Site Search:
 
Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

EFL in UK - New Hope

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Kingdom
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
jaffa



Joined: 25 Oct 2012
Posts: 403

PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:37 am    Post subject: EFL in UK - New Hope Reply with quote

Just browsing through the Guardian and came across this piece about TEFL in UK secondary/primary schools. Could have interesting potential. The comments below the article are positive too.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/30/city-of-leeds-school-english-as-second-language
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
JRJohn



Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 175

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:49 pm    Post subject: Good Reply with quote

Sounds great! If I get a PGCE I will be trained to teach Spanish, French and EFL Very Happy !
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
Captain Coddo



Joined: 04 Feb 2012
Posts: 45
Location: East Coast

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hope? In EFL? I'm not so sure about that.

Just remember the old saying: 'those who live on hope die of starvation'.

Who said that, by the way? Was it Benjamin Franklin?

And did he ever teach English?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Shroob



Joined: 02 Aug 2010
Posts: 1339

PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I was in secondary school there was an 'ESOL tutor'. They wouldn't hold classes, but they'd see individual students for one hour slots. I didn't think much of it at the time, or even know what 'ESOL' was! Only later when I met a former classmate did he remind me of the 'ESOL tutor' and it clicked.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29231.html

My google search also suggested that this originates as a Turkish proverb.

http://www.inspirationalstories.com/proverbs/turkish-he-who-lives-on-hope-dies-of/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mr. Bourenmouth



Joined: 03 Feb 2011
Posts: 21

PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Captain Coddo wrote:
Hope? In EFL? I'm not so sure about that.

Just remember the old saying: 'those who live on hope die of starvation'.

Who said that, by the way? Was it Benjamin Franklin?

And did he ever teach English?


Don't know, but i don't think there is any cause for hope in TEFL in the UK, certainly in Bournemouth. I can only imagine things are much the same in other cities.

One of the most prestigious and the largest school in town is doing a price-match with budget schools, they are so desperate for business. The oldest school in Bournemouth is down to operating out of one building when it used to have three, and the only schools that seem to be doing well are those that are overrun with Kuwaitis, Libyans and Saudis.

On top of that, students that do come seem cynical and obsessed with their phones. I don't feel there is nearly as much of the wide-eyed enthusiasm that there used to be.

One can't help but feel the industry is dying or changing so rapidly. People are learning English at home, getting their IELTS and then coming straight to university, in colleges across Europe, it seems we've lost that monopoly as well.

Sad really.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343

PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This reminds me of the article in the Readers' Digest Medical Pages :"New Hope for The Dead."
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
MdSmith



Joined: 15 Nov 2012
Posts: 67

PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't get it, there seems to be plenty of tefl jobs in England and all those sessional EAP positions, why is there no hope?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343

PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plenty of TEFL jobs ? Not many paying a living wage though ! Welcome to the world of the Zero Hours Contract ! That includes reputable universities !
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
grahamb



Joined: 30 Apr 2003
Posts: 1945

PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:47 pm    Post subject: No hope Reply with quote

It's the same in France. I have TWO zero-hours contracts. Doubleplusbad! Crying or Very sad
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
johncoan



Joined: 02 Jul 2010
Posts: 115

PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get into teacher training if you can. It's one of the best ways to make a decent living in EFL in the UK.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343

PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Winning the lottery is a better career plan.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Kingdom All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

Teaching Jobs in China
Teaching Jobs in China