That’s today’s big news. Judy and I–along with 13 other great “native English speakers”–are walking off with certificates that attest to our status as TESOL teachers. We’ve studied grammar and phonemics and done eight hours of practice teaching. It was a great experience! But we most remember the people, the other students, and the excellent […]
Well, after an intense month of school in Ban Phe, Ira and I are now certified to teach English as a foreign language with TEFL/TESOL certification. (Please, no snide remarks from the peanut gallery about Southern accents. There are lots of interesting accents — our class had 7 Americans, 2 Australians and 6 Brits. ) […]