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Prosek, Scott – English Journal, 2007
After two years of teaching English, history, and wilderness survival in the Inupiaq Eskimo village of Wales, Alaska, the author moved in Brazil to teach English and Theory of Knowledge in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. His four years of experience at the International School of Curitiba have confirmed his belief that…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Raxxano, Elaine – English Journal, 1999
Presents an essay written soon after the author's return to the United States after teaching at a University in China at the time of the Tiananmen Square tragedy. Explores issues of teaching overseas and the reality of Americans being caught in the midst of political turmoil. Remembers sacrifices made by Chinese students and teachers to test the…
Descriptors: Activism, Cultural Awareness, Democracy, Foreign Countries
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Burnley, Ric – English Journal, 1997
Presents a letter from a Peace Corps volunteer and first-year teacher about his experiences teaching English at a Russian school. Describes courses of study, the ever-changing schedule, his problems in the first semester adapting to Russian ideas of teaching, and his successful struggle to apply the education he had learned to this new teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, English (Second Language)
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Larsen, Karen L. – English Journal, 1987
Describes a day spent by an American teacher visiting a Thai school with 200 students in one class. (NKA)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, International Educational Exchange