http://www.twiku.com/2008/05/29/teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language/ From a day, to a lifetime - A personal view from a Mediterranean village in France Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.twiku.com/2008/05/29/teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language/#comment-1211 Hugh Tavenner Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:44:31 +0000 http://www.twiku.com/?p=354#comment-1211 I draw your attention to the following found in a search for Cactus The TEFL Blacklist: Cactus TEFL (still up to their old tricks) The Guardian are promoting Cactus TEFL as a holier than thou place to seek impartial advice. I can't believe that money isn't changing hands. ... teflblacklist.blogspot.com/ 2007/04/cactus-tefl-guardian-spin.html - 96k - I draw your attention to the following found in a search for Cactus
The TEFL Blacklist: Cactus TEFL (still up to their old tricks)
The Guardian are promoting Cactus TEFL as a holier than thou place to seek impartial advice. I can’t believe that money isn’t changing hands. …
teflblacklist.blogspot.com/ 2007/04/cactus-tefl-guardian-spin.html - 96k -

]]> http://www.twiku.com/2008/05/29/teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language/#comment-1062 Fings to Fink About in France | New Bricks and Pantiles Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:07:31 +0000 http://www.twiku.com/?p=354#comment-1062 [...] have been writing about teaching English in my blogs and this has opened some email conversations which often bring many other things - this [...] [...] have been writing about teaching English in my blogs and this has opened some email conversations which often bring many other things - this [...]

]]> http://www.twiku.com/2008/05/29/teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language/#comment-1012 Annie Young Fri, 30 May 2008 12:36:27 +0000 http://www.twiku.com/?p=354#comment-1012 Hi I've been teaching English for 15 years now. More and more companies are owned by European or American companies and they need English for meetings and communication between the subsidiary and head office. The people I teach are everything from people who work in maintenance who need it for manuals,to computer technicians (for software) accountants ( presenting figures to head office) and sales people( dealing with customers). The companies I work with range from wine producers through carpet manufactures to providers of safety clothing or medicine. The job itself is not secure as it depends on work coming in to the language school and the large number of Brits around means it's not wise to complain about conditions - there is always someone there to take your place! Having said that you meet a variety of people, find out what goes on in the area and from time to time find out you have made a difference to someone's job. I don't have a TEFL qualification and I think giving someone the confidence and skill to use the English they have is more important than getting bogged down with grammar. I suspect tho' the people who write a lot of the jargon for the TEFL courses wouldn't agree. I do agree that having a TEFL qualification at the start would have helped my confidence but I don't think I'm any better or worse than the couple of colleagues I have who did the course. I enjoy reading all the different subjects you cover Thanks Annie Hi
I’ve been teaching English for 15 years now. More and more companies are owned by European or American companies and they need English for meetings and communication between the subsidiary and head office. The people I teach are everything from people who work in maintenance who need it for manuals,to computer technicians (for software) accountants ( presenting figures to head office) and sales people( dealing with customers). The companies I work with range from wine producers through carpet manufactures to providers of safety clothing or medicine.
The job itself is not secure as it depends on work coming in to the language school and the large number of Brits around means it’s not wise to complain about conditions - there is always someone there to take your place! Having said that you meet a variety of people, find out what goes on in the area and from time to time find out you have made a difference to someone’s job.
I don’t have a TEFL qualification and I think giving someone the confidence and skill to use the English they have is more important than getting bogged down with grammar. I suspect tho’ the people who write a lot of the jargon for the TEFL courses wouldn’t agree. I do agree that having a TEFL qualification at the start would have helped my confidence but I don’t think I’m any better or worse than the couple of colleagues I have who did the course.
I enjoy reading all the different subjects you cover
Thanks
Annie

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