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Welcome to

Som Tum!

The Monthly EFL/ESL Work ‘n’ Play

Interactive Newsletter

Issue #31-03-06

Brought to you by TEXT-AND-TALK Academy
and Featuring the TEFL for Target Learner Groups Course:

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INTRODUCTION: This E-mail Newsletter is for EFL and ESL teachers everywhere, not just those in Thailand. 

Of course, if you are already in Thailand, or are thinking of coming here to be trained or work, we believe you will find the newly-updated information about living in Thailand to be absolutely essential. 

However, this is YOUR newsletter, not just ours! We need YOU, if you are a trained and experienced ESL or EFL teacher, to provide the cutting edge tips, techniques and information which only you, and no one else, can provide.

 And ... if you are a good writer, WE WILL MAKE YOU FAMOUS (!), though only with your cooperation, of course! You will find described below the types of writings we need and would appreciate, and how to submit them. After that, they will be kept in our Newsletter Archives forever unless you request otherwise. Needless to say, these are your writings, and the copyright belongs fully to you at all times.

 Finally, if you are not yet a trained or practicing teacher, we hope you will enjoy our newsletter nonetheless, and will find our well-meaning advice for you to be useful. 

Below, you will now see an outline of what to expect in every issue (and probably a whole lot more!), but it also is what REALLY is in this one! Now, on to the fun ...!

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CONTENTS of the NEWSLETTER:

There are four sections in every issue of the Som Tum Work ‘n’ Play Interactive Newsletter...
(click to go to the Section of interest to you)

*A WORK SECTION*  - Written by us:
Information about jobs, visas, working in Thailand and other countries, teaching tips, lesson plans, activities, and more

*A PLAY SECTION*  - Written by you!
Fun things to do in various countries, funny teaching experiences, personal contributions by teachers, hot jokes, and more

*A GETTING ACQUAINTED SECTION*
Is Teaching overseas for you? Highlights of a new teacher, information about training, and more!

*A GETTING RE-ACQUAINTED SECTION*
- for all alumnae, of course!
Learn about recently placed graduates and what they are doing, Get to know a teacher-trainer and their experiences, Meet one of our recent trainees and see how they are doing now.

THE WORK SECTION:

A happy new teacher?
No, it's not really that rough!

1. Teaching in Paradise, Sort of!  Songkhla: A great Thailand teaching location
by Louis Minson

2.    The job of your choice:  (Thailand and everywhere else):
Where it is, what it pays, what it requires and how to get it. Hundreds of choices!

Nice jobs & benefits teaching in Taiwan or Japan

3.  How we find our corporate jobs for Text 'n' Talk – by Matthew Levett

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THE PLAY SECTION:

        1.  The weirdest teaching experience of my career!

               This issue:  "He Taught me to Play Golf”  by Clyde Haumann

2.    Where to go crazy in .....! Find out where to do it.
We are all dedicated teachers, but we have to have fun in our “off” time, too!

               This issue: Phuket, Wow! by Paul Camilleri

3.   The latest right-on joke!

               This issue: “Seating Preference” passed along to us by Bob Brooks (On a good airline, you could get moved!)

4.    Just for fun: Something beautiful! Have a look...

5.    Literature: Your own original article, essay, poem or story
(Keep it clean, entertaining and reasonably short, please.)

               This issue:   Mystery of the Disappearing DOS, Part I. An fun and exciting serial account of teaching life in Thailand byIgnatias Filchworthy (and he says if you believe that name, you'll believe anything)!

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THE GETTING-ACQUAINTED SECTION:
 

1.      "Insider Training":  Why my TEFLTrainees Make Good Teachers!
           Our mild-mannered Bangkok trainer, Mr Keith Jackaman, tells why he is so popular and successful

2.    What makes our training course best for you

3.     How graduates feel about our course:
          An unsolicited endorsement from Mr. Ian Miller, trained at our Chiangmai academy

4.    Crucial visa help from us
         for enrollees in our TEFL Course: by Mr. Leigh Richards

5.    What you need to know about Thailand

      7.   Why Thailand is a good place to live and teach:  by James Parmelee

8.    Don’t be afraid! Get properly trained, help your students really learn, and enjoy the fun!

9.   Why is knowing a bit of grammar important to you? Well, no sane person wants  to teach grammar, right?
The funny thing is you’ve got to know English 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 see if we can help you learn what you still need to bone up on!

                              How high can you score?    Take the TEXT-and-TALK-Grammar Quiz now!

        Did you do well? If not, we can help you in just a short time to learn all of  that and more through our fun TEFL course!

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 THE GETTING RE-ACQUAINTED SECTION

           From us:

1.   Trainer of the Month:
Bangkok's Keith Jackaman

2.   Top job obtained this month by one of our graduates:
Ms Angela McElroy, Pass A from the Phuket academy: Employed by us!

3.   March Trainee of the Month: Mr Robert Deegan, Pass A from our Pattaya academy

4.   Other oustanding graduates this month
(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 success!)

             From you:

GRADUATES: If you are out of contact with one of your classmates,
and would like to “shoot the bull” with him or her again,  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! 

Friends for life, right?

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NEXT ISSUE!

Find out how why our Phuket trainer, Mr Robert Brooks,
makes learning to be an English teacher so much fun!

Plus... enjoy reading Mystery of the Disappearing DOS, Part II!
(It'll keep you riveted, or at least in suspense)

    And... see how your EXTRA newsletter MONEY can be made in May!

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