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Working in China can be a thoroughly rewarding experience, however there are a number of things you need to know in order to do it well. Check out our Moving To China Essential Checklist for further details on Chinese work permits and visas. Just as with that post, we’ve spoken to a number of experts […]
Research by the British Council suggests that the number of English learners around the world is set to exceed 1.9bn by 2020, which means the demand for English teachers is only going to keep growing. This is great news for anyone from first-time teachers looking for exciting gap-year opportunities to experienced EFL teachers. Whether you’re […]
The life of a digital nomad certainly sounds attractive; the freedom to work from anywhere in the world, working from exotic locations and travelling to new destinations whenever you fancy a change of scenery. You see pictures of these digital nomads on Instagram all the time, lounging on beautiful beaches with their laptops and an […]
My journey in Teaching English as a Foreign Language began almost a year ago – I’d returned from my year abroad, which I spent studying in Italy and in Switzerland, and I was also seriously unwell at the time with ovarian cancer. I was looking for something to get me through the following months of […]
When it comes to teaching English as a foreign language, there are lots of acronyms out there, with TEFL, TESOL, TESL being the main ones. It’s easy to get confused when you’re new to the subject, but what you’ll find is that many of them are very similar in meaning. TEFL, TESOL, and TESL are […]
In our latest Facebook Live interview we chatted to Laura from EF English First about teaching English in China! EF English First has been providing English language lessons for over 20 years in more than 300 English First schools across China, Russia and Indonesia. The demand for EFL teachers in China is off the charts, which makes […]
From a very young age, I’ve had the travel bug; the passion to explore different cultures, learn new languages, and to live a nomadic lifestyle. I was able to make this dream come true when I took my TEFL course back in 2011; a 2 day weekend in Southampton and a 100-hour online course, including […]
When you consider starting your career in the EFL industry, you want to know that you will find the teaching opportunity you’ve dreamed of. You may have heard of both TEFL and CELTA, and it can be quite difficult to decide which course option to choose, as both are entry-level EFL teaching qualifications. It may […]
My name is Adrian Knowles and I’m just an average guy from an average town in England, UK. The reason I decided to get a TEFL qualification and teach was to take the average part of my life out of the equation and push myself to not only achieve more but to experience more: a […]
Today is World Teachers’ Day, a day to commemorate the vital contribution that teachers all around the world make to the lives of so many. There are 1,500 million English learners in the world – a huge number, especially when you consider that the second most learned language is French, at 82 million. We’ve trained thousands […]
