Teaching English in a Foreign Land 9781291037456, 1291037454
"Follow Barry around the world as he tells the story of how teaching English as a foreign language changes his life
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English Pages 275 pages ; 23 cm Year 2012
Table of contents :
1. Ecuador: the fear of returning --
2. The secrets of teaching --
3. The buzz of teaching overrules --
4. The highs and lows of being a teacher --
5. Feliz Navidad, ano nuevo, y adios --
6. Peru: tension on the way to Machu Picchu --
7. Bolivia: a mere one night stand --
8. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro - from high to low --
9. Salvador: the hectic build up to carnival --
10. The carnival in Bahia --
11. Settling in --
12. Falling in love with teaching and Salvador --
13. USA: Greyhound weirdoes --
14. Australia: get me out of here --
15. Thailand: meet the sister --
16. Christmas plans with Uncle Gary --
17. Teaching English was superior than the sister --
18. Trying to learn Thai --
19. The harsh truth and the end of Miss Lucy --
20. How the sister saved my life --
21. A full moon party lights the way --
22. Bye bye Bangkok --
23. Laos: drifting and dodgy shakes --
24. Cambodia: Angkor Wat and a nasty surprise --
25. Vietnam: from South to North --
26. China: adventures with a g-string obsessed Swede --
27. Trans-Mongolian: don't be afraid to the big bad babushkas --
28. Russia: The last stint.
1. Ecuador: the fear of returning --
2. The secrets of teaching --
3. The buzz of teaching overrules --
4. The highs and lows of being a teacher --
5. Feliz Navidad, ano nuevo, y adios --
6. Peru: tension on the way to Machu Picchu --
7. Bolivia: a mere one night stand --
8. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro - from high to low --
9. Salvador: the hectic build up to carnival --
10. The carnival in Bahia --
11. Settling in --
12. Falling in love with teaching and Salvador --
13. USA: Greyhound weirdoes --
14. Australia: get me out of here --
15. Thailand: meet the sister --
16. Christmas plans with Uncle Gary --
17. Teaching English was superior than the sister --
18. Trying to learn Thai --
19. The harsh truth and the end of Miss Lucy --
20. How the sister saved my life --
21. A full moon party lights the way --
22. Bye bye Bangkok --
23. Laos: drifting and dodgy shakes --
24. Cambodia: Angkor Wat and a nasty surprise --
25. Vietnam: from South to North --
26. China: adventures with a g-string obsessed Swede --
27. Trans-Mongolian: don't be afraid to the big bad babushkas --
28. Russia: The last stint.
