19 August 2013 Teaching English abroad affords the opportunity to soak up new cultures while earning a steady income. For some TEFL is nothing more than a ticket for travelling, however you might want to consider exactly how much you are going to get paid as it won’t be much fun if you don’t earn […]

1 August 2013 My first introduction to TEFL was in 1993 when I elected to spend my summer break at a language school in Baja, Hungary. It was my first tentative adventure abroad as a young teen and a great introduction to the world of English as a foreign language. As a student in the UK, I […]

16 July 2013 Once bitten by the travel bug there is simply no going back, wanderlust is a common symptom and an innate desire to discover and explore will stay with you forever. TEFL supports a traveller’s needs; funding your travels and providing a stepping stone from country to country where students and employers welcome […]

How it began… I am really excited about writing this blog as when I was conducting my endless hours of research on TEFLing as a single mom all I read was negative views, what I didn’t find however was any views of people who had actually tried it. The stuff I read was all based […]

by Amy Renders My first job was in Peru. I worked for a private language school teaching children age 6 and over as well as teaching basic and advanced adults. It was challenging and nerve wracking but at the same time rewarding and I got to meet loads of people from all over the world. In […]

21 January 2013 It’s 8am on a frosty January morning in Oxfordshire. I’ve had my first swim of the year, in a 3°C lake, and my frozen body is covered in mud and duck poo. All I can think about is getting finished quickly (my fingers no longer work) and downing a flask of hot […]

9 January 2013 As I make my way home for Christmas on the train from Seville to Malaga, I finally have time to reflect on the last eight months. At the beginning of 2012, I was working as an assistant manager in a bar/restaurant in Glasgow. Unbeknown to me at that time I would soon […]

28 December 2012 It is hard to define a typical day in the life of a VESL volunteer in Sri Lanka, as there is so much variety (which is one of many reasons why I love it so much)! However, I have included below some of the highlights that make it a real pleasure to […]

5 December 2012 After taking a year out from work in Scotland, I decided to pursue my goal of travelling around the world. On my return I was weighing up my options which were go back to the old job in Scotland or try something different. I had heard of TEFL on my recent travels and decided […]

by Amy Dunkley 3 October 2012 This time last year I was having a minor meltdown. My flight was four days away, I still hadn’t got my visa, and fitting my life into a 25kg suitcase seemed like mission impossible. A week after my graduation I had dropped the bombshell on my parents that actually […]