INTRODUCTION:
This
Newsletter
is intended to be not only educational,
but fun!
Though our Academy is based in
Thailand, our e-mail
Newsletter is prepared especially for EFL and ESL teachers – as well as
those
thinking about teaching English abroad – who are working or planning on
working anywhere in the world. Of course, if you are already here,
or are
thinking of coming here to be trained or work, we believe you will find
much of the newly-updated information about life in Thailand to be essential.
And, if you
like
the format of this Newsletter and are a trained and experienced teacher, we and the entire academic community need your own cutting edge teaching tips, techniques and
information to showcase here, and hope that you will share these
with us, just as you yourself may share in those of others. All writings will be archived for the benefit
of future readers, and, needless to say, the copyright remains yours
at all times.
Finally, if you are not yet a trained or practicing teacher, we
hope you will obtain valuable information here and would like you also to contribute to both the fun and the wisdom this Newsletter is
intended to provide, even though that is outside
the realm of EFL/ESL teaching!
NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS (Click to go to
the section of interest to you,
but check out every one!)
*THE
WORK
SECTION* Information about
jobs, visas, working in Thailand and other countries,
teaching tips,
lesson plans, activities, and more
*THE
PLAY SECTION* 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"!!
Meet the World with Ted Tucker! Our
other TEFL course trainer in Bangkok shows why his trainees gain such a
broad experience in life through taking the course.
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!
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.
Tools
to Dispel Confusionby James Parmelee. From
Module 5 of our TEFL
Course – crucial
word-building and vocabulary instruction for EFL and ESL learners
Top Job obtained
this month by one of our graduates: Mr
Peter Craig Hammond.My, the Phuket trainer is doing a great
job! Phuket graduate Peter Hammonddid
so well on our course that he was snapped up by the Berlitz School of
Languages (40,000 baht a month) even before he had finished! Our course
Certificate No. 001677
April Graduate of the Month:
Ms
Carol Kayed, Pass A from our T'n'T Academy in Phuket
NEW!!!
Our
Upgrade and Refresher TEFL Course!Up to 50%
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Literature: This issue: Mystery of the Disappearing DOS, Part III.
Rick, the Director of Studies has disappeared. "Bik", a student, has
disappeared, too! Where is he? And why does Bill Wakely suddenly sound
threatening? Is Khun Pong, the landlord, involved? Why did the neighbor
girl, Wan, answer the door naked when Iggie came calling? – A new segment each month, and a chance to read
all previous installments!
You'll laugh right off your
bench! There are
times when the judge must definitely say, "Silence
in the Court!"
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.)
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!)
INTRODUCTION:
This
Newsletter
is intended to be not only educational,
but fun!
