Comments on: Six famous writers who used to be language teachers http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/ A Miscellany of English Language Teaching Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ana Atanasković http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-23680 Ana Atanasković Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:43:18 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-23680 I have found this text looking for some information for my article research and it came in handy. I myself am an English language teacher and a writer and find the possibility of being both at the same time thrilling. I am so glad I have found out the facts I did not know and honoured to be in such a wonderful company. I have found this text looking for some information for my article research and it came in handy. I myself am an English language teacher and a writer and find the possibility of being both at the same time thrilling. I am so glad I have found out the facts I did not know and honoured to be in such a wonderful company.

]]> By: Jeremy http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-16976 Jeremy Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:24:12 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-16976 Steven Moffat, who is the current showrunner of Doctor Who and co-creator of the BBC series Sherlock, started as an English teacher. (I know tv isn't literature but he's such an amazing writer I had to mention it. He's also working on Tin Tin for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.) Steven Moffat, who is the current showrunner of Doctor Who and co-creator of the BBC series Sherlock, started as an English teacher. (I know tv isn’t literature but he’s such an amazing writer I had to mention it. He’s also working on Tin Tin for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.)

]]> By: Matt Byrne http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-36 Matt Byrne Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:31:05 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-36 Herbert Gorman in his biography of the great man suggests that Joyce did not particularly enjoy teaching and referred to it as ‘a rut’ and ‘a deadly boring grind’. When he managed to escape from Berlitz in Trieste Joyce was able to lure some of the students away with him, taught them privately and charged them accordingly. In the best possible EFL tradition! Herbert Gorman in his biography of the great man suggests that Joyce did not particularly enjoy teaching and referred to it as ‘a rut’ and ‘a deadly boring grind’.

When he managed to escape from Berlitz in Trieste Joyce was able to lure some of the students away with him, taught them privately and charged them accordingly. In the best possible EFL tradition!

]]> By: Did Joyce teach unplugged as an EFL teacher in Trieste or Yssel entertaining and talking at his students the Limatt to what he did? | Classrooms on the Danube: An exploration of the quality of classroom life. http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-35 Did Joyce teach unplugged as an EFL teacher in Trieste or Yssel entertaining and talking at his students the Limatt to what he did? | Classrooms on the Danube: An exploration of the quality of classroom life. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:01:46 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-35 [...] Of course Joyce wasn’t a conscious, reflective dogme teacher in action, but I think there is    enough evidence to suggest that he did spontaneously display some of the characteristics that we describe as dogme today. As a Joyce enthusiast rather than a Joycean, I have certainly benefited from and enjoyed taking a look at an aspect of Joyce which is hardly ever attended to out there in the scholary world of Joycean criticism. I can’t thank Renzo Crivelli enough for the local work he has done in Trieste and I hope that this post brings some of his observations to a wider ELT world, the dogme take is all my interpretation and responsibility and the first thing I want to do is to write to Renzo and see what he thinks of the angle I have taken on one of the most famous writers in ELT who more than just dabbled in English Language Teaching over a period of 10 years. ( See Lindsay Clandfield’s six things) [...] [...] Of course Joyce wasn’t a conscious, reflective dogme teacher in action, but I think there is    enough evidence to suggest that he did spontaneously display some of the characteristics that we describe as dogme today. As a Joyce enthusiast rather than a Joycean, I have certainly benefited from and enjoyed taking a look at an aspect of Joyce which is hardly ever attended to out there in the scholary world of Joycean criticism. I can’t thank Renzo Crivelli enough for the local work he has done in Trieste and I hope that this post brings some of his observations to a wider ELT world, the dogme take is all my interpretation and responsibility and the first thing I want to do is to write to Renzo and see what he thinks of the angle I have taken on one of the most famous writers in ELT who more than just dabbled in English Language Teaching over a period of 10 years. ( See Lindsay Clandfield’s six things) [...]

]]> By: Vicky Loras http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-34 Vicky Loras Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:32:38 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-34 I know a famous actor who was almost an English teacher - Wentworth Miller, the guy who starred in Prison Break! I know a famous actor who was almost an English teacher – Wentworth Miller, the guy who starred in Prison Break!

]]> By: List #66 « Six Things http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-33 List #66 « Six Things Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:31:47 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-33 [...] Six Famous Writers who used to be English Teachers [...] [...] Six Famous Writers who used to be English Teachers [...]

]]> By: Sheri http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-32 Sheri Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:46:33 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-32 Stephen King taught English - can you imagine having him for your professor? Professor 'I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk'? Stephen King taught English – can you imagine having him for your professor? Professor ‘I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk’?

]]> By: EFL Geek http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-31 EFL Geek Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:38:25 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-31 <a href="http://www.gordsellar.com/" rel="nofollow">Gord Sellar</a> is a language teacher in South Korea and a published author of science fiction. Gord Sellar is a language teacher in South Korea and a published author of science fiction.

]]> By: alexcase http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-30 alexcase Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:10:41 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-30 The First World War poet Wilfred Owen was a Berlitz teacher in France, I learnt from A History of ELT (http://edition.tefl.net/reviews/applied-linguistics/history-of-elt-2nd-ed/) The First World War poet Wilfred Owen was a Berlitz teacher in France, I learnt from A History of ELT (http://edition.tefl.net/reviews/applied-linguistics/history-of-elt-2nd-ed/)

]]> By: DOMINO http://sixthings.net/2008/12/17/six-famous-writers-who-used-to-be-language-teachers/#comment-29 DOMINO Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:05:41 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=94#comment-29 Ha! That is a hilarious anecdote. Ha! That is a hilarious anecdote.

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