Starting out in TEFL can be a daunting experience, but it doesn’t have to be! We’ve compiled a range of teaching tips and resources recommended by our TEFL Org tutors so you can be confident going into your next English language lesson.
Mexico and Guatemala, Chile to Argentina… Latin America is as richly diverse and breath-taking as it gets. From the heat of the baking sun and the local cuisine in the north to the obsession with football and steak culture far south, there’s an infinite number of attractions, delights, sights and sounds in Latin America. What’s […]
Learning to be a TEFL teacher is a fantastic experience. A rewarding and stimulating course will lead to global opportunities, teaching in international schools, universities, colleges or businesses. What if there was a way to ensure not just a permanently exciting future for yourself, but for your students? What if, through the International English Language […]
There are typical concerns for TEFL teachers looking to travel abroad; am I qualified? Do I have the right visa? Will I be able to plan engaging and constructive lessons? For TEFL teachers in the LGBTQ+ community, though, there are more pressing concerns when picking a country to go and teach in. While vast swathes […]
With TEFL, we talk so much about diving right into teaching. Whether it’s teaching abroad, teaching online, private tutoring or dealing with big classes – the focus is very much on the idea of getting a qualification. Then, it’s about immediately getting into the classroom, virtual or otherwise, and teaching English as a foreign language. […]
The English language; it’s sometimes frustrating, often confusing, but never boring. English is spoken as a first language by over 400 million people. And as a second or tertiary language? Over a billion people, or a seventh of the world’s population, are either learning or are proficient in the language. However, it is full of […]
Retirement is a celebration. It’s when your working life has finished; you’ve put all the hours in, and now you’re ready to reap the rewards of a life of leisure. Congratulations! You’ve made it! That said, retirement doesn’t mean you have to finish doing something exciting and challenging every day. Far from it, in fact, […]
It’s a question we’re asked on a daily basis: do I need to speak another language to TEFL? Surely, if you’re teaching English you would need to be able to speak your students’ native language? How else do you effectively communicate? Actually, it’s one of the biggest misconceptions about TEFL! Though being multilingual – or […]
TEFL vs CELTA: what are the differences and which one should you choose? If your goal is to teach English as a foreign language then you obviously want to make sure you do a course that’s going to help you do just that. But it can be hard to decide, especially since there’s a lot […]
We could spend forever talking about all of the incredible reasons you should teach English abroad, but let’s focus on just one of them for now: food! Food is arguably one of the best ways to learn about a foreign culture. A country’s cuisine can reveal a lot about its history, but food also brings […]
Do you know your auxiliary verbs from modal verbs, or your past perfect simple from past perfect continuous? Unless you’re a non-native speaker of English or have learnt another language yourself, chances are you’ve never really studied English grammar beyond the basics. You know what sounds right and wrong but you probably don’t have the […]