Beat the depression
The latest news shows that UK unemployment has soared to new highs over the past year, and this is leading an increasing numbers of Brits to turn to TEFL overseas (teaching English as a foreign language) to escape the hopeless job market at home. Although many indicators show that economic recovery is expected in the UK by the end of …
Read Moregood trainers and bad
A word of warning to would-be TEFL’ers looking for a course in Phuket: some TEFL trainers are not trainers at all. We already knew that some of the trainers on the island were of dubious qualification, but it has just come to this writer’s attention that one particular TEFL provider in Phuket employs a totally inexperienced trainer. So inexperienced in …
Read Morenew website launched!
Patong Language School launched study-thai-online.com on August 10th 2009. It’s a website which brings a new and exciting method for learning the Thai language. Although the school has been in operation since 1983 teaching Thai and many other languages to students in Patong Beach, the power of the internet has allowed the school to develop an online learning system. Students …
Read MoreEating Thai
Most visitors to Thailand are attracted as much by the incredible array of Thai food available as they are by the climate and scenery. Thai food is a main attraction all over the country, but Phuket is particularly well known for its fresh seafood. A Thai meal is incomplete without rice; it is the basic ingredient and will appear in …
Read MoreTEFL accreditation? What accreditation?
Does it really matter if a TEFL course is accredited? Many course providers throw the term ‘accredited’ around quite freely, but what does that mean if there isn’t really a moderating body? Or if there is an accrediting body, did they really review or audit the course? There is no independent, international accrediting standard for TEFL courses, so most TEFL …
Read MoreWhy learn Thai?
As Thai is spoken only by around 60 million Thai people and hardly at all outside Thailand’s borders, this may seem a very good question. How can learning Thai be useful? How will you benefit from speaking Thai, never mind reading it? Thailand is an exciting, beautiful, exotic country, having scenery ranging from breathtaking mountains and rain-forests to gorgeous sandy …
Read Morea cast iron guarantee
You don’t find TEFL providers offering money back guarantees – wonder why not? It can only be because they are not confident of their premises, trainers, materials, and everything else you get to see on day one of the course. Usually, up until this point all you have seen is a website and had some email correspondence. Just for a …
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