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Re: Foreign misfits in ESL -- Beth 20 September 2014

There is no 'food for thought' for me here, Turnoi. Just another glaring example of you droning on and on and on... Yawn.

Re: Foreign misfits in ESL -- Concerned+Teacher 20 September 2014

The Chinese guys who were quite jealous and would not dare making parties themselves then had street fights with these Africans, and some of their racism also comes from such events in more recent ...

Re: Foreign misfits in ESL -- Beth 19 September 2014

This variant of racism exists because white faces sell better in China -according to the views of those clowns running that particular infamous EF franchise branch. Oh change the record, it's ...

Re: Foreign misfits in ESL -- Concerned Teacher 18 September 2014

They only want some white faces for shown in their private, disgusting language mills, the rest doesn't matter. True, for in chinese eyes, white=western. It is the reason why white teachers, ...

Re: Foreign misfits in ESL -- Beth 18 September 2014

I agree about the racism. During my last 6 months at EFDL, they hired a British girl.of Sri Lankan descent. She was qualified, loved teaching and wanted to teach for a year in China before moving to ...

Need clarification regarding teaching requirements. -- up2eleven 1 September 2014

I do not have any kind of college degree, however, I will be getting a TEFL certificate. When I look online about places where I can teach without a degree, China always comes up as the best place. ...

CELTA teacher training -- Edward/CELTA teacher training 26 July 2014

I would like feedback on the most reputable providers of the 4-week CELTA course. There are tons on the Internet and no way to assess which ones are good. I understand the CELTA curriculum is the ...

Re: CELTA teacher training -- cunning linguist 1 August 2014

You might consider a university based CELTA course. Some universities, at least in the UK, run courses under the control of their Modern Languages department so you can be assured that your ...

Re: Adult schools in Haikou? -- Scotty 5 July 2014

Well I appreciate the advice and all, but universities pay a lot less and I've had good experiences with Training centers even a couple of the ones here where people were telling horror stories. ...

Re: Adult schools in Haikou? -- Concerned Teacher 14 June 2014

I agree, teaching at these kid schools is a terrible thing to do. True, but I tend to find these kind of jobs suit younger western female teachers well. Or playful young at heart western male ...

Adult schools in Haikou? -- Scotty 13 June 2014

Hey guys, I've been looking to teach in Haikou pretty soon. I've had my interviews and a few contracts offered, but they're all children's schools. I've been searching and ...

Quality of cheap CELTAs -- David Smith 1 June 2014

I am thinking about doing CELTA this summer and after many hours searching for a cheap, good course, I think I found one. My question to the forum is whether or not the price of the course has an ...

CRC (cambridge regional college) -- CELTA 30 May 2014

Hi, Has anyone done CELTA from cambridge regional college? Can you share Your experience or give feedback. I have applied for the course and I will be travelling all the way from India to London just ...

Re: Dave's ESL Cafe- Never Again! -- Emily 28 May 2014

Indeed, it is this board, eslteachersboard that is far more mature and friendly than Dave's ESL.

Dave's ESL Cafe- Never Again! -- grayskies 24 May 2014

I have used Dave's ESL Cafe over the years, and I will never use it again! I have tried to post interesting material (with the same username) and found the same bullies over the years. These same ...

Re: Dave's ESL Cafe- Never Again! -- Nova 25 May 2014

Dave is probably the biggest whore in the ESL profession. Any shit school can get advertising on his forum, and as long as shitty training schools are paying him for advertisement space,any post that ...

Re: Dave's ESL Cafe- Never Again! -- Emily 27 May 2014

I am sorry to hear that you had a bad experience on Dave's ESL. You are not alone. I got bullied left, right and upside down. This board is much more mature and attracts proper teachers, in my ...