I’ve always loved travelling and learning about cultures different than my own. As a teenager growing up in the UK, I visited mainland Europe often but was always curious about Asia. Throughout university, I immersed myself in learning European languages, and even studied abroad in Italy, but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I…
If Doc and Marty McFly had jumped in the Delorean in 2020 and set 2016 as their destination, with the aim of informing me that I would end up leaving my job in the UK, travelling full-time for the next 4 years all while building a sustainable income through YouTube and other income streams, including…
Staring at pictures of exotic destinations while looking at the rainy Scottish sky, I wondered what the future held. I’d already left university and all the years of my life seemed to stretch ahead of me endlessly. My life goals had never been around getting married or having kids, and with people seeming to settle…
On the whim of a New Year’s eve quarter-life crisis, I found myself signing up to TEFL Org’s 120-hour online course without much forward thought (in all honesty, the sale really grabbed me). Having relentlessly pursued a (failing) career in the media industry since leaving university, I was craving a change to push my confidence,…
My first experience teaching English as a foreign language was when I was 18, back in 1983. I was on a gap year before university, and I got the opportunity to spend six months in Israel. I spent two months on a kibbutz in the north, near Tiberius close to The Sea of Gallilee, and…
XinChao (HELLO) TEFL Org! My story of travelling and teaching in Vietnam is one that might leave you thinking I work for the Vietnamese Department of Travel and Tourism! A country full of untouched, deep green scenery, classic nostalgic culture and inexpensive, healthy and fresh food. Vietnam truly is a wonder to live and work…
I have spent 10 years working in holiday parks in France and England, working within entertainment and kids clubs. This has given me lots experience working with children, but I was after a change and teaching has always interested me. To start my teaching career I decided to study with TEFL.org and complete my 120 hour…
Since getting TEFL qualified, Holly has taught English all over the world and for the past five years she’s been teaching in Asia. She’s been teaching in Myanmar for several years now, in a small town near Taunggyi, the largest city of Shan State. Cheap travel in the country has meant Holly’s spent much of…
With its rich culture, tropical climate and abundance of jobs, Vietnam has secured a spot as one of the top places to TEFL in Asia. Here is a guide to how you can teach English in Vietnam. Who am I? Hey! I’m Frances! I moved to Vietnam in 2016 to start my TEFL career and…
TEFL is what you make it. There are as many different reasons for wanting to try TEFL as there are different people and personalities in the world. Some hope to travel the world while saving a bit of money; others have a specific country or countries where they have always dreamed of living. Whatever your…
