Category Archives: English

Belonging or pertaining to, or spoken or written in, the English language.

Navitas BuddyPress

Posted on 9 December, 2011 by Vernon

If you are looking for the Navitas BuddyPress site, you may have ended up here by mistake. The correct address is http://hm.vfowler.com Cheers, Vernon

Posted in Education, ESL Technology In Use, Technology | Tagged Australia, communication, network | Leave a comment

Currently, this blog is a mixed bag of goodies, including the kitchen sink. All content related to Teaching ESL with Technology (and my studies in WEB206) has been copied to the new subdomain teachesltech.vfowler.com with a fresh installation of WordPress … Continue reading →

Posted in ESL Technology In Use | Tagged WEB206 | Leave a comment

Easter dragon

Posted on 14 April, 2007 by Vernon

Some of our students used to think Australia Day is April Fool’s Day! Finishing work on Friday afternoon, we tasted a sizzlin’ lunch, tested the Blue Mountain coffee in the newly discovered campus cafe, and toasted to our survival of … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Employment, English, Environment, Food and Drink, Travel | Tagged coffee, overseas, transport | Leave a comment

tools for the twilight zone

Posted on 2 April, 2007 by Vernon

I honestly didn’t believe extreme culture shock was possible on one’s second visit… How utterly foolish of me! In fact so bizarre and amazingly different to my first visit, so distant to the clichés of Shanghai shoppers and Beijing bush-hankies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Employment, English, Travel | Tagged overseas | Leave a comment

The chicken god

Posted on 23 March, 2007 by Vernon

I have to pack now, and try not to forget anything important. T-shirt, check. Shorts, check. Camera, check. Smile, check. Seems like I have everything! A few plane rides later I am a little south of Beijing, in a freezing … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Employment, English | Tagged overseas | 2 Comments

where do you work?

Posted on 4 February, 2007 by Vernon

In my job, the office isn’t always the office. Sometimes its a cinema, a cafe, a sound studio, a winery, a news printer, a gallery, a museum, a bowling alley… I have to admit, teaching English rocks! Check this out … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Employment, English, Food and Drink, Music, Travel | Tagged birthday, coffee, overseas, wine | Leave a comment

strike bowling

Posted on 13 December, 2006 by Vernon

At the Strike Bowling Bar for $7 you get a game and free French fries. That’s cheap! – but at about 6:30pm last night we had to make a booking for a 2-hour wait… It seems we aren’t the only … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Events, Sport and Recreation | Tagged beer | Leave a comment

school demolition

Posted on 29 November, 2006 by Vernon

All I can say is, I am glad little Becky from Dublin isn’t one of my students! In fact I only had one student to teach today. After watching Bend it like Beckham in class yesterday, I seem to have … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD, Education, English | 1 Comment

on the job

Posted on 12 November, 2006 by Vernon

First day of work for a really long time! I’ve got Mondays at Victoria University (ELICOS) for the next 5 weeks, teaching the Upper Intermediate class of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). The class will have around 12 or more … Continue reading →

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Helter CELTA

Posted on 3 November, 2006 by Vernon

Last Friday we, who have been locked away for 4 weeks of intensive study and training, completed the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). What a relief! I certainly got more than I bargained for out of … Continue reading →

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