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June 23, 2006
Industry Event - Welcome Carol to ESL Lesson Plan!
Greetings ESL enthusiasts,
Please allow me the honor or presenting to you the newest member of the ESLemployment team and writer for ESL-Lesson-Plan, Carol Rueckert.
For those of you who might be unfamiliar with her frequent posts and replies to this blog, ESL School, the English-Blog, and ESL-Jobs-Forum, Carol Rueckert hails from a small town in Minnesota, USA, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Communications. After graduation, she moved to China, where . . .
. . . she worked primarily in the ESL field in a variety of positions, which include head teacher, material development manager, education manager and senior writer/editor for an ESL publishing house.
After several years working in the ESL field, she obtained her CELTA and is now in the process of applying for masters programs in Applied Linguistics/TESL in the UK. Besides teaching, training teachers, and developing materials, she also dabbles in writing, publishing articles for BBC online, Seoul Times, The Insider's Guide to Beijing, City Weekend, and Time Out Beijing.
Her books include 100 Topics for Speaking, Reading and Writing, and TOEFL Prep. She is also an Education Consultant for VEA, and Australian production company that specializes in Educational materials. In her free time (when she finds time for any), she enjoys traveling, learning about foreign languages and cultures, reading, and writing.
We are proud to welcome her aboard the ESLemployment writing staff! We hope that you too will fully enjoy the opportunity of learning and sharing our own experiences with such a well-accomplished persona in our field.
Good luck Carol! We look forward to reading your contributions to the ESL-Lesson-Plan blog.
Happy writing,
Lee Hobbs, ABD
Editor-in-chief, ESLemployment Publications
E-mail: lee.hobbs@eslemployment.com
Blog: http://www.english-blog.com
Posted by lhobbs at June 23, 2006 12:47 PM
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Carol I was so happy to read your excellent, well thought out lesson plan. I am 50 years old and just graduated with a B.A. in English (focus on crea wri). I have applied to several esl jobs on Craig's list and to teaching language schools, but I've been denied because I don't have esl teaching experience and I am not esl certified, or both. I don't have the money to pursue a masters, though I'd like to. I'm wondering where I should get certified in NYC and how to get experience. It seems that the language schools I applied to prefer experience over the certificate, even though they'd like their prospective teachers to have both. I feel stuck.
Posted by: Malena Algrin at December 20, 2006 01:29 PM
Hi Malena,
You could start by doing a TEFL course. I recommend the CELTA.
Check out this link for info on a course in NYC: http://www.learn4good.com/tefl/tesol_celta_usa_new_york_training_courses.htm
Good luck!
Carol
Posted by: Carol Rueckert at July 5, 2007 12:51 PM
dear carol,
i find your website very helpful but i also need articles about how to teach english for univ students. i have 40 students in a class. i dont know how to give them feedback session. it is much easier to give one if i am in a smaller class. do you have any ideas how to manage a big class? thank you in advance.
sri
Posted by: Sri Mariana at May 17, 2008 12:02 PM
Dear Carol,
I am first time speak by English with the foreigner ，I very happy may the message give you .
Although my English not too good can only depend on the translation tool to help me to translate to hope that you can look understands my meaning
Posted by: Connie Choi at August 10, 2008 01:33 PM
Can you speak Chinese ?
Posted by: Connie Choi at August 10, 2008 01:36 PM
Dear Carol,
I am so enthusistic to seek for new paradigms in ELT. I hope you share your brilliant ideas to me.
Posted by: terti at January 13, 2009 12:52 AM
Hi Carol, Just wanted to wish you luck at Pearsons. I've enjoyed your articles over the past year or so, and have gotten a lot of great ideas from you.
Take care,
David Miretti
Posted by: David at January 20, 2009 04:40 AM
Hi, ongratulations on your move! We all have to develope and move on into what makes our lives more interesting and challanging! Good luck!
Magdalena
Posted by: Magdalena Arcia at January 20, 2009 07:50 AM
Hi Carol! Thanks a million for your insights. Good luck!
Posted by: Narciso C. Robles Jr. at January 20, 2009 04:02 PM
Hi Carol,
Thank you for all the help over the years. All the best for the future whatever you do.
Kevin
Posted by: kevin a. enslin at January 21, 2009 09:43 AM
Good luck in your new job with Pearson. I admire the work of the team on this site and thank you all for your efforts to upskill and update us.
:)
Posted by: liz at January 21, 2009 04:11 PM
Hi Carol,
Greetings!
You are likewise commendable, your ideas are of great help to everyone. I teach English as a Second Language in an international School in the Pacific and wanted to apply and relocate to another country. I have lots of ideas too- but have no enough time to post them. Keep up your good work.
I am looking forward to read more interesting thoughts from you.
Sincerely,
Cesario
Posted by: Cesario Cabreros at February 15, 2009 08:21 PM
