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"Watching the Thais" is on sale now!!!

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Here are links to my writing at the EL Gazette

Thais Take on Students Dismal English
Doctors lift the language level
Thai ex-pat test on its way out
ThaiTESOL - 30 Years on in Thailand
TurningPoint software
Report on the effect of the global recession on language schools Thailand
Becoming CELTA and DELTA certified in Thailand
Thai market report 2010

Here are lnks to my new writing at jobs.ac.uk in the UK

Creating An Academic Profile Online and Networking With Others
Academic Jobs: Negotiation & Questions to ask when Starting a new Academic job
Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT)? How to get a Job Abroad
Entering- the fire-my Phd Journey
Learning Styles in the Classroom
Brain Based Learning - a new approach

Warning - Caveat emptor

Enter these pages at your peril. They are full of the ramblings of a madman...and like Dostoevsky's Underground Man...I may just be 'lying like a cobbler'!

Weather in Bangkok Today

Bangkok online

Visitor Counter

Visitors to Urbancrazyman's world by country

Here are links to my new writing at the Guardian Weekly

When an inspector calls

Here are the links to my new writing at Ajarn.com

Professional development
Taking responsibility - mai mee rapitchorp
Skirting around the problem
Two heads are better than one (sometimes)
Breaking news or broken news?
Native vs non-native speaking teachers
Self improvement in Thailand
Government initiated projects in Thailand
The Thai Tesol Conference 2010
The Maturing of the Thai EFL Industry
Reaching a TurningPoint
Teaching Unions? In Thailand? You must be joking!
The Dreaded “Teaching Observation” Lesson - Angel or Daemon?
EFL Teaching in Thailand (& Elsewhere) - Part Two
What’s the best and the worst class you’ve ever taught?
To Queue or not to Queue?
Teaching Discursive or Creative Writing
Taking responsibility mai mee rapitchorp

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Here are two Feature articles by me for Absolute Thai magazine

Will Smith on the cover

The Thai Smiles

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page 2
page 3
page 4

Here is a link to my articles at Absolute Thai magazine

You know you've been in Thailand too long when...page 1
You know you've been in Thailand too long when...page 2

Watching the Thais: From the Outside Looking in

I will soon be adding a link to Amazon.com, Waterstones, and W. H. Smith, on how you can buy my new book Watching the Thais: From the Outside Looking in, which is being published by Legend Press quite soon. I am now waiting for the ISBN number to be delivered. I will also be publishing an extract, probably the first chapter here soon as well.

I will also be publishing links to magazines, especially where I have published articles, so watch this space as they say.

Here's one for now - http://www.absolutethai.com/issue-02/magazine.html Check out my features on aspects of Thailand, especially 2nd edition (with pic of Will Smith on the front cover) pp.24-27, and pp.52-53

Stat counter

Is there a doctor in the house?

Here you'll find my day-to-day musings on my doctorate - 'The Role of the Outsider in Storytelling'. Feel free to make comments or add opinions as you wish. The first Reflective Journal Entry is on November 27th and thereafter you will see them from December onwards.

A guide to websites I like to visit

Absolute Thai magazine
Alexandra Solokoff
Allan Mayer's blog
Bangkok Bank - £ & baht Exchange Rates
Liane Carter's site
List of Expat blogs in Thailand
Press Run
SCB Bank £ & baht Exchange Rates
speakwithoutinterruption
The Bangkok Post
The EL Gazette
The Guardian
The Guardian Weekly
The Observer (UK)
withoutacitywall
Youwriteon.

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About Me

Urban Crazy Man: I am a PhD Writing student who loves literature whether it's English, French, Russian, or whatever. I'll soon be writing about the final stages of my thesis, the write-up period, the time when it all has to come together to form a unified and coherent whole.

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