A good laugh for teachers and students… Enough said.

There is an interesting article for students and teachers from any country today’s, The Korea Times. Rafael Sabio, an English teacher in a TESOL graduate program, touches on two main points in this second part in his series titled To Improve English Education. In this part he argues that

• pedagogy must be improved; and
• schools should recognise qualifications and experience and pay accordingly.

While the article is about English education in Korea, I know from my experience teaching in Japan that the dialogue between the author and the readers taking place in the comments is relevant to English education in Japan and, I would presume, other countries.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Economist magazine is having an online debate on technology in education.

Proposition: The continuing introduction of new technologies and new media adds little to the quality of most education.

I was going to write a summary of the comments on the Economist debate on technology in education because there are so many of them (they require quite a bit of sifting), but I had too many negative comments and didn’t want to seem like a jerk.

So, instead, I would like to elaborate on my own thoughts on the subject.

I would like now to follow up on my Simple English Wikipedia for ESL/EFL Students series with a few ideas for using Simple English Wikipedia in your writing class.

I am presuming that you have read my Simple English Wikipedia for ESL/EFL series. If you haven’t, you might want to check it out, particularly Part 3 and Part 4 that are concerned specifically with writing.