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The thought of teaching Business English is enough to strike fear into the hearts of even the most experienced English as a Foreign Language teacher. Thank goodness we’re super heroes who can accomplish anything given a few hours’ of prep time! Teaching Business English is no joke considering the importance of the lessons and the nature of the content, so Business English teachers have a responsib...[Read More]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is a full-time job, but that doesn’t mean you need to let it take over your life. Planning EFL lessons which are appropriate, interactive and effective can be time-consuming and exhausting, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t accept all the help you can get. These days especially, there’s probably some piece of technology, or as we are looking at today ap...[Read More]

Now that you’ve decided to take the leap and follow your dreams of becoming a solo traveller, for whatever reason, there are a few things to consider when choosing your destination. Research the spoken language, cultural beliefs, security/ crime rates, religious beliefs, etc. Some of the factors to consider will impact women more than men so do pay attention to this especially if you are a female ...[Read More]

Solo travel is widely praised for being the most rewarding and empowering experience you will have in your lifetime. When you travel alone, you are living through your own agenda – you can do whatever you want, be super spontaneous or carefully organised, and you are not tied down by other people’s ideas and opinions.  Many people end up travelling solo by accident, maybe a friend let them down la...[Read More]

If you’ve been thinking about teaching English as a Foreign Language, usually we would say there’s no time like the present. But let’s get real: it’s 2020 and we’ve all been thrown for a loop this year. While it might not be the ideal time to be looking for a job teaching English abroad right now, we can say that it’s always a good time to get TEFL-certified. Even though it might be tricky to find...[Read More]

Popular Programmes for Teaching English Abroad – As a TEFL teacher, there are a number of different job opportunities available to you. You can choose to teach English as a Foreign Language in the country you are currently living in, either in a face-to-face school or online, or you can decide to spread your wings and set off for another country. If this is the case, you will then need to look onl...[Read More]

When you are teaching English as a Foreign Language, there may be some moments when you despair of both your teaching and your students’ learning abilities. Lessons when it seems like your students are making more mistakes than they’re not, and it feels like all your lesson planning and preparation, as well as your teaching skills and techniques, are in vain. But aren’t the sounds of English mista...[Read More]

We’re all probably bored to tears talking about COVID-19 and lockdown by now. 2020 Has been a year and it’s taking a toll on us like we could never have imagined. Zoom fatigue, pandemic panic, corona chaos – we certainly weren’t predicting any of these on New Year’s Eve 2019. But apart from all the negativity, and maybe because of all of it, it’s necessary to take some time to focus on the positiv...[Read More]

No matter what kind of job you’re looking for, the prospect of a job interview can be daunting. There are very few people in this world who enjoy job interviews (if any!) and all they do for us is make us feel anxious and nervous and sweaty. Applying for TEFL jobs is no different, but even if you have had other job interviews you might not know exactly what to expect from a TEFL interview. Let’s b...[Read More]

Warmers for the TEFL Classroom – No matter how excited you are to be in the English as a Foreign Language classroom, it is your students who need to be enthusiastic in order for your lessons to be successful. So it is vital that you make sure your students are interested and engaged in your lessons. This should be done from the moment your students walk in the classroom, which means a good warmer ...[Read More]

Teaching English online is a whole new world for most of us. For sure, TEFL teachers have been doing it for many years, but it has only been in the last few that learning English online has seen a boom in popularity. Because of this (and other reasons we’d rather not talk about!) many TEFL teachers who have only ever taught face-to-face have found themselves in a virtual classroom. As with any cla...[Read More]

There is a lot going on when it comes to learning a language. A language learner needs to get to grips with vocabulary, grammar, natural language, linguistic inconsistencies, pronunciation – and then to be able to produce all of that on demand without any preparation in a real-life situation. It’s a lot. So if there are any ways we can make language learning easier for our learners then we should ...[Read More]