Rob Gillen

The wide-world of English language teaching just too big to grasp?

If you’re peering into the abyss of English teaching for the first time, here are some thoughts on the value of TEFL Training. I’m an English teacher living and working happily in Cambodia. Before leaving England I completed a TEFL course ...

Stan Iasov

Do you need help?

The following are the notes found under the table at the Bobby's Jug Pub on Silly Wong Rd. Apparently they were written during a presentation made at the secret meeting of a subversive little group whose goals are not only ...

Ursula Wall

"Pack a bag; it could be a very long day."

The best definition of culture that I have seen is: “the way we do things around here”1 So culture shock, comes, quite simply, from the removal of the familiar2, from not knowing how we or, rather, how they do things. ...

Stan Iasov

Khon Kaen 2004

I can almost hear it now: “Do I need ThaiTESOL to get a job in Thailand? Wouldn’t my TEFL cert be enough?” The answer is: ThaiTESOL is not a teaching course – it’s an annual conference. Gotcha. “Why have I ...

Ian McNamara

Ajarn.com legend tells all

If anyone had told me in late 2002 that I’d imminently be getting some Chinese work experience I’d have presumed they were offering me a job in a restaurant. However by mid-February 2003 I found myself in the position of ...