Around The Web On TEFL: October 28

Infested dogs and English teachers go out in the midday sun. It sounds like my life story, but actually contains the reflections of a retired social worker who volunteered as an English teacher in Cambodia.
After living in Germany for five years as a KGB agent (“alongside our German colleagues and friends”), he “possessed” the language, and now says, “In five years, even someone with average language ability can master a foreign language — like the bear that goes to the circus and learns to ride a bicycle“…always the charmer, Vladimir Putin.
Do you notice that your students’ language acquisition slows down around intermediate level? See what others are saying about this at ESL Lab blog.
A linguistics graduate and elementary and middle school teacher in Korea on whether English only really is the best method for young learners.
If you’re into dorky language stuff, you might like this: verbs used less frequently evolve more quickly.
iPods gaining approval in schools as learning tools.
Six foreign language schools in Seoul have decided to stop requiring TOEFL scores for admission. Will this start a trend?