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What is a hagwon and are they a good place to work? A hagwon is a specialized educational institution in South Korea, distinct from the standard public school system. It operates primarily as a private academy, catering to students who seek supplementary education, especially in subjects like English. While the public school system offers foundational education, hagwons focus on enhancing and refining a student's knowledge. Approximately 95% of South Korean students enroll in a hagwon at some point in their educational journey, indicating their significant role in the Korean academic landscape. Given their prominence, hagwons present a vast majority of employment opportunities for EFL teachers in South Korea. However, potential educators should thoroughly research individual hagwons and...  [Read more]

What to Watch Out for Before Signing Your TEFL Contract 07/15/2021 hello hi welcome to another live session from itt my name is linda um yeah welcome back this week if you've noticed last week our live or my life was actually on a different day different time um if you've seen it it was really really interesting i had some really really interesting guests two sisters from australia who are currently teaching in japan under the jet program and we had a lovely chat it was really fun so if you have not seen that i highly recommend checking it out if you're interested in teaching abroad uh teaching in japan if you're from australia check it out two really lovely girls it was so much fun talking about what it's like to teach in japan and this week i have i'm here by myself again and i have...  [Read more]

What is a hagwon and are they a good place to work? The term hagwon is used in South Korea to describe a particular type of school. The South Korean education system has two major components, the public school system and the private school system. Many South Koreans make use of both these systems, attending the government-run public schools as normal in any country and then taking additional lessons in a private school, particularly for additional learning in subjects such as English. A hagwon is therefore a private educational institution in South Korea where students can gain additional teaching in subjects which are seen as important for their education. It is estimated that during their education, 95% of South Korean students will make use of a hagwon. As such these private...  [Read more]

China's Ban on Private ESL Tutoring: What You Need To Know 10/29/2021 hello hi welcome to another live session my name is linda from i t t t and as you can see today we're going to talk about china's ban on private esl tutoring everything you need to know what we know so far there's still a lot of ambiguity but i've done a lot of research i talked to a lot of people so hopefully i'll be able to tell you something you might not know yet and give a little bit of clarity into this topic but uh disclaimer you know things change all the time and there's still like i said a lot of ambiguity around this whole topic a lot of even experts aren't sure yet how everything is going to be implemented how it's going to look like in the future so just i want to say that up front and ittttt this is also...  [Read more]

Live TEFL/TESOL Q&A: Ask Us Anything!   Welcome guys, Linda here from ITTT for another live session. I'm so happy to be here today, the weather is great today, the lighting is good. If you were watching last week it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here, but today it's great, I feel good. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi into the comments. We are live on Facebook and also on YouTube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download. We always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc. It's called the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT. I see there are some people already here. Hi Gwen, thanks for joining today. We also have...  [Read more]

Teaching English in 2021: Setting Realistic TEFL Goals 01/07/2021 hello and welcome to another live session from itt my name is linda and yeah it's so good to have you here if you can see me and if you can hear me please leave a comment that would be really really helpful so that i know that everything is working well because i think sometimes there is an issue with my mic i don't know what's wrong today um but oh okay somebody already said hi or hey hey mansi thanks for joining that's awesome okay so i guess you guys can hear me you can't see me so it's great perfect hello hi tiana cool so sometimes my mic kind of turns off i don't know why that is weird but at least i get a notification and i just have to turn it back on i'm so sorry about that don't know why that keeps happening...  [Read more]

10 Pieces of Advice Every New EFL Teacher Needs to Know 06/23/2022 hello hi everyone linda here from itt back with another live session this week how is everybody doing hope you're doing fine thank you so much for tuning in and spending um taking some time out of your day to spend it with me today as always uh we go live and our live sessions take about 45 minutes sometimes even an hour depends on how many questions you guys have at the end we always have a q a part so this is a time where you can ask me your questions about teaching abroad about tefl about tesol about our courses about anything teaching related that's on your mind that you want to know and today's topic is dedicated to new teachers so i'm going to be sharing 10 pieces of advice that you need to know as a new tefl or efl...  [Read more]

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Live TEFL/TESOL Q&A: Ask Us Anything! Welcome guys, Linda here from ITTT for another live session. I'm so happy to be here today, the weather is great today, the lighting is good. If you were watching last week it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here, but today it's great, I feel good. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi into the comments. We are live on Facebook and also on YouTube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download. We always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc. It's called the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT. Table of...  [Read more]

Teaching English in China in 2023: Requirements, Job Market, and More 10/16/2022 Hi, welcome Linda here from ITTT. Thanks for joining today. Thanks for taking some time out of your day. I know it's a little bit later than usually, but that's because we have a guest today which I'm gonna announce and introduce in a short while. So thank you guys for being here. Yeah, this is what we're going to talk about today, teaching English in China, what you need to know for the next year. A lot of things have changed because of COVID, because of the pandemic, and all those things. So that's why we invited Dan from Teach English Global, and he's gonna tell us all about it today. So, yeah, thanks for being here, and as always, please don't forget to like and subscribe so you never miss any of our...  [Read more]

What to Expect from teaching english online in 2022 12/22/2021 hi welcome hello it's the end of 2021 can you believe it it's the last day of the year so thank you so much for joining me on this very special day and taking some time out of your day today to spend it with me i really really appreciate it and i have a very special gift for you today as well um which is um as always if you've watched our live sessions before you do get a 30 discount code right now right here when you're watching so let me share that with you um you can either scan the qr code in the upper right hand corner or you can also use this discounted link looks like this you click on that and you apply you pick the course that you want and then you can get 30 off of that course so um that's a great deal i hope...  [Read more]

The Best Countries for Teaching English in 2021   Hello, Welcome to another live session. My name is Linda from ITTT and you can find me on social media at @lindagoeseast. Thanks for tuning in, let me just see that everything's working. If you can see me and if you can hear me, please leave a comment as always. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years. I am about an hour and a half South of Seoul in a city called Cheongju. It's kind of in the center of South Korea. We are the only province that doesn't border the ocean but it's really great and it's actually snowing right now. I’m excited to be here today as you probably already know what the topic is going to be about today the best countries for teaching English in 2021 because teaching English abroad is not...  [Read more]

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 Prachi and Morgan from AlienEating Destinations Alumni Experiences Teaching English in South Korea - Should You Teach in the Countryside or City? Teaching. It's frustrating, exhausting, and a whole lot of kid wrangling. Table of Contents City Teaching Rural Teaching Related Articles: It's also rewarding, eye-opening and will give you more patience than you ever thought possible. I had no idea how much went into this job. One day when I'm in Forbes 30 Under 30, I'm going to personally send a tower of Ferrero Rocher to every teacher in the world. This job is a huge responsibility and it's more difficult than I ever imagined. I urge everyone to dip a toe into the teaching world at least once. I've taught English in South Korea for two years now in both the open...  [Read more]

The Dos & Don'ts Of Teaching English Abroad 02/27/2023 hi guys hey Linda here from ITTT back this week with another live session thank you so much for joining me today and taking some time out of your day today to be here with me and learn something new hopefully about teaching English and today we're going to talk about the do's and don'ts of teaching English abroad sort of everything you need to know you should know before you embark on this exciting journey of teaching English abroad so yeah let me know if you can hear me if you can see me uh drop a hi in the comment section oh perfect and also let me know where are you watching from today I already see crystalline here Hi crystaline how are you doing good to see you again awesome great where are you guys watching from today where...  [Read more]

Answering the Most Asked TEFL/TESOL Questions 06/03/2021 hi welcome guys linda here from itt for another live session this week i'm so happy to be here today the weather is great today the lighting is good uh if you were watching last week uh yeah it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here and it suddenly turned super dark and i don't have a light or anything like a ring light so um but today it's great i feel good i have my coffee right here even though it's almost gone but um yeah so happy to be here if you can see me if you can hear me please just drop a high into the comments we are live on facebook and we're also live on youtube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download we really appreciate it we always turn our live sessions into...  [Read more]

TEFL TALK: Open Q&A Session about all things TEFL & Teaching 01/21/2021 hello everybody hello and welcome we're actually also going live on instagram today so i'm gonna check that out as well so when i look here hi this is on instagram and when i look here this is on facebook and youtube so hopefully everything will be working fine i hope everybody can hear me well and can see me as well so this is the first time that we're actually live on instagram and on facebook and youtube at the same time so i have a lot of screens here in front of me hello there i see somebody tuned in on instagram and a couple of people here as well on facebook and youtube so i hope everything is going well today hi great okay so unfortunately if you're watching on instagram um you won't be able to see...  [Read more]

Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! 02/03/2021 hi and welcome to another live session by itt my name is linda and i'm here today um to talk about teaching english in south korea so welcome welcome um i'm just gonna wait for um people to join please do let me know if you can hear me if you can see me or if you're not if you can't hear me if there's a problem if anything's wrong uh because that would be um bad obviously so yeah drop a comment um just leave a high and uh where you're tuning in from that would be really helpful let me know where you guys are watching from and um yeah i can see a few people have joined already hi thanks so much for joining awesome okay i got a yes i can hear you from mika awesome or micah sorry if i pronounce that wrong but yeah uh yeah...  [Read more]

10 Alternative TEFL Destinations for an Off-the-Beaten-Path Teaching Experience 11/30/2022 Hello, everyone. Linda here from ITTT. Welcome to another live session this week. Thank you for joining and taking time out of your day to spend it with me. I'm very happy about that. Today, we have a very exciting topic. We are going to talk about teaching off the beaten path. 10 alternative TEFL destinations. I'm very excited always when I do live sessions about destinations. It's like a little bit of a virtual tour around the world. I really enjoy these types of live sessions. I thought we haven't had one of those in a while, so why not bring that on today. We are live on Facebook and YouTube. If you're watching this for the first time, very welcome. Welcome to join us. Maybe get a beverage, get...  [Read more]

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas 9 Small Details That Matter When Teaching EFL When you teach English as a foreign language it's important to pay attention to details that we sometimes ignore when communicating with other native level speakers, either in spoken or written English. Some people have got into the habit of writing in uppercase/capital letters, use abbreviations, and don't think much about punctuation. We also tend not to be too critical of people's spoken English as long as we get the point across. 'There's a lot of cars on the road today' is grammatically incorrect for example. Table of Contents 1. Punctuation 2. Upper and Lowercase 3. Abbreviations 4. Use of Colour on the Board 5. Avoid Boring Gap-Fills 6. Avoid Changing What Students Say 7. Maximizing...  [Read more]

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Linda Dunsmore Destinations TEFL Information The Best Countries for Teaching English in 2021 Welcome to another live session. My name is Linda from ITTT and you can find me on social media at @lindagoeseast. Thanks for tuning in, let me just see that everything's working. If you can see me and if you can hear me, please leave a comment as always. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Let's get right into it: The best countries for teaching English in 2021. The demand for English language instruction. 300 million people are learning and speaking English and China alone. 50% of teachers teaching abroad stay a second year. Why should you go to teach in China? Does our nationality affect our chances of working in China? So, this is a question that we always get...  [Read more]

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences 8 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying to EFL Teaching Jobs In this blog post, we will look at 8 common mistakes made by applicants in their applications for ESL teaching positions. Table of Contents Watch the video about this topic We are going to look at eight of the biggest mistakes to avoid when applying for an ESL teaching job. 1. Follow the instruction given about how to apply 2. Proofread your Application before sending 3. Not attaching a cover letter. 4. Not addressing the letter to a person. 5. Applying in a country where you don't meet the requirements. 6. Applying for a job you're not qualified for. 7. Not providing proof of English proficiency if you're a non-native speaker. 8. Not attaching a photo. Are you...  [Read more]

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 Kristin Hoppe TEFL Information The 7 Biggest Myths About Teaching Abroad Alone as a Woman At 25 years old, I heard Peru calling my name and could no longer ignore it. Table of Contents 1. You'll Be Unsafe 2. You'll Feel Lonely 3. You'll Be Taken Advantage Of 4. You Should Never Go Out at Night 5. You Can Never Drink 6. You'll Have to Pay More for Lodging 7. You'll Regret Not Going with Friends Listen to this blog post Are you ready to teach English abroad? Related Articles: I dreamed of moving abroad alone again after teaching English in France — and it was finally happening, with TEFL certification in hand. Unfortunately, many friends, family members, and acquaintances had a different reaction. I saw wide eyes and heard words of concern. Instead of sharing...  [Read more]

The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad 03/18/2021 hello hello hi welcome welcome i'm back again this week for another live session for itt super excited to be here yet again um as always uh it is friday 10 a.m where i am in south korea and please let me know guys if you can see me if you can hear me um you know use the comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from let me know where you are in the world um i would be super excited to know um because we always get a very international crowd here and it's super exciting so please let me know where you are right now what time it is there and um yeah just a high i would appreciate it i am in south korea about an hour and a half south of seoul it is friday morning um the weather it's it's kind of...  [Read more]

How to teach English in Asia 04/08/2021 hi everyone hello here's linda again from itt and today we're talking about something really really interesting and exciting teaching english in asia and all you need to know how to get to asia the best countries in asia where to teach with the highest demand and also the best sort of recruiters and teaching job platforms where you can find the best jobs for teaching english in asia and i'm super excited about this topic today um i myself i've been uh pretty much based in asia since 2012 2013-ish and um i spent some time in china and um i also and now i'm actually in south korea and i've been here already for a while so it's gonna be six years soon and um so i'm so excited to share my experience with you guys and hopefully maybe some of you can...  [Read more]

Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad   Hello and welcome. I'm back again this week for another live session from ITTT. Super excited to be here again, as always it is Friday 10:00 a.m. where I am in South Korea. Please let me know if you can see me and if you can hear me, use the comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from. Let me know where you are in the world. I would be super excited to know because we always get a very international crowd here. Let me know where you are right now and what time it is there. I would appreciate it. I am in South Korea, about an hour and a half south of Seoul. It is Friday morning and the weather is kind of cloudy but it's not too bad. Yesterday was really nice, spring has finally arrived....  [Read more]

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas TEFL TALK: Open Q&A Session about all things TEFL & Teaching Hello everybody and welcome. We're actually also going live on Instagram today, so I'm going to check that out as well as the usual Facebook and YouTube. Hopefully everything will work fine. I hope everybody can hear me well and can see me. This is the first time that we're actually live on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at the same time, so I have a lot of screens here in front of me. Table of Contents Watch the live session here I see there's quite a lot of questions coming in on Instagram, I need to check that out. One of the questions was: is your institution recognized internationally? Another question on Instagram. Is the...  [Read more]

TEFL TALK: Open Q&A Session about all things TEFL & Teaching   Hello everybody and welcome. We're actually also going live on Instagram today, so I'm going to check that out as well as the usual Facebook and YouTube. Hopefully everything will work fine. I hope everybody can hear me well and can see me. This is the first time that we're actually live on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at the same time, so I have a lot of screens here in front of me. Hello there, I see somebody tuned in on Instagram and we have a few people here on Facebook and YouTube already. I hope everything is going well today. Unfortunately, if you're watching on Instagram you won't be able to see the screen and maybe some of the questions that I'm popping in there but that's all good, you can still...  [Read more]

Teaching English Without a Degree: Opportunities and Strategies for Success 10/22/2022 Hello! Hi, Linda here from ITTT. Back today with another live session. As you can see, this is today's topic: teaching English without a degree. Yes, you can. Yes, it's possible. Let's talk about it. So, we're going to talk about how to best prepare yourself for a teaching job abroad and online if you don't have a degree. And also, where the best places, countries, and regions are for teaching English abroad without a degree. And also, the best platforms for teaching English online without a degree. So, that's what we're going to talk about today. I'm also going to show you a little bit of a couple of the TEFL courses that we recommend for people without a degree if you want to teach English abroad or...  [Read more]

The Best Countries for Teaching English in 2021 12/17/2020 hello hello hello and welcome to another live session my name is linda from itt and you can find me on social media at linda ghost east um yeah thanks for tuning in let me just see that everything's working if you can see me and if you can hear me please um leave a comment as always you know the drill and yeah this is actually our last um live session or my last live session we have another one on tuesday from my colleague lisa but me it's my last live session before christmas and so um i wanted to get a little festive this is my attempt at being festive so um yeah that's what we're working with today um yeah if you can see me and hear me please leave a comment that would be really really awesome yay awesome it starts yeah hi...  [Read more]

The Biggest Misconceptions about TEFL/TESOL DEBUNKED! 03/22/2022 hi welcome hello good morning good evening good night good afternoon wherever you are thanks so much for tuning in my name is linda this week back with another live session for itt which stands for international tefl and tesol training so thank you so much for joining me today it is 10 15 a.m in south korea where i am and um yeah today we're gonna talk about the biggest misconceptions about teaching english so those are those things that we at iittt kind of get asked a lot or people what i read on forums i do a lot of tefl research so when i um dive deep into the forums where people talk about teaching english abroad i come across these misconceptions all the time and today i want to take this opportunity to sort of debunk...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! Hi and welcome to another live session from ITTT. My name is Linda and I'm here today to talk about teaching English in South Korea. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Mandy has asked if I teach in a public or private school or is it all private? I can see a lot of questions already coming in, that's awesome. Great question from Amy. Should anyone even bother looking into teaching abroad while there are COVID lockdowns in place? Mandy says, I'm interested in teaching abroad but South Korea is my ultimate place to teach. I just got done with the TEFL course and I have to finish my practicum to get my certificate. Amy asks, does he still celebrate his...  [Read more]