esl doesn't work
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Has ESL in its current global form failed to achieve its primary purpose, helping learners to speak comfortably? I'd say "Yes" and I'd say it the failure was systemic. I'd been wondering if there was any research on it. This is what I found and how it links to what I created in 2001 and have been working on ever since, English Out There (http://englishoutthere.com)TRANSCRIPT
ESL Doesn't Work.......if you want to learn to speak English comfortably
Jason West
20 years in ELT
Publisher of English Out There, now confirmed as the world's first social media English course.
Interested in social and mobile learning and the eradication of pointless time in the classroom.
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The truth hurts
1000 hours of ESL improved their speaking the same as...
...1000 hours of NO ESL
This is incredible, but true.
To download visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/evaluation/linc/2010/impact.asp
Why does it continue?
We've had enough
Teaching TEFL gurus
Speaking doesn't
sell
"Anger is an
energy" J. Rotten
Pressure what
pressure
Know your place
Stop moaning
Rebel
Out with the old
Speaking is
messy
The tools
Pitch perfect
It's not called
English as a second language
for nothing
What would happen to humanity if 2bn people earnt an extra 25% in their lifetime?