esl doesn't work

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Has ESL in its current global form failed to achieve its primary purpose, helping learners to speak comfortably? I'd say "Yes" and I'd say it the failure was systemic. I'd been wondering if there was any research on it. This is what I found and how it links to what I created in 2001 and have been working on ever since, English Out There (http://englishoutthere.com)

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ESL Doesn't Work.......if you want to learn to speak English comfortably

Jason West

20 years in ELT

Publisher of English Out There, now confirmed as the world's first social media English course.

Interested in social and mobile learning and the eradication of pointless time in the classroom.

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The truth hurts

1000 hours of ESL improved their speaking the same as...

...1000 hours of NO ESL

This is incredible, but true.

To download visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/evaluation/linc/2010/impact.asp

Why does it continue?

We've had enough

Teaching TEFL gurus

Speaking doesn't

sell

"Anger is an

energy" J. Rotten

Pressure what

pressure

Know your place

Stop moaning

Rebel

Out with the old

Speaking is

messy

The tools

Pitch perfect

It's not called

English as a second language

for nothing

What would happen to humanity if 2bn people earnt an extra 25% in their lifetime?

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