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Thanks for your reply. I'm now in Korea and have been here for 2 months. I'm sorry that you have had such a bad experience. Nothing you've said applies to my situation here. I teach elementary school and I have complete freedom to do as I wish. I have been treated with great respect and I am allowed...

Yeah, these kids already have 3-5 years English, but have been being taught by mostly koreans, which means no english in class at all,except to blindly repeat phrases without knowing what they are saying. I fear, I may have to start over with them. This is difficult because I still have to cover the...

Hello I've been teaching here in Wonbuk(small town outside of Seosan/Tean) and i've come to realize that most of the kids can speak a little bit, but really have no idea what they are saying most of the time. In addition, I've noticed that there seems to be a disconnect when it comes to spelling any...

You have confirmed my gut feeling.

Thanks again
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I received an email from jobs4teachers.org, applied online and then received an email accepting my application. They then sent me to a link asking for a $100 application fee. I have never seen an application fee for jobs I've applied for in Asia. Are these people reputable? By the way, the salary se...

I have, by the seat of my pants, done some of this assessment stuff. But, i'm on this page of this forum to find some new ways to approach this problem. I haven't found any standardized test. But, what do is draw from my experience teaching different levels. I try to form questions around verb tense...

Maybe the moderator should reclassify this entry?

Or, retitle it?

just suggestions
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Check out this website:

There's an ESL section, but there are many, many more useful things for intermediate to advanced teachers:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

They use Google for their search engine so you get even more choices when you do a general search.

Let me know what you think,
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Hello Everybody, I don't like writing negative things about others so I will start on a positive note. I received my TEFL certificate from ITTO over a year ago. The one month intensive course is really worth it! It is comprehensive and the instructors are excellent! The problem came after graduation...

Hey there, just wanted to let folks know that the above video has been removed.

Thanks

Hello Everyone, I've just completed a year of teaching in Mexico, but now I'm on my way to Korea. I've been doing my own research about teaching in Korea so it would be great to hear about experiences from those of you there now. I'll be teaching 6-11 year olds in the EPIK program at a public school...