Tag Archives: ELT
Do you still uphold ELT as a profession? I asked my teacher-students …
Last Wednesday, when I had finalized my plan for the Thursday evening class, I was suddenly struck by a thought: The students in the Thursday evening group are all teachers. They’re witnessing, and experiencing, what real-life teaching is like. So, … Continue reading
The NS-teacher myth
In the entry before the last one, I talked about the blind faith of some parents in Hong Kong in the native-speaker teacher and in the “Standard Accent.” Icy Lee then sent me a link to a recent interview with … Continue reading
The native speaker, and the standard accent
Dora (false name) opened the door of the small room in this small bed and breakfast that the agency had booked for her. It had been a long day getting the girls (and a couple of boys) settled with their … Continue reading
