Blog Title: EFL Geek.com

A blog about language teaching and learning based out of Seoul.

English Villages a failure

English villages across Korea are losing money and have failed in their purpose. I?m not surprised. Read the whole story at the Joongang Daily. Regional governments invested heavily in the villages without much consideration for educational demand. As a result, half of ... read more

Web 2.0

My latest article for the Korea Herald is now out and it is on web 2.0 in the classroom. Read it at the Korea Herald site or look in the extended entry. Hope you find it useful. I know there are ... read more

KOTESOL 2008 - might skip

KOTESOL 2008 is just around the corner and presenters need to register by this Friday. I took a look at the site and presenters/members no longer get a discount on conference fees. The last 3 years that I attended/presented I ... read more

100 pushups

Today is the first day of the second semester, so back to work for me. The web design business is doing pretty well, since I?ve got about 3 clients backed up. Today will be a quick meet the students and ... read more

Olympics News

I?ve been using newspaper articles with a couple of adult students for some time now. I thought it was time to share another resource - I just finished preparing an article to use later this week - it?s olympic related ... read more

Online learning

I spent over 15 years attempting to teach English conversation in Japanese schools and colleges. Getting students to talk to each other was often hard work, but it was better than having no conversation at all! However, now I?m back ... read more

Mad About English

Hat tip to Dekita.org Mad About English, a film by Singaporean filmmaker Lian Pek, humorously documents China ?s passionate love affair with the English language and their obsessive quest to learn it (some through very unorthodox methods). This TechCrunch article shows another ... read more

What is Web 2.0

English 360 has the answer.

Ultimate Online Slideshow Guide

I recently had a need to add a couple of powerpoint presentations to another web site I?m working on. I wanted to be able to embed the powerpoint and retain transistions and animations as well as embedded audio or video. ... read more

Art Supplies

I recieved the email below from a reader, but am unable to answer it since I haven?t worked in a hagwon for 8 years. If you know the answer, please leave a comment. Can you email a list of the ... read more