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[Andrew Wood]

What do people think about the ESL scene in Singapore?

One of my aims is to help improve the professional standards in education in Singapore. Especially in the private sector.

From my previous experience as a journalist in South Korea I know that ESL school owners can be pretty unscrupulous.

I'm editor of two education magazines in Singapore: teach! is for professionals and learn! is for parents. teach! is sent to 8,000 decision makers in Singapore's education industry every month during term-time. learn! is a new magazine that's only just been launched, but we hope (eventually!) to sell 15,000 copies a month.

If anyone has any advice on any scams to look out for -- on the record or off -- I'd be grateful.

Are there any teachers in Singapore (or who have taught here) who might want to talk on the record or anonymously?

And are there any schools that have a particularly bad reputation that might be worth exposing?

Andrew Wood
(+65) 6225 4100
[email protected]

[zakiah25]

Perhaps if your venture is successful in Singapore, you might want to start a magazine to cover the ESL/EFL scene worldwide. Judging by this forum's popularity, you could be inundated with replies.

[khmerhit]

What's wrong---no one has offered to help mr wood---are journalists not popular in ESLdom?

[Aramas]

What would be the nastiest thing to do to an ex-employer? Harrass them with a lawyer, a journalist or a pit-bull?

When I see words like 'journalist', anonymous', 'scam' and 'expose' in a post, and words like 'fair', 'impartial', balanced' etc. are conspicuous by their absence, then I don't feel particularly forthcoming.

If tabloid journos and lawyers set up their own NGO to persecute and prosecute expats, sell used cars and write about it then we would have a Perfect Vessel in which to vent our bile

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[arioch36]

[shmooj]

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