http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/ Language, teaching, and all things EFL en email@email.com http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4011 Alex, as long as I am teaching (3 more years is the plan) and longer if I can recruit regular guest authors. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4010 Hope you keep the blog going though! {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Alex Case 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4009 it’s definitely a mistake and one that is going to cost Korea big time as well as end up reflecting poorly on all native speakers. I agree with Alex, my plan to get out of the country couldn’t come at a better time. - At least I’ve got some time to get the skills I need to transition out of EFL and Korea. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4008 Two steps forward and, uh, two steps back? I wonder if this is a sort of amnesty for the illegal teachers already here.  Administratively, that might be a good idea but not so much educationally. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} kwandongbrian 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4007 Congrats on getting out then! {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Alex Case 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4005 Yikes. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} JMac 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/korea-qualifications-no-longer-necessary-to-teach/#4004 Wow. That’s a move back to the darker ages. Years ago, until the early 90s, the government did not require a degree for an E-2 visa. One had to prove that one had completed two years of college (via official transcript), and I still remember the name of the last person my language institute hired under the old rules. That’s how I was able to teach there in the late 80s. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} kangmi 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/attention-ps-elt-blog/#4003 Hi Sean, Thanks for the heads-up. There was a problem with reCaptcha. I think it should be sorted now… Peter {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Peter 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/31-day-comment-challenge/#4001 It’s okay with the challenge to do the tasks when it is convenient for you.  What I used to do for the 31 Day Blogging Project was do several tasks on the same day. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sue Waters 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/first-i-was-dean-now-i-am-king/#4000 Top blog .... King .... moving up in the world, aren’t you!?!? You will continue keeping us peasants informed, won’t you? *Please* {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} JMac 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/reading/#3997 Hello! I’m a big fan of Paulo Coelho! You will love this! He’s the first best-selling author to be distributing for free his works on his blog: www.paulocoelhoblog.com Have a nice day! Aart {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} aart 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/reading/#3996 Katie, it’s partly to so that I can ensure that they have read the books as I can now ask them questions about it that can only be answered if they have read it. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/reading/#3995 I just bought a nice used copy of Blink so I’m glad to see you liked it.  I’ll put it at the top of my own reading queue.  Nice idea to commit to reading what your students choose to read themselves. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Katie 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/my-materials-vs-commercial-materials/#3992 Seth, I’ll definitely check out that repository over the weekend - should be able to find time since it’s a three day weekend. Yeah for Children’s day! {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/web-design-is-math/#3991 James, I wouldn’t know since I haven’t looked at PHP or Ruby, but PHP is easier than CSS, then I’ll consider looking into learning that after I master CSS and Javascript. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/web-design-is-math/#3990 I guess PHP and Ruby would be long division! {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} James McWhorter 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/my-materials-vs-commercial-materials/#3989 Hiya Sean, I totally agree that tailor made materials are always going to beat something out of a book hands down, every time. The trouble is, it really is sooo time consuming :-o I am the Moodle trainer for our school and I constantly get grumbles and groans from our teaching staff when we are teaching online about just how much time it take to prepare materials. Something that might interest you is the discussion over on the WebHeads pages about an open Moodle Repository: Moodle Repository {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Seth Dickens 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/my-materials-vs-commercial-materials/#3987 No particular reason for the 1 being excellent - actually I hadn’t even thought about the order. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/my-materials-vs-commercial-materials/#3986 Some good results. Congrats.  Only 9 in a class—nice! Curious as to why you use 1 as ‘excellent’ and 5 for ‘terrible’ in your Lickert scale. Seems to be a bit of a golfer’s setup (shoot for the low score). {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} JMac 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00 http://eflgeek.com/index.php/eflgeek/comments/why-would-you-teach-without-technology/#3985 Kerry, Thanks for your comment and I’m happy to hear that you are exploring blogs and other 2.0 content for your teaching. Last fall I taught a course to Education majors on incorporating internet in the the language teaching classroom. {categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories} Sean. 2008-05-12T01:21:00+09:00