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Aug 24, 2023
Written By: Barbara Stasiuk, Canada
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An ESL teacher goes EFL in Salalah, Oman
In mid-December 2021, I embarked on a new odyssey—teaching EFL in a Foundations Program at Dhofar University in Salalah, Oman. The location is described as bucolic as it is cradled between the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Dhofar Mountains, and the weather is usually sunny…
