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Create Your New Years Resolution Early This Year!

I know it’s really early to be thinking about your New Year resolutions, but let’s face it, December and January aren’t the best times to be making them – anytime around Christmas is probably the worst time to be making New Year resolutions due to all the... Read >

How to Energize Your Students

If your students spend more time doodling on their desk than they do speaking English, it’s time create some energy into your TEFL classes. After all, you don’t want to get the reputation as the dull English teacher who puts everyone to sleep! We are here... Read >

Flipping Burgers or Seeing the World – Which Would You Prefer?

Imagine the scene - you've just graduated from university, saddled with piles of student debt, full of ambition, and the only job available? Flipping burgers at your local fast food joint. Sounds awful, but it's a reality that many in the class of 2010 ar... Read >

Your Affair with Your Sofa Ends Today – It’s Travel Time!

Rumours have been going round - I heard you and your sofa are getting just a little bit too cosy of an evening… all snuggled up watching re-runs of rubbish comedy shows together, getting super close… But stop! Is this what you really want out of l... Read >

What NOT to Do in the TEFL Classroom

You'll learn the basics of what you should be getting up to in the classroom on your TEFL course, but what about what you shouldn't be doing? As well as the obvious things like not smoking crack behind the chalkboard and not punching six-year-olds in the ... Read >

TEFL Myths Busted

Stray onto any travel-related forum online and you'll find all kinds of crazy opinions about teaching abroad - which course to do, how to find work, how to teach your students hell, even how to tie your shoelaces while in xxxx! So, let's clear up a li... Read >

Keeping Control of Your TEFL Class

There will be times in your TEFL career when you are really challenged in terms of student motivation and classroom management.  Students, especially children, can be temperamental - but one of the things you'll quickly learn is that how you behave as a ... Read >

7 Reasons to Teach Abroad Before You Die

Forget finding true love, climbing Everest and/or saving the world - here's why teaching English abroad should be number one on your bucket list! You'll get paid to travel We've all been there - nose pressed up against the window, dreaming of so... Read >

7 Top Tips For Teaching EFL to Kids

Without a doubt, teaching children is totally different to teaching adults.  Many teachers are reticent to take the plunge and teach these height challenged students.  However, have no fear - once you have a few tricks up your sleeve, you will be as ill... Read >

6 Things to Check Before Accepting Your TEFL Job

It's tempting to get carried away with the excitement of going to a new country and being accepted for a job is a great feeling - but before you start packing your suitcase, make sure you check out the conditions - they'll make or break your experience of... Read >

Top 5 TEFL Questions Answered!

Thinking of teaching English abroad, but feel like you've got a gazillion questions swimming through your head? You're not the only one! So we've asked TEFL tutor James Jenkin, who has over 15 years' experience, to answer people's most common TEFL questio... Read >

How are TEFL courses structured?

So you're interested in Teaching English as a Foreign Language [TEFL] but you don't know which course might be for you? Or maybe you'd just like to know more about what to expect on day one on a course you've already booked? Well, there are a variety of c... Read >

Will an Online TEFL Course Help Me Find Jobs Abroad?

There's a lot of debate around online TEFL courses. Are they as good as classroom TEFL courses? Do language schools accept them? And will they prepare you for a life of teaching English abroad? The truth is; they have their pros and their cons - just like... Read >

Other Opportunities to Teach English Abroad

So you're not sure you like the idea of teaching English as a foreign language? Perhaps you envisage it as being slightly boring, and quite frankly, a classroom teacher in a language school is not a job you consider yourself cut out for. If so, think aga... Read >

5 Simple Tips for TEFL Job Success

So, you're thinking about doing a TEFL course, and it won't be too long before you've got your crisp new TEFL certificate in hand - but what are you going to do with it?! Get a teaching job abroad and jet off into the sunset - that's what! But how to get ... Read >