Abandoned Anxiety Attitude (AAA)
As many of you know, Asian students in particular, usually are painfully shy, especially when speaking in public, Figure 1. I recently delivered a…
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We-ism: Consensus and Unity Spirit
We-ism is a critical cultural concept of Korea, and much of the rest of Asia, promoting group consensus and activity, over the assertion of…
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From Teacher to Programmer
By Mélanie L. Sisley Ever watch someone completely absorbed by a computer game? Ever wonder what it would take for you to get your…
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The Teachers Role in the Integration of Immigrant Children
by Sonia Pavlenic Human migration is not something new, something that has started recently. People have always migrated either in groups or as individuals…
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Book Review: Refugee Tales
David Herd & Anna Pincus (Eds.) Comma Press 2019 ISBN 1912697114 EDL: Teaching English as a Detention Language ‘You, me and those who came…
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Understanding Noonchi (Nunchi) Culture for Teachers in Korea
by Yvette Murdoch and Cheryl (Farzana)Hyland For many generations, Koreans have placed great emphasis on age and social status. This has arisen from the…
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From Confucius to Plato
by Peter Hughes As like many Universities in China, Open Lectures are often given by foreign teachers. I teach Civil Engineering and English to…
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A Paradigm-Shift in English Teaching in Pakistan
Teacher friendly English classrooms by Irum Butt Most Pakistani English language classrooms (PELCs) use the traditional lecture method (Waseem, 2009), or teacherexplanation along with…
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Has the Jargon Got You Down?
By Mary Catharine Breadner Like other industries, the EFL world has an abundance of jargon. From acronyms to theory, it is almost impossible to…
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Changing English Teaching in Japan
by Jonathan Packer In Japan, as a high school and college teacher and previously an assistant language teacher in high schools and junior high…
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