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Where is the teacher solidarity?

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I’m tired. I’m seeing tweets from TEFL academics and organisations about how we adjust our teaching. How we do better online. Stop. Just, please, stop. The reality? Most of us don’t know if our schools…

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Monkeys and Rotten Peanuts

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I’ve taught freelance Business English in Germany since 2009 for three language schools. In none of them was I paid enough to live on. Their contracts were similar. This is my experience of the worst…

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I Am Literally a Bullied ELT Teacher

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Prior to Donald Trump’s visit to the UK Ash Sarkar of Novara Media appeared on ‘Good Morning Britain’ and was bullied by host Piers Morgan. He criticized her for not demonstrating against Obama, presuming, incorrectly,…

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