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Yesterday was a fun lesson, for my pre-intermediates my warm up was new verbs on the board....I listed: To placeTo set asideTo stirTo drizzleTo removeTo siftTo mix (different actions from stirring)To sprayTo pourTo tiltTo flipTo foldTo drizzle. After lots of fun and actions for the above verbs I then handed them the recipe for pancakes (Pancake Day) It brightened up their lesson. I then advised that if anyone wanted to 'write' a recipe for me...

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Language quiz (1 = moderately easy, 2 = tricky, 3 = hard) What's the difference between 'skinny', 'slim' and 'thin' (to describe a person)? (1) What's the difference between 'very' and 'too'? (1) Why is this weird: 'If you don't mind my asking, where's the bus stop?' (2) What's the difference between 'remember to' and 'remember +ing'? (2) What must always come before a singular, countable noun? (3)Roll up, roll up with your answers below!

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On my way to China next week! It is hard to believe all of this is happening so fast after finishing the 120 hour course. I have had 6 job offers and I hope that I chose the best one. There are so many websites available for the job search such as Dave's ESL Cafe, Serious Teachers, ESL employment. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, so hang in there!

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Monday 6th marked the final day of the Spring Festival holiday here in China and what a holiday it’s been!! I flew into Beijing at 3PM on New Year’s Eve and was hit by the sound of fireworks and firecrackers in every direction.  I thought I’d seen good firework shows in the past but it turns out they were all just a warm up for the explosions here in Beijing. The streets were littered with...

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So I've finished my course!.what do I do now???do people recommend taking a lot of savings with them??.is it best to find a job before I go??plus I don't have a degree only my tefl but would love to be in Asia!!

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Can someone tell me how they applied for jobs in HK please?  Or anywhere else in Asia :). Do I need to start looking now or later? How does this all work. Still working my way through the course...slowly but surely. 

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Not so long ago I wrote I have been offered a teaching position at a school in Ecuador. Just before accepting it, I got an e-mail from another school in Ecuador who wanted to talk with me.  One would think I have a world of experience teaching with school calling from out of the blue but that's not the case. 6 Months of volunteer teaching and years ago 3 years of volunteer teaching Dutch is...

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Well it feels like a lifetime since I've had time to write a blog. Having finished last semester with the not so nice task of failing some of my students I thought I would escape the chaotic season that is Spring Festival in China. I headed to Laos and Cambodia and WOW what can I say.....truly 2 hidden gems in SE Asia. Having gone through years of warfare and hardshil both countries are trying to...

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So i'm just getting into my TEFL course with (ambitious) plans to travel to Eastern Europe in September/October. I'm worndering if anyone knows anything about working in Turkey. My main question is what their general requirements are, as I havn't completed my uni degree and am hoping this won't set me back too far. Any words of wisdom?   Jen

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