you, too!) Click here.
Literature: This issue: Mystery of the Disappearing DOS, Part VII.
What a waste! Iggie finds Khun Wan dead in a large pool of blood,
nearly passes out and finds he has been caught by Father Silvio, the
man he
suspects is one of the ringleaders of a powerful paedophile gang
operating out of his own school. The danger to himself is very
real.
Who can he find, though, who will help him? Is he putting his
girlfriend in
danger too? Rick and "Bik" have not turned up again. Are they safe?
Maybe the Thai Interpol agent at the American
Embassy will help. He has a "plan" to break up the gang, but will it
work? Find out here! – A new
segment each month, and a chance to read
all previous installments!
Essay: How
to achieve world
peace by Professor Truth:Blasphemers!
Religionists and Moral Guardians. This
one is long, because it's not easy to achieve world peace, and it's
impossible to achieve it if religions don't unite. This is the truth,
if you're ready for it. Have a long
leisurely read, then do your part...
The
Cost of Kids. If
you're tired of being single and want to raise a family, or if you
already have kids and wonder sometimes if it's all worth it, here's the
answer in dollars and cents right here!
The latest right-onjoke!
This issue: "Subject:
New Stud Rooster", a
real rooster chase, as passed along
to us by Bob Brooks ...Never underestimate the
competitor!
The weirdest teaching
experience of my career!
This issue "He
Taught me
to Play Golf"
by Clyde
Haumann. April, 2006
Where to go crazy in ....! Find
our where to
go. We are all dedicated teachers, but we have to have fun in our free
time, too! This issue: Crazy Fun TEFL Training in Phuket!
by Mr Paul
Camilleri
Show
off your own writings!! Your own
original article, joke, essay,
poem or story can be published right here, copyright yours at all
times. (Keep it clean, entertaining and reasonably short,
please.)
The Truth about our
Remarkably Successful TEFL Course!The
origin and development of our flagship course, and how other Thailand
providers have to offer "candy" to get enrollees. Do they really care
about the effectiveness of your training? Read only if you want to
become a popular and successful teacher, and if you want earnings
appropriate to your efforts.
Learning
grammar: Why is knowing a bit of grammar important to you as
a teacher? Well, no sane person wants to teach grammar, right? The
funny thing is you've got to know grammar pretty darn well in order to
avoid doing so! (This means you need to explain grammatical things very
quickly, very efficiently and very well.) Let's find out if we can help
you learn what you still need to bone up on. How high can you score?
Take The TEXT-AND-TALK Academy Grammar Quiz
now! Did you do
well?If not, we can help you in a very short time to
learn all of that and much more, when you take our TEFL Course!
GRADUATES! Send us an e-mail
and tell us where you're working, if
you have the time. All of us want to share in
your happiness and successes!
Let us help!
If you
are
a graduate of our TEFL for Target Learner Groups Course
and are out of contact with one or more of your classmates, just send
an e-mail to Mr Leigh Richards
(leigh@langserv.com), and we will post your message right here! (And...
if we know his or her e-mail address, we will also put the two of you
in touch again!)
