This study surveyed the professional needs of a randomly chosen 125 English language teachers from Amman (1st and 2nd ) directorates of education. By using a close questionnaire, the study revealed different professional needs demanded by EFL teachers which embodied the need for effective organization of the EFL curriculum and welcoming teachers' remarks on it, securing instructional media and facilities for effective English language instruction, raising students' motivation and attitudes towards English language, the need for training courses to mix with native English speaking communities, the need to use appropriate EFL teaching methods, the need to understand the EFL teacher's new roles and the necessity of effective in-service training of English language teachers. The study also ...
Some of the nation's top English teachers say the Bible should be part of any high school class covering the finest works of Western literature, according to a new report issued by the Bible Literacy Project. The Bible is "one of the basic pieces of literature that in Western civilization has influenced laws, morals, politics and other literature," says Laurance Levy, a teacher at McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md., who participated in the national survey.
TOKYO - Fresh out of college, Sam Gordon bought a one-way ticket to Tokyo for a chance to explore Japan's exotic culture while teaching English at the nation's largest language school. All it took to get the job was one simple interview. The adventure, which began five years ago, has abruptly come to an end. His employer, Nova Corp., hasn't paid him since September. The company closed its operations last week and filed for court protection, following a government crackdown on its business strategy. With $20 left in his bank account, the 28-year-old Gordon says he is living on his credit card. He doesn't want to go home to Milford, Del., just yet, he says, because he'd have to borrow money for the plane ticket.
Seventy teachers, five nurses and one administrator recently were notified their positions were terminated because of district-wide budget cuts. The list of those terminated was unanimously approved by the school board at Monday's meeting. Among the 70 teachers who had their positions eliminated were 15 special-education teachers, nine social studies teachers, eight English teachers and six art teachers.
Editor's note: The Deseret News invited three couples who participated last year in the BYU Kennedy Center's China Teachers Program to share some of their perspectives and experiences. For three decades, Shannon Harrison talked about going to China.
BEIJING - Tanya Davis fled Jizhou No. 1 Middle School one winter morning in March before the sun rose over the surrounding cotton fields covered with stubble from last fall's crop. In the nine months Davis and her boyfriend had taught English at the school in rural north China, they had endured extra work hours, unpaid salaries and frigid temperatures without heating and, on many days, electricity.
mstoltzfus@lnpnews.com The bride and groom came from France, the rings came from New York City and the ceremony took place in Lancaster.
Five-year-old Enrique Prince started this school year speaking little English. His school didn't offer English Language Learner services and, like many parents, Enrique's parents kept him at the school to be with his friends. Photo by Gerik Parmele
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