Somalia: Islamic radicals raid private English school killing 4 teachers

Sunday, April 13, Hakab Private English School was raided by Islamic insurgents...
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A Possible Step Back: Korea Considering 2-Year Degrees

It's been four months since the Korean government issued new, strict regulations for E2 teaching visas and now some schools are asking for further changes, this time to lower the academic standards.

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Korean E2 Visa Drug Test Pot Free

What might be old news to some teachers will be a sigh of relief to others. As of March 15th, the Korean Immigration Service announced the Ministry of Justice has dropped the cannabinoid test from the medical check required to receive an alien registration card.

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Excessive Punishment: Tardiness Earns One Student Push-ups, One Teacher A Court Date

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Vietnam Slams TOEIC

Why aren't Japanese and Korean students more proficient in speaking English? Some teachers in Vietnam are blaming TOEIC standardized testing, which focuses more on listening and reading skills. TOEIC mimics other English as a Second Language products, like ETS and the old TOEFL version (before 1995), which was almost boycotted in US universities in the 1990's, until it updated to its current version.

Vietnam's education development strategy for 2008-2020 plans to implement English as a compulsory subject in primary schools...

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ESL Daily New features

Welcome to ESL Daily! We are proud to announce some new features to our website www.esldaily.org. Our new main page menu now has four tabs of news to choose from. In addition to our daily news articles, which you can view in the In The News tab as well as at the top of the page, we now also feature three new tabs of ESL related news to keep you up to date in what is going on around the world in the ever-changing, fast paced profession of teaching English as a Second Language. In The Blogs provides links to news stories written by ESL Bloggers around the world. In The Forums provides you with links to what the hottest topics are in the ESL industry and what teachers are saying about them. In More ESL News, we provide links to other important news items not covered in the ESL Daily articles. Stay informed of what is going on around the world in the ESL industry by visiting ESL Daily.

This site is dedicated to the daily distribution of news relating to the global ESL market. As we continue to grow in the coming months, we will be adding several new features and even contests in an effort to connect and involve teachers around the globe. So keep coming back for the exciting new developments. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. From the team at ESL Daily, thanks for visiting and hope to see you again soon.

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From English to Panglish? The Possible Future of a Language

Dickens is probably turning in his grave. For purists of the English language, the thought of the language of Shakespeare or Dickens becoming a diluted language for world's masses is a nightmare. But Panglish, as experts are calling the new English, is already here. The folks at Oxford English Dictionary must be having strokes...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/30/from-english-to-panglish-the-possible-future-of-a-language.aspx

English + Brain Science = A Japanese Clock Work Orange

t may sound like Anthony Burgess invented it, but it's purely non-fiction for the Japanese, who have fully embraced a rather unique method for improving their English language skills - that's right, it's brain science...
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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/27/english--brain-science--a-japanese-clock-work-orange.aspx

TEFLWatch Pulls the Plug on ESL Forums

TEFL Watch, a website dedicated to aiding ESL teachers make informed decisions about employment, has shut down its forum. After weeks of intense pressure and backhanded tactics from Thailand private language school owners to remove their names from the site's forum blacklist...
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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/26/teflwatch-pulls-the-plug-on-esl-forums.aspx

The New Korean E2 Visa: A Teacher's Story

This is a story in the words of an American teacher who recently went through the experience of applying for and receiving a Korean E2 visa after the new regulations of December 15th, 2007...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/25/the-new-korean-e2-visa-a-teachers-story.aspx

Japan: Butlers Cafe; An alternative to teaching?

Kitsch is synonymous with Japanese culture and a style of restaurant in downtown Tokyo that offers English lessons as a part of its dining experience is no exception, although the butler uniforms worn by the foreign wait staff might be a touch of the bizarre...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/24/japan-butlers-cafe-an-alternative-to-teaching.aspx

New Regulations: Thailand

The Thai Ministry of Education has declared that all foreign teachers must have a Teacher Profession Certificate in order to legally teach in the country. The non-immigrant B visa needed for work permits for foreign teachers will no longer be enough to obtain a work permit. To receive a certificate, teachers will have to...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/17/new-regulations-thailand.aspx

ESL Scams Part 2: Exotic Locations

In Part 1 of this series, we examined the "The Money Up Front" scam. In this scam, a school asks the potential teacher for 'commitment' or 'processing' fees before the commencement date of employment. In part 2, we explore the use of Exotic Locations in explaining the attraction and success of teaching scams through the example of my own personal experience with a scam two years ago in Valencia, Spain. Scams that use exotic locations such as Valencia, which is not a popular city for English as Second Language, convolute the first kind of scam by offering these "money up front" fees as refundable. They also locate their scams in exotic locations, by which I mean a city or a country with small ESL markets and in a location where research into the school or their offers is difficult to ascertain.

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/15/esl-scams-part-2-exotic-locations.aspx

No Child Left Behind Act Leaves Many: America

A new study by Rice University and the University of Texas-Austin finds the 'accountability' model on which the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is based upon a direct contributor to lower graduation levels...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/14/no-child-left-behind-act-leaves-many-america.aspx

New Foreign Teacher' Association: Korea

There has been talk for years now about forming a foreign teacher's union to fight for and protect the rights of contracted English language teachers in South Korea. Although it is not a union, and does not have the power of one either, ATEK (Association of Teachers of English in Korea) will have to do for now...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/13/new-foreign-teacher-association-korea.aspx

Neil On Trail: Thailand

Five months after his October 19th 2007 arrest, Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian schoolteacher charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old Thai boy, has begun his trail in Bangkok, Thailand...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/11/neil-on-trail-thailand.aspx

Sudden Demand: ESL in America and UK

A growing number of non-English speaking students are enrolling in schools throughout America and the United Kingdom, while the demand for qualified English language instructors is following suit...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/09/sudden-demand-esl-in-america-and-uk.aspx

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Teacher Wins Dual Awards: America, China

Tom Merchant of Charlotte, North Carolina, is literally 1 teacher in 3000. He beat out that many of his fellow nominated colleagues to become the Teacher of the Year at the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China...
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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/06/teacher-wins-dual-awards-america-china.aspx

Misdirected Encouragement in Vietnam

Discipline in the classroom is always a difficult issue to tackle, and sometimes it can have catastrophic results. Such is the morale recently learned by one Vietnamese teacher...

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http://blog.esldaily.org/2008/03/02/misdirected-encouragement-in-vietnam.aspx

ESL Daily Website Opening

Welcome to ESL Daily! This site is dedicated to the distribution of news relating to the global ESL market. After months on blogspot.com we are proud to finally find a home at www.esldaily.org We cover every kind of news story associated with English as a Second Language as well as offering advice on subjects such as ESL Hotspots for 2008 and how to avoid scams, which draw on our own teaching experience. From fake degrees in Taiwan to India's burgeoning ESL market to the Chilean education fair, ESL Daily wants to keep teachers informed of what is going on around the world in the ever-changing, fast paced profession of teaching English as a Second Language. As we continue to grow in the coming months, we will be adding several new features and even contests in an effort to connect and involve teachers around the globe. So keep coming back for the exciting new developments. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. From the team at ESL Daily, thanks for visiting and hope to see you again soon.

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