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| How long have you been (or do you plan to be) in the EFL/ESL field? |
| Thirty + years |
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18% |
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| Twenty-five - Thirty years |
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4% |
[ 3 ] |
| Twenty - Twenty-five years |
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7% |
[ 5 ] |
| Fifteen - Twenty years |
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15% |
[ 10 ] |
| Ten - Fifteen years |
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20% |
[ 13 ] |
| Five to Ten years |
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13% |
[ 9 ] |
| One to Five years |
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20% |
[ 13 ] |
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santi84
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
Posts: 1317
Location: under da sea
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I should Skype my mother tonight and ask her if there are any new verbs or idioms floating around in Vancouver this year 
There is only new word I have heard used by my friends back home this year is "meme".
Any lesson plan suggestions for teaching the Quebecois about the language significance of the "meme"?
Bonus points for cats. |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
Posts: 3292
Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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I wonder if there's a mememe meme?  |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I got into this pseudo-profession in 1968 and thought I would do it for a year. It turned into a life sentence. I was released in 2011. |
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52skidoo
Joined: 12 Mar 2012
Posts: 32
Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi Johnslat,
I was in Jakarta the same year, small world.
I did my second teaching gig in a one room school house as a campus community service back in 1984, while i was still in College. Having several grades several taught together sure upped the degree of difficulty but I guess most teachers like a challenge, kinda harkens back to Little House On The Prairie, right?
I suppose I will semi retire around 65 by going to some place like the Marshall islands or Guam and set up a shack on the beach with a sign that reads WILL TUTOR ENGLSH FOR FOOD... Until I slowly fade away, maybe my last lesson will be drawn on the sand and washed away by the high tide.
I noticed lots of teachers polled at 30 years +.
My first tefl teaching gig was in Indonesia in 1981, while taking a year out of college to teach abroad with a program funded by my school. I had no degree, no certificate and no experience.
Heck we didn't even know what a TEFL certificate was. They gave us two weeks training and we were good to go.
Anyone else remember the good old days when the TEFL industry was still in its infancy? |
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Shroob
Joined: 02 Aug 2010
Posts: 1339
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Hi Johnslat,
I was in Jakarta the same year, small world.
I did my second teaching gig in a one room school house as a campus community service back in 1984, while i was still in College. Having several grades several taught together sure upped the degree of difficulty but I guess most teachers like a challenge, kinda harkens back to Little House On The Prairie, right?
I suppose I will semi retire around 65 by going to some place like the Marshall islands or Guam and set up a shack on the beach with a sign that reads WILL TUTOR ENGLSH FOR FOOD... Until I slowly fade away, maybe my last lesson will be drawn on the sand and washed away by the high tide.
I noticed lots of teachers polled at 30 years +.
My first tefl teaching gig was in Indonesia in 1981, while taking a year out of college to teach abroad with a program funded by my school. I had no degree, no certificate and no experience.
Heck we didn't even know what a TEFL certificate was. They gave us two weeks training and we were good to go.
Anyone else remember the good old days when the TEFL industry was still in its infancy? |
That's what I'm fearful of. I'm new to the game and feel that the good times have gone and I face an uncertain future. I constantly hear of stagnant or falling wages, higher requirements for jobs and fewer opportunities. This worries me as I'm currently debating whether or not to invest in an MA TESOL (as well as the thought I may not be up to it). |
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7969
Joined: 26 Mar 2003
Posts: 5782
Location: Coastal Guangdong
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Shroob, real wages have been stagnant for the middle class in North America for about three decades now. And the future for many in the world today, no matter what they do, is anything but certain. I can't think of a better way to guarantee a stagnant lifestyle with fewer opportunities than by doing nothing. Get better qualified (in something, anything). It'll pay off somehow somewhere. |
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52skidoo
Joined: 12 Mar 2012
Posts: 32
Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Shroob wrote: |
| 52skidoo wrote: |
Hi Johnslat,
I was in Jakarta the same year, small world.
I did my second teaching gig in a one room school house as a campus community service back in 1984, while i was still in College. Having several grades several taught together sure upped the degree of difficulty but I guess most teachers like a challenge, kinda harkens back to Little House On The Prairie, right?
I suppose I will semi retire around 65 by going to some place like the Marshall islands or Guam and set up a shack on the beach with a sign that reads WILL TUTOR ENGLSH FOR FOOD... Until I slowly fade away, maybe my last lesson will be drawn on the sand and washed away by the high tide.
I noticed lots of teachers polled at 30 years +.
My first tefl teaching gig was in Indonesia in 1981, while taking a year out of college to teach abroad with a program funded by my school. I had no degree, no certificate and no experience.
Heck we didn't even know what a TEFL certificate was. They gave us two weeks training and we were good to go.
Anyone else remember the good old days when the TEFL industry was still in its infancy? |
That's what I'm fearful of. I'm new to the game and feel that the good times have gone and I face an uncertain future. I constantly hear of stagnant or falling wages, higher requirements for jobs and fewer opportunities. This worries me as I'm currently debating whether or not to invest in an MA TESOL (as well as the thought I may not be up to it). |
Bill Clinton- "I feel your pain"
I guess the best any of Us can do is work it all out as we go along to the best of our ability and not worry too much about the outcome. I am not fearful about the outcome of my choices, I guess that's what I was trying to get across, I will have lived a long full life, traveling, teaching and learning. Seeing myself as a beach comber living in a shack and teaching a few classes, enough for food, would be an ideal ending to a wonder filled life. |
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djunamod
Joined: 09 Jun 2011
Posts: 11
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I cast my vote for 25-30 years, mainly because of my age. I'm very late in the game for ESL teaching (started only this year), but I have been teaching non-ESL (college English and literature) for 8 years so far, so I'm not totally new to the teaching game. I might go past 30 years, if I can get super bifocal contact lenses to help me see the lesson plan when I'm 80+  .
I have to say that it's very encouraging to see how many people here have been in this job for so long and plan on continuing. I noticed that the percentage of those in this profession 10 years and above far outweigh those in it 10 years and below. To me, that's a sign of a profession that has some rewards outside of money. I'm guessing that if you put the poll to people in sales and marketing, you wouldn't get the same results.
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