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are you a native speaker?

myla a posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 1:33 pm
Many Filipinos, although they had an English subject at school, still can’t really express themselves in English. I think the reason to this is because they didn’t have the chance or were not enco...
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sorry for my lack of updates

myla a posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 3:03 pm
I was busy. That’s so lame but that’s true. Teaching again after a two-year break is not easy and I am working hard to get my mojo back. Back then lesson planning was much much more simple. I n...
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waterloo: names

myla a posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 2:39 am
I admit I am not good with names. During my practicum in the Philippines and during my one year teaching stint in China, I didn’t bother remembering the names of all my pupils. Having 50 children i...
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building up my English skills

myla a posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 3:50 pm
Being a non-native English speaker who is teaching English, I always have to worry about my pronunciation and my grammar. I often find myself stopping in the middle of a sentence because I am not sure...
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That would be 40 hours or more working time

myla a posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 12:54 pm
It looks like I am going to get another five groups in addition to the five groups assigned to me last week. That means 10 hours teaching time each week. Not bad. And compared to the 20 hours per week...
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thoughts after the first week of school

myla a posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 1:59 pm
In China, WHITE English native speakers are always preferred, WHITE non-native speakers come next, then non-white teachers (native speakers or not) come last.  Filipino teachers and other non-white t...
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first day of school

myla a posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 10:30 am
Most of the states here in Austria started the school year a week earlier but in Styria (where I live and work) today is the official opening day of schools. The learning center where I work (not a re...
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to my fellow teacher bloggers

myla a posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 4:22 am
Hello and welcome! You probably got here through a link I left on your blog but if not, you are absolutely still welcome to my blog. This blog is about my life as a teacher and since this blog is ve...
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my classroom

myla a posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 4:20 am
I had the chance to visit the learning center yesterday to talk to my head teacher about the rules of the learning center and to prepare some teaching props. I also got the chance to look around the p...
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when pupils behave badly

myla a posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 2:10 am
I’ve just read the book “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer and although I find most of the things in it unbelievable, I was not able to stop myself from being so moved by the story. I’ve read ...
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preparing for the coming semester

myla a posted an article on - Aug 19, 2009, 1:12 am

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teacher and parents team

myla a posted an article on - Aug 11, 2009, 3:01 pm

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the history of my career as a teacher

myla a posted an article on - Jul 30, 2009, 2:51 am

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teaching ESL through HDEE

myla a posted an article on - Jul 22, 2009, 5:13 am

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teaching is…

myla a posted an article on - Jul 21, 2009, 5:17 pm

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new blog

myla a posted an article on - Jul 21, 2009, 6:13 am

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