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Posts from ‘November, 2009’

Teaching English at a Japanese Academic High School (by Tomo Wakui)

Nov 25th, 2009
by Barbara.
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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL
 My teaching History
Hello. My name is Tomoe Wakui. Please call me Tomo. I am a high school English teacher in Niigata, Japan. I am very happy to have this opportunity to introduce myself here in Teaching Village.
Let me explain my teaching history briefly. I became [...]

What I’ve Learned from My PLN (November 14, 2009)

Nov 15th, 2009
by Barbara.
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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?)
The seven guest authors for the “Front Lines of EFL” series have been the members of my personal learning network I’ve shared with most intensively in the past few weeks, so [...]

Learning Lessons in Thailand (by Rob Newberry)

Nov 3rd, 2009
by RobinThailand.
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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL
I teach in an International School in Bangkok. The “internationality” of the school is an interesting term, as there really are two languages spoken here — English and Thai — and not necessarily in that order.
There used to be signs posted around the school saying, [...]