The Class of Oct '09
As my fellow trainee TEFL colleagues begin to depart this great city the class of Oct '09 is finally scattering to all corners of the...
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- Nov 7, 2009
- 1 min
Hasta Luego
Je m'appelle Julien. Je suis professeur. It was an awesome four weeks and it was an honour (hey, another 'h' word with the 'an'...
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- Nov 6, 2009
- 1 min
I Did It!!!
And now for paella, sangria and mas cerveza. Adios amigos...
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- Nov 5, 2009
- 1 min
And Now, the End is Near
My final class was dealt with last night. It was a tough gig. I gave them £50 each to spend on auction items (including my yellow shoes)...
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- Nov 2, 2009
- 2 min
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Week four and a glimmer of hope. We've just sat a long dreaded grammar exam, our student profile work is done (for most of us) and we...
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- Nov 2, 2009
- 1 min
Fascinating Fact, number 568: The Pomegranate
The Spanish word for pomegranate is granada. Was Granada named after the fruit or the fruit after the town? Well, frankly, no one cares...
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- Oct 31, 2009
- 2 min
Now That's What I Call Tapas
I get it now. The whole teacher thing. I finally experienced that magic I had been hoping for when I set out on this crazy path. IÂ felt...
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- Oct 31, 2009
- 1 min
I Wanna Know What Love Is
I found a bar. It's down at heel. All the seats wobble. I went into the toilets and I'm sure parts of my clothing have contracted E-coli...
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- Oct 30, 2009
- 1 min
Some of the Team
Some of the class of, erm, 2009 (Oct/Nov) David, SteveJ and Mate SteveS, David, Loren and Sara (and my orange juice and apple on the...
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- Oct 30, 2009
- 2 min
Schwas and diphthongs and SatC
Glorious glorious sunshine today and temperatures an unlikely 29 degrees. At lunchtime I took myself off to nearby Plaza Larga for a...
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- Oct 29, 2009
- 1 min
Day 19 - Happy Birthday Spud
Day 19 in the Big Brother house and Derek is hovering outside the shower cubicle. He has a class to teach this morning and he´s decided...
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- Oct 27, 2009
- 1 min
When the going gets tough
Week 3 and the pressure is beginning to bite. We have lost one of our students. She flies back to the US tomorrow. I guess you don´t...
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- Oct 27, 2009
- 1 min
Eating elephants
There is an old Chinese proverb that asks, "How do you eat an elephant?", and answers with, "one bite at a time..." I'm more than half...
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- Oct 24, 2009
- 1 min
Art for art`s sake
So we have a task out here to produce two sets of teaching material that can be used across different levels of language student class,...
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- Oct 24, 2009
- 2 min
Alfonso's tapas
I got some valuable recovery time in today. Yes I had work to do but I'm pretty much on top of things and I didn't do more than a couple...
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- Oct 23, 2009
- 1 min
A turn for the better
musings meteorological: The weekend is almost upon us and the weather has improved. Three days of cold and damp have passed and the sun...
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- Oct 22, 2009
- 2 min
The Albaycin - and my first painting.
The Albaycin area of Granada is the old part of town. It's origins are rooted in the Moorish conquest of the city in the 11th century....
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- Oct 22, 2009
- 1 min
The Alhambra - at last!
Well I got away with it. The boss man said he really enjoyed the 'art' lesson. I was given a warning though about taking such outrageous...
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