ESL Lesson Plan

Lee,

I'm afraid that the author you referenced has got it wrong about the Gaelic or Gaelic. These are two related languages, spoken, initially, as a first language in Scotland and in Ireland and, subsequently, banned by the English.It died out in the Isle of Man in 1974 but it is, apparently, being revived there.It is largely, incomprehensible to English speakers but it is, increasingly, being taught as a mainstream language. In Ireland it is a co-official language with Irish. There are Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia.

'Auld Lang Syne' is Scots, which is very different, and should be regarded more as a dialect of English, which is practised on a daily basis.

Ingrid

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Note from Lee:

Please accept our apologies for the misunderstanding. In our defense, we were referencing the newspaper writer's article but it was irresponsible to assume these fellows always know the time of day. As linguistic students, we realize that there is a technical issue there: we were, of course, referring to "Scottish Gaelic" which, of course, is not the same as actual Gaelic no more than the language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is really Dutch (actually, it's Deutsch, or German). As it turns out, the lyrics are actually in the Scots tongue, as you've noted, a completely different language altogether.

For example, according to the article "What is Scots Language" found here, "The Scots language is a Germanic language related to English. It is not Celtic, but has been influenced by Gaelic, as Scottish Gaelic has been influenced by Scots. "Briogais", "gaileis", "baillidh", "snaoisean", "burach", "sneag", etc etc."

The article has now been correced to read SSL (Scots as a Second Language)

Plenty more information where that came from. Thanks for bringing that to our readers' attention Ingrid.

Michelle,

Hi. I need your help. Please provide me with sample tesol lesson plan for the verb will and be going. Also, the lessons should be interactive and communicative.

Thanks,

Priscilla

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Note from Michelle:

Anyone out there have any suggestions for an interactive and communicative TESOL lesson plan that teaches "be going" for Priscilla? I'm sure that she would (as would all of us) be grateful if you could please leave them in the comment box below. Good Luck!

Hello,

I just recently became a certified teacher in Canada. However, getting a job is ALL politics. There is no step by step process to achieving this. However, the piece of paper with my initials and name on it look great!

How does this compare to getting a job overseas...teaching English or otherwise. I used to teach in South Korea and am seriously contemplating going overseas again, for the simple reason of growth, knowledge and excitement.

Sure, there are some benefits in staying in a country where you know "the rules" and language...but is this really all to life? North America has A LOT of downfalls and shortcomings.

yours,

Ian

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Note from Lee:

Thanks for your comments Ian: all good topics for discussion. I recommend that you copy-and-paste the text of your letter into a post over on ESL-Jobs-Forum where this same discourse has been going on for quite a while now. Good luck!

Lee,

Thank you. Thank you so much for this ESL journal. I am currently teaching in Saudi Arabia, at a college that would make a Monty Python series. The culture really continues to shock. I would lose my mind if it were not for the sanity and support you provide.

And the journal is especially attractive and easy to navigate.

If there is anything you need -- info, comment, editing, whatever -- from this part of the world, please let me know.

With appreciation,
M.F.H.

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Note from Lee:

Thank you Mary for both your comments and for your offer. If you'd ever like to contribute content to my new blog, I'd be happy to feature you in any of the future posts if the topic is related to English Teaching. Please correspond at lee.hobbs[at]eslemployment.com

In the meantime, since you are in a country that is world-reknowned on this blog for its "regular" advertisements in the free sections of the jobs-forums for "men-only" TESL positions, it would be interesting to get your opinions on discrimination and unfair hiring practices in the industry over HERE. Thanks again!

Hello,

My name is Enrique [moderated] and I´m a certified English teacher from Mexico but I don´t have the tesol certification which I´m thinking on taking in a school in Barcelona (Telfcorp).

I have two questions regarding this subject:

1) Is it possible for me to take the course even if I´m not a native speaker and then if that´s so will I have equal opportunity to get a job as an ESL Instructor/teacher?

2) Is Telfcorp an internationally accepted institution? I just want to make the right move and as a strategic career move for me I want to be sure that it´ll be the best for my interest.

Thank you so much for your information and the extraordinary service that you provide to English teachers all around the globe.

My mail address is [moderated]

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

E.[moderated]

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Note from Lee:

Hi Enrique,

Thanks for your message and your question about the "TEFLcorp" - it's a good one.

Please take a minute to post your question in the ESL Jobs Forum. There are any number of industry experts participating regularly who should be able to assist you.

Please visit the following link to post your question. You must register to use the service but registration is absolutely free:

http://www.esl-jobs-forum.com/profile.php?mode=register

After signing up, the easiest thing to do would be to copy-and-paste your message into a topic area applicable to your question.

Good luck and let us know what you find out!