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desert_traveller
Joined: 28 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:58 pm Post subject: TESOL Arabia 2010 |
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is there a way to get hold of session handouts or anything of that sort? i did not attend but found a few interesting sessions on the schedule, would be interested to find out if they were as interesting as their title
anyone attend? |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 3500
Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: TESOL Arabia 2010 |
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| desert_traveller wrote: |
is there a way to get hold of session handouts or anything of that sort? i did not attend but found a few interesting sessions on the schedule, would be interested to find out if they were as interesting as their title
anyone attend? |
The one I attended went so fast that I felt like I was back in grad school tryin' to scribble down notes as fast as he changed screens. I was unsuccessful. And to think that he is the Ed Tech Chair at HCT Whogivesaphuck.
No handouts...no support. I only go to it for the PeP.
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desultude
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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I went to one session that made watching paint dry seem interesting, and intelligent.
I was too busy to attend many sessions, but I did hear that there were some interesting panels.
The winner for most job listings once again went to the Kingdom. Their two boards of postings (every other country had one) reeked of desperation. Some people I spoke with whispered with dread that they might have to resort to interviewing with the Darth Vaders of the dark side of Arabia. |
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kazazt
Joined: 15 Feb 2010
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11 month contracts
shared accomodation yuck  |
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scot47
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Desultude,
What are the comparative population figures of the GCC States ? Has it not occurred to you that KSA has a vast population in comparison to the mini-sheikhdoms down the Gulf ?
More people >more kids > more schools > more demand for teachers.
You really need to get over your anti-Saudi obsession, based on a short spell with a rather.......................unfortunate.....................employer ! |
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desultude
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Desultude,
What are the comparative population figures of the GCC States ? Has it not occurred to you that KSA has a vast population in comparison to the mini-sheikhdoms down the Gulf ?
More people >more kids > more schools > more demand for teachers.
You really need to get over your anti-Saudi obsession, based on a short spell with a rather.......................unfortunate.....................employer ! |
I'm not just speaking of Oman. There were vastly more jobs in the Kingdom listed than anywhere else. I didn't count, but maybe more than the others combined!
My anti-Saudi feelings will continue. It is not an obsession (I rarely think about it except when I check in here). |
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Neil McBeath
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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Location: Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:39 am Post subject: TESOL ARabia 2010 |
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I attended.
I went to as many sessions as I could fit in.
All but one were good, several were very good indeed.
I caught up with a number of people and I got another look at Dubai.
This will be unpopular, but I enjoyed itl. I also suggested that many of the people who post on Dave's are "a small group of self-selected malcontents."
The comments on this thread confirm my opinion. |
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desultude
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:43 am Post subject: Re: TESOL ARabia 2010 |
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| Neil McBeath wrote: |
I attended.
I went to as many sessions as I could fit in.
All but one were good, several were very good indeed.
I caught up with a number of people and I got another look at Dubai.
This will be unpopular, but I enjoyed itl. I also suggested that many of the people who post on Dave's are "a small group of self-selected malcontents."
The comments on this thread confirm my opinion. |
I went over the posts on this thread again, and find most of them positive. I learned a lot and saw some friends. it was certainly useful, but not perfect, certainly!
I would hope for a different venue next year (one like last year that was in the city and easy to walk to and to get to restaurants etc.). Given that it was on a huge campus outside of town, there needed to be more and better maps, and better coordination of the job fair locations.
In all, it was a successful conference. |
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Cleopatra
Joined: 28 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't count, but maybe more than the others combined! |
I haven't done the maths either, but a rough calculation would indicate that the population of KSA is greater than that of all the min-Sheikhdoms combined.
So the number of jobs on offer sound very proportionate! |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| The Saudis have a lot more military jobs than, say, the Emiratis. I don't know about universities and tertiary colleges, however. There are quite a lot in the Emirates these days when you count the foreign ones. |
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