Awesome Weekend,    So for anyone a little nervous about the weekend courses - don't be!!! It is seriously fun! Since I had completed over 100hrs online the in class portion was like a refresher, which was nice. Sigrid did an amazing job by leading the tutorial!! You cover a lot of ground and are tired by the end but it was a fantastic experience - it really puts what you learn online into context...

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Ok, ok, ok,    I know you think - is this girl nuts! She doesn't leave till August and she says "packing!", but in actual truth I am not packing but gearing towards packing. Yesterday, while in Toronto to update my passport before the Visa application arrives, I decided to do a little shopping! My oh my did I find a great selection of Teacher clothing (as that is what I call it). I got...

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Hey all!    So I finished my online work with TEFL and all that I have left is the weekend course!! Woot woot! and that is next weekend. To get ready for the trip I compiled my TEFL course into workbooks. I compiled the Grammar Module into one and then the Specializations into another. Because I wrote out the other online course (40hr) in a book in previous years when I worked on it I...

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Wow,   So I am working through my teaching pronunciation module - the last one before my class in Toronto. It is going pretty well since I have taken linguistic classes in the past. The hardest thing was putting what I know into a teaching activity. Like the 'ed' pronunciation - tough! This makes me wonder and understand how tough this will be. It isn't bad sitting at my laptop doing these tasks but then it...

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Wow, So just at the end of my modules - actually only one left, and the weekend Tefl in Toronto on the 19th! I am so excited - but then I realized - what am I to do with all the free time left before China? Well organization, packing, tickets, visa, insurance, ... all that fun stuff - but heck I thought that I would also pick up the language again - I still have...

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Wow,    So far today, instead of working, I have been on the site roaming through different discussions, pictures, chats, blogs and so forth. I might not even make it to August before I feel the need to hop on a flight - I seriously want August to come in a flash - maybe not though because I will want to treasure this last summer of mine. I have been gathering all my i-to-i material...

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