Tag: Teaching English

‘You Might be Working at a Bad ESL School…’

One expat TESL blogger rounds up some nightmarish-but-true teaching scenarios. My favorite? “... if one American teacher quits without notice and the school, as a precautionary measure, fires all the other American teachers on the spot.”


I’m Not a Doctor, But I Played One on Korean TV

I’m Not a Doctor, But I Played One on Korean TV Photo courtesy Brian Miller.

When the call came in that a local film crew needed foreign extras, expat English teacher Brian Miller donned a business suit and reported for duty.

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The Headmaster, the Terrorists and Me

The Headmaster, the Terrorists and Me Photo by Julia Ross.

Two years after the Bali bombing, Julia Ross recalls the attack's unlikely impact on her teaching experience in China

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Test Day

Test Day Photo by Frank Bures.

Frank Bures administers an English exam to his students in Tanzania, where life is hard and giving up isn't an option

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Pura Vida

When life as a teacher at Escuela Otto Kopper takes yet another wild and embarrassing turn, Cara O'Flynn learns to deal with it Costa Rican-style

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