Teaching Abroad

It’s good to know that the days of investigative journalism aren’t quite over, yet, in New Zealand. The Dom post has used the Official Information Act to find out how many school staff received ACC funded treatment following an assault at school and put that together with Ministry of Education figures for 2008, to reveal that at least 777 teachers were assaulted whilst at work during 2008/9 ( that’s without the figures for non-treatment assaults in 2009): “Hundreds of teachers have received ACC-funded treatment after being assaulted at school. Principals are shocked by the figure and are demanding immediate action to make schools safer ... Read Full Story

Paraphrasing remains a critical skill in academic classrooms and in the larger world. The ability to re-phrase and re-state, usually called paraphrasing, allows students to confirm information, accurately convey information, and avoid plagiarism problems in writing papers. Paraphrasing, usually quite emphasized in ESL and EFL writing classes, deserves some attention in conversation class too. Students should learn to confirm information by asking clarification questions. Some useful phrases for a listener to ask include: Are you saying…? Do you mean? What are you getting at? If I understand you correctly, you are saying … Did I get that right? Speakers can also check to see ... Read Full Story

1992 was a strange period of anxiety tension and stress for all South Africans especially Black folks. I suppose business too had a lot of pressure and the concern was what will happen if the ANC becomes the ruling party after 1994? For parents and teachers who were active in the changing landscape of South African politics, a majority was confused and clueless what form and shape education will take. In the same 1992, I was a non executive member of the school governing body at AB Xuma Primary school Orlando East; the Principal then Mrs Nkge already passed on was an inspiration to ... Read Full Story

Many English teachers nowadays choose to work in language schools. Better money, students who are there only for your lessons, no other distractions during those 100 minutes (time may vary from school to school)... Moreover, these schools have wonderful resources: multimedia centres, online exercises, interactive boards... basically EVERYTHING that every learner would die for, although most of the times they won't even have time to use! Well, it's all there anyway, just in case he HAS the time. What I actually see where I work is that most students – especially teenagers – DO arrive a bit earlier for class, but instead of doing ... Read Full Story

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Total Customer Reviews: 46 Lowest Price : $7.68 Product By Holt Paperbacks Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using “who” when a “whom” is called for? Do you avoid the words “affect” and “effect” altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she’s also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most ... Read Full Story