TEFL Academy UK

Teaching English as a Foreign Language online is the new job that everyone’s talking about. When you think about it, it’s more of a lifestyle than a job. Teaching English online is a way to earn money while also living the life you’ve always wanted to live. It allows you to live wherever you want to live and keep your job, no matter where you are. This is an amazing deal, for sure, but you need to...[Read More]

Being a digital nomad can be a lonely business. Sure, the lifestyle is great: the total freedom to work wherever and whenever you want. The fact that you don’t need to work the usual 9 to 5 and commute to a germ-infested office every day. But for those very same reasons, it can be lonely. There are no endless staff meetings, no casual chit chat at the coffee machine, and no professional developmen...[Read More]

Satisfied in your job? Happy in your career? Set for life? If you’re honest, probably not. These days, there are quite a few of us who are not content with our current 9 to 5 and are looking at ways to make a change. Have you ever considered being your own boss, living your best life and achieving financial independence? Well, one way to achieve this dream is to become a digital nomad. Sadly, livi...[Read More]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is a great career option no matter what your age, nationality or background. If you can speak English at an advanced level and are TEFL-qualified you can teach English. Not surprisingly, more and more people are deciding to get qualified and either teach abroad or teach online. If you’re considering a career change or are looking for a way to escape your usua...[Read More]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is your ticket to living in any country in the world. And one of the countries that is growing in popularity as a TEFL destination is Vietnam – but you probably know that already. If you’ve never been to Vietnam you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. So let’s look at what it’s like teaching English in Vietnam. Living in Vietnam Let’s talk about th...[Read More]

As a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, there is a good chance that travelling is in your blood. This might mean that you are living and teaching in Bangkok and travel on your weekends and holidays, or that you are a digital nomad, so you live in Spain but travel whenever and wherever you want. This is all well and good if you live with a partner who is happy to travel with you or always ha...[Read More]

Considering the internet has been around for as long as it has, you might think you know everything there is to know about what you should and shouldn’t do online. You know, SHOUTING, saying what you wouldn’t say face-to-face, being too casual with your professors – that kind of stuff. And maybe you do, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. But when it comes to teaching English online, the...[Read More]

Around the world, Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) are finding innovative ways to travel and work amid global lockdown restrictions. With many countries re-opening their borders to international travellers, those who are qualified to teach English as a foreign language are securing work visas and migrating to East Asian countries where they can enjoy fewer restrictions and better q...[Read More]

The last few months have certainly seen a number of changes in our lives. In order to deal with an unprecedented global situation, we’ve all had to change the way we think, the way we live and the way we work. Many of us have been forced to work remotely from home. While this might have been awkward and challenging in the beginning, we soon realised it was doable. In some ways, many of us became m...[Read More]

Thailand is definitely one of the most popular destinations for TEFL teachers and it’s not hard to see why. We’ve all seen The Beach, right? Tropical beaches, friendly people and delicious food all make Thailand a traveller’s dream. But there are so many amazing countries that you could travel to, so what is it that makes Thailand such a great destination for TEFL teachers? Is it possible to live ...[Read More]

Expect the unexpected is definitely a piece of advice we’d give any of The TEFL Academy graduate students. Teaching is basically juggling a whole bunch of people and personalities while trying to accomplish a goal within a limited time period, so it’s understandable that sometimes things can happen in the classroom that you just, well, wouldn’t expect. As teachers, we are trained to think on our f...[Read More]

As teachers of English as a Foreign Language, we get to enjoy all the beauty the world has to offer as we travel the globe teaching English. After all, this is one of the great perks of our job, isn’t it? As frequent fliers and global nomads, it is important – no, essential – that we are mindful of the effects our actions have on our planet. This year, Earth Day falls on 22 April, and we should ta...[Read More]