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I passed moduel 3 but the brain has once again died! I find the questions so converluted. I'm sure I actually know the answer but the question has me flumexed!   How you all getting on?

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Looks like my wish to teach English in China is on hold for the foreseeable future.  I've managed to contract Dengue fever, a not uncommon ailment in these parts.  While it's not life threatening for most, it really takes a lot out of you. On the other hand, I'm moving forward on plans to teach conversational English in my apartment to some select individuals here in Cali.

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Hey all, Just wondering if anyone here is due to do this weekend's (i.e. Nov 13th and 14th) Galway course.  I've completed two modules of the Online part of the course and so far I'm really excited about TEFL.  As I was doing the course I had to stop and take a breather for all the ideas of how I would teach, and the activities I would do were so distracting and I couldn't help but get ridiculously excited :-D I've...

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October’s gone, and we’re halfway through November. The weather here is still a glorious 20 degrees, and it’s sunny! Coming from the UK, this is an unexpected but very welcome turn up for the books! As was the plan, my flatmate and I have been sightseeing every weekend. We would have done this even if it was raining but it’s lovely to be able to take pictures with mid-summer blue skies.   So far, we...

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So your students understand what adjectives, adverbs and nouns are, but struggle to fit them all together…. not anymore! Here are a few activities you can use in your lessons to get your students making sentences confidently. Activity 1 Elicit: The dog ran for the ball. How can you turn this sentence of six words into a longer sentence without changing the meaning? Is it possible to create a sentence of 50 words? Put your...

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Ok, half way mark has been hit so it’s time to start thinking seriously about what to do once January 15th hits and this internship is over. Here are the options that I’m running over in my head: 1.       Go straight home. 2.       Travel around China until my visa runs out (5th Feb) then travel home. 3.       Travel around China until my visa runs out then explore South East Asia until my money runs out...

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When I arrived at my hagwon back in March, I had the opportunity to watch a teacher finish his contract and walk away with his bonus and plane ticket.  This in itself, made me feel very confident these things would be waiting for me at the end of it all.  Well, in the past couple of months things have changed.  The school, which had been under consistant ownership/management for years was sold to a new...

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Hi everyone, Finally the job in saudi arabia has eventuated and i am now leaving on wednesday for Riyadh to teach in King Saud Uni for hopefully the next 11 months. Any advice would be greatly appreciated take care all and i hope i can access the chalkboard there fred

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I'm off to Taiwan soon to go job hunting. Anybody that has any advice, tips etc feel free to chip in! I leave in two weeks and just have to finish my specialist modules but I'm working seven days a week so will probably finish them out there. Oh by the way... I do have a degree which I know is a must out there. Looking forward to hearing from you Phil

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