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mthood
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: teaching work to supplement income |
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| i've grown tired of modeling. getting paid to look good has become boring. haha, i know what you're thinking: you can quit your job but you can't just stop looking gorgeous! true, but i thought i would try teaching where the hours and pay must be fabulous. anybody know anyone who does any teaching in istanbul? |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| anybody know anyone who does any teaching in istanbul? |
urban myth. #5368 |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: Re: teaching work to supplement income |
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| i've grown tired of modeling. getting paid to look good has become boring. haha, i know what you're thinking: you can quit your job but you can't just stop looking gorgeous! true, but i thought i would try teaching where the hours and pay must be fabulous. anybody know anyone who does any teaching in istanbul? |
If you're really serious about it, then I have some friends. But be warned, it's a competitive business. Many people think it's all about standing up in front of a class and using lexical methods to elicit language and create a linguistic need for a grammar function. But I've heard stories of people going to jobs only to find a "private" lesson. The lesson starts well, but after a while we find out that the student doesn't want "English" but in fact just need a "t*efl score"  It happened to me and I felt very dirty. then there's "observations", I heard of one starry eyed young wannabe-teacher being asked to do a self-assessment for one of the so-called "DOSes". Disgusting. And there's the "conversation" classes, "business" English classes and of course rampant heroin abuse and bestiality.
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| lexical methods to illicit language |
Will you use illicit language when I ask if you meant elicit  |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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| lexical methods to illicit language |
Will you use illicit language when I ask if you meant elicit |
doh! |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Who knows Baba. Maybe you will be able to elicit a beer from me.... (being a Scot it's unlikely but no harm in trying) |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| Who knows Baba. Maybe you will be able to elicit a beer from me.... (being a Scot it's unlikely but no harm in trying) |
Yeah but there's no football. If we meet down the pub we might actuall have to try and have a conversation.
*shudder* |
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