Employment/Living Abroad links
- www.transitionsabroad.com/
- http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/esl/index.shtml
- www.escapeartist.com
- http://www.eslbase.com/advice/
- http://www.tefldaddy.com/
- http://www.eslteachersboard.com/
Recruitment/job sites (fairly reputable, but read between the lines!)
- http://www.teachabroad.com/search.cfm
- http://www.teachingenglishtips.com/
- www.eslcafe.com
(go to their international job forums, some by country) - http://www.tefl.com/
- www.onestopenglish.com
(go to teacher’s diaries) - http://www.esljobfind.com/
- http://www.tesol.net/jobs
- http://www.eslemployment.com/
- http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/
- http://www.jobmonkey.com/
–some good articles on specific areas, too
Black lists (schools with a lot of complaints from teachers)
- http://teflblacklist.blogspot.com/2007/01/daves-esl-cafe.html
- http://www.usingenglish.com/profiles/tdol/archives/000350.html
- http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0503/teaching_english_abroad_the_good_the_bad_the_ugly.shtml
- http://magkachi.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/jinfang/
- http://blog.esldaily.org/categories/Blacklist%20teacher.aspx
Resume and Interviewing tips
- http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/resume-tips/index.pl?read=2860
- http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/createresume_all.html
Blogs and web pages
- http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-places-for-teaching-english-abroad/
General interest
- http://www.julieinjapan.com/http://www.nomadicmatt.com/
- http://www.michaelturton.com/Taiwan/teach_index.html
- http://thedailykimchi.blogspot.com/
Korea
- http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/korea-info/index.pl?read=893
- http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/
General blog—lots of topics teaching abroad, e.g.,
- http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/2009/05/considering-esl-teaching-in-asia-3.html
- https://www.blogcatalog.com/topic/teaching+english+in+asia/
- http://www.blog.teacher-in-japan.com/index2.html
Japan
- http://www.all-about-teaching-english-in-japan.com/
*good resource on teaching in Japan - http://discussenglish.blogspot.com/
teacher in Japan - http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/blog.php
Thailand
- http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-living/ubon-expat-bloggers-make-top-100-thailand-blogs/
lots of blog listings on Thailand
- http://www.jobmonkey.com/teaching/europe/
- http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Freelance-English-Teaching-in-Eastern-Europe–A-Perspective-from-R-P-1-4438-0037-6.htm
(Recommended book by European colleagues) - http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/category/teaching/teaching-abroad/europe/eastern-europe/
- http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/04/us/education-for-eastern-europe-us-teachers.html
Interesting article
Professional Organizations, Journals, etc.
- http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
–and then check out local branches (TESOL Arabia, etc.) - http://mytesl.com/cms/index.php
social networking site
- http://www.jalt.org/
Japan
- http://www.catesol.org/resource.html
organizations and teacher resources - www.matsda.org.uk
materials development focus - www.waesol.org
WA state—conference in Oct 09 - http://iteslj.org/
(journal online) - http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp?CID=209&DID=1679
TESOL Quarterly - http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/
- http://www.rong-chang.com/eslmag.htm
- other prof links
Country/Culture links
- http://www.economist.com/
country briefings - http://www.newint.org/
good coverage on global topics; country profiles
- http://books.google.com/books?id=NTfIklbAxyUC&dq=when+cultures+collde&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=xGItSsTbA5nGtAPLh-msCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4
google books site for When Cultures Collide –Richard D. Lewis—excellent resource - http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/
great resource on specific countries - http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/cultural-services/articles/business-cross-cultural-communication.html
great business/cultural etiquette guide - http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/business.traveller/
sometimes good articles on specific cross-cultural topics - http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Cross-CulturalBusinessEtiquette.htm
Culture shock series—excellent, in-depth guides to countries and some major cities
Books I’ve read and enjoyed
- Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind by Carol Hollinger
- A Bend in the Yellow River –Justin Hill (also Oracle Bones, which I haven’t read yet)
- Red Dust – Jian Ma
- Any of Dervla Murphy’s travel books (elderly, incisive Irish woman travels alone, usually on bicycle) *would especially recommend : The Waiting Land (Nepal); One Foot in Laos; Full Tilt (Ireland to India by bicycle); The Ukimwi Road-Kenya to Zimbabwe; Cameroon with Egbert
- Hokkaido Highway Blues –Will Ferguson
- The Road to Sata- Alan Booth
- The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto—Pico Iyer (also Video Nights in Kathmandu, Off the Map, etc.)
http://books.google.com/books?id=8jRNkPvUa0cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+lady+and+the+monk - The Inland Sea –Donald Richie (anything by him is very good)
http://books.google.com/books?id=kV3CAAAACAAJ&dq=donald+richie - You Gotta Have Wa-Robert Whiting
- Earth and Water – Edith Shillue (haven’t read, but was recommended)
http://books.google.com/books?id=nV2Xh55XM_gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=travel+books+vietnam]#PPA10,M1
Business English Resources
- http://www.macmillanenglish.com/BlankTemplate.aspx?id=28164
Resource site - http://www.businessenglishonline.net/TheBusiness/resources.htm
Resource site for textbook - http://www.businessenglishonline.net/InCompany/worksheets.htm
Resource site for In Company textbook - http://www.rong-chang.com/business.htm
Excellent Business Eng resources - http://www.eslall.com/
- http://www.eslflow.com/BusinessEnglish.html
- http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=156599
Most of the good stuff for subscribers only - http://www.economist.com/
up to date articles and summaries on business, international news, etc.
- up to date articles and summaries on business, international news, etc.
Other
- http://www.tesolmax.com/topsites/index.php
good overall site I forgot - http://www.tefl.net/
likewise - http://www.cal.org/
links to lots of articles (or google eric database)