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Two Traveling Teachers Share What It's Like Teaching English Abroad as a Couple - TEFL Blog
Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust
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Teaching English abroad is a thrilling and self-fulfilling job, not to mention the benefits it has upon your students. However, leaving the comforts of your hometown can be quite a difficult thing to do but luckily teaching as a couple helps iron-out those small worries before leaving. Here I have put together an article of my experience of teaching abroad as part of a couple.
Life Before Becoming a TEFL Teacher
Where We Decided to Teach
The Pros of Teaching as a Couple
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Can couples or friends teach English abroad together? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Absolutely, many couples and friends venture abroad together to teach English. In fact, some schools may even hire them to teach at the same institution. However, before embarking on this journey together, it is essential to consider and plan for various aspects of living and working in a foreign country.
Where can couples or friends teach English abroad together?
Do TEFL employers tend to employ couples or friends?
When is the best time for couples or friends to find work teaching English?
If you plan to set off abroad with a friend or partner, it is vital that you choose a destination where you both have a good chance of finding employment. Although you might dream of working in a tropical beach resort with swaying palm trees and a laidback lifestyle, this may not be realistic... [Read more]
ESL teaching positions for couples - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT TEFL & TESOL
1. Benefits of Teaching ESL as a Couple
2. Challenges of Teaching ESL as a Couple
3. Tips for Couples Teaching ESL Together
4. Conclusion
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) can be a rewarding experience for couples who choose to embark on this journey together. One of the main benefits of teaching ESL as a couple is the opportunity to share the experience with a loved one. This can make the transition to a new country and culture much smoother, as couples can rely on each other for support and companionship. Additionally, teaching ESL as a couple can provide financial benefits, as many schools offer incentives for hiring teaching couples. This can help couples save money for travel or other expenses while living abroad.
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8 Traveling Power Couples Teaching English Abroad You Should Follow Right Now - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
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The following eight couples have traveled the world together and either started out as ESL teachers or supported their travels teaching English in different parts of the world. Some of them are still teaching, others have started their own businesses. Either way, these 8 traveling power couples are an absolute inspiration for ESL teachers and you should follow them right now!
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Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust
Rosie and Dave from Ravenous Travellers
Katie and Ben from Two Wandering Soles
Ron and Jess from Unearth The Voyage
Nick and Dariece from Goats On The Road
Sarah and Nathan from Exploring Kiwis
Claire and Terry from Past The Pot Holes
Scott and Megan from Bobo and Chichi
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Do TEFL employers tend to employ couples or friends? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
TEFL employers may prefer to hire couples or friends for teaching positions due to several reasons:
Hiring couples or friends as TEFL teachers can have several advantages:
Hiring couples or friends as TEFL teachers can present challenges due to potential complications that may arise from their personal relationships. Issues that may arise include:
When couples or friends participate in a TEFL program, it can have both positive and negative impacts on the overall dynamic of the workplace. Here are some ways in which the presence of couples or friends in a TEFL program can affect the workplace dynamic:
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Is it feasible to teach English abroad with a significant other? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT TEFL & TESOL
Teaching English abroad as a couple can be a rewarding experience in many ways. Firstly, having a partner with you can provide emotional support and companionship in a new and unfamiliar environment. This can help ease homesickness and culture shock, making the transition smoother for both individuals. Additionally, teaching abroad as a couple can allow you to share living expenses, which can help you save money or afford a higher standard of living than if you were living alone.
While teaching English abroad with a significant other can be a fulfilling experience, it also comes with its own set of challenges. One potential challenge is finding teaching positions for both individuals in the same location. This can be difficult in some countries where job opportunities for English teachers... [Read more]
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We are Katie and Jake, an English couple that shares a love for traveling and exploring the world. Our passions are to explore exotic destinations, experience once in a lifetime opportunities & to immerse ourselves in new cultures.
Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust
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Are you interested in teaching English in Vietnam? Here are 5 important things to prepare you for teaching English in Hanoi!
Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust
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Teaching English abroad is an exciting adventure and one that is often shared with a loved one! In this article, two traveling teachers share what it's like teaching English abroad as a couple!
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How many modules are in TEFL 120-hours? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
The majority of TEFL courses now offered, including those provided by ITTT, are divided into several modules to make the learning process as streamlined and simple to assimilate as possible. You should find it simpler to navigate through the materials and retain all of the information given by segmenting the many components of the course into distinct units, such as specific grammatical issues, classroom management, and lesson planning techniques. There is generally no predetermined number of modules in a TEFL course, as the majority of TEFL course providers offer a wide range of course alternatives to fit different aims and conditions.
At ITTT we make sure that our selection of TEFL courses meets every need, from short-form courses appropriate for volunteer teaching to advanced-level... [Read more]
Games in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
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In the teaching of productive skills and the teaching of receptive skills activities will usually involve some form of game and our consideration here will be the use of games in the classroom.
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A game is an activity that;
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We can start with a definition of what we actually mean by a game and basically this has three components.
1) Has rules2) Should have (for its use in the classroom) a teaching point 3) Should include an element of fun So that will be our working definition for a game that we are going to use in the classroom.
There are many different types of games and they range... [Read more]
What should I teach English beginners? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
When teaching English to absolute beginners, it is pivotal to start with foundational elements. Begin with essential vocabulary - items like family names, household objects, basic adjectives, and common places. Introduce them to subject pronouns, commonly used verbs, and foundational sentence structures. While the challenge is real, many English teachers find this level especially rewarding. Remember, every word they grasp is a significant achievement, so using engaging and interactive methods can make the learning process enjoyable and effective.
How do I start teaching English to total beginners?
How do I teach English pronunciation to total beginners?
How do I quickly build vocabulary for complete beginner students of English?
How do I teach English grammar to complete beginners?
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Tefl Review For Online Tefl Course 24 Efl - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Karen is from the United States but has been living in Italy for a couple of years. Since various regulations were changing in the educational policies in Italy so Karen decided to get a new qualification for English teaching. She took ITTT’s 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL courses. She enjoyed the experienced and found it to be very helpful for experienced teachers and those who are new to teaching. She loved that she was able to finish the course within 6 months and work at her own pace.
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Tefl Review For In Class Phuket Course 6 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Ben just completed the second week of his four-week in-class course in Phuket, Thailand. He found the second week to be challenging but had a lot of fun learning new things about teaching English overseas. He taught a couple of lessons to local EFL students at the training center and met a lot of new people from all over the world. He also received an student profiling assignment as well as his final assignment to create a fun and educational teaching game. He is excited where the qualification will lead him in the future and cannot wait to live abroad teaching English.
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How to Make a Classroom More Interactive - TEFL Blog
Kavinna Batra
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Interactive education is all about teaching students in a way that engages them directly in their learning process. There are numerous ways of building an engagement like this. Most of the time, it is by
Think, pair, and share
Brainstorming
Buzz session
Exit slips
Misconception check
Circle the questions
Ask the winner
Pair-share-repeat
Teacher and student
Wisdom from another
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You inspire the students to be involved in class participation, think independently, and use their minds, leading to a longer memory retention. The students' awareness grows, but their interest, strength, expertise, team spirit, and freedom of speech... [Read more]
Chopstick Etiquette in Japan - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teach English Abroad
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IELTS and TOEFL ▷ Infographic - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
A couple of acronyms that you are likely to come across as an English teacher are IELTS and TOEFL. IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System and is a United Kingdom and Commonwealth based test of English language skills. TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language and is a U.S. based English language skills test. These two are the main international English-language tests and are used by universities, governments and employers to assess the English proficiency of international students, immigrants and potential employees. TOEFL tests are mainly aimed at foreign students looking to study in U.S. universities and a Junior TOEFL test is also offered for middle school children. IELTS on the other hand has two types of test, there is the academic test for... [Read more]
Teaching English Online with Zoom: ✅ The Ins and Outs - TEFL Blog
Anastasiya Akpinar
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The Covid-19 pandemic began all of sudden and covered the world with silent panic and frustration. Quarantine rules provided by governments influenced all social spheres of life, including education. Schools were closed, and the teaching process was stopped. A solution was quickly found: universities, schools, and even pre-schools started giving lessons online. Most of them use the same application for online studying – ZOOM.
Why Zoom?
Digging deeper
The "Mute" button
Sharing on Zoom
Remote control or "motivating" feature
You have a message
Cyber-Safety
Record Lessons
A wonderful new world
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Tefl reviews - Coursebooks And Materials/worksheets And Workcards - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Next, a couple of issues surrounding the use of worksheets and workcards. Firstly, these types of materials can either be bought or they could be made by yourself. Very often many of the book series that we use will have workcards in their teacher resource book. Worksheets and workcards are very useful because they can act as a prompt to introduce an activity or topic. They can also be used for role plays and one of the things you need to be aware of when making worksheets and workcards yourself is that you need to make them durable. So whenever you create a workcard, if you put it on some hard backing and then put it inside some cellophane or covered plastic just to make them durable then those types of workcards and worksheets can last for years. So examples of worksheets and... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Lesson Planning Part 8 Process For Study Activities - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Just to finish off this particular section on lesson planning, we're going to go through a couple of procedures that should take place during the study phase periods, particularly when we're doing the activities. It is quite important that before we actually go into a study activity that we go through a process of showing how that activity is going to work and one acronym that is often used for this is D-E-GO. The D part of this stands for a demonstration of the activity. Now, it's very important that you don't try to explain how the activity is going to work but rather you actually demonstrate the process. An example of the demonstration of the process of the activity could be something as simple as taking the first question and using it and writing it on the board. This will show... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Coursebooks And Materials/making Best Use Coursebook - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
So how do we actually make best use of the course book? Well, just a couple of factors that you need to keep into consideration when using these types of material, use the course book to help you create a balanced lesson in terms of the range of skills that are being taught and the actual types of material within that the grammar or vocabulary. Secondly, don't use it all the time, particularly with things like activities, we can create our own materials and we can tailor those materials much more specifically to the actual class that we're teaching. As very often the actual creations in the book are very general, we can make our own materials much more specific. The third thing you need to be aware of is that you can't always rely 100% on the information that's presented in those... [Read more]
English in Britain and in America - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
British English versus American English are often discussed during the class, students frequently ask which one is the standard English to learn and would it cause any difficulties in communication. Both of them have differences and similarities, but individuals from the UK and the US can communicate without too much difficulty.
What is Correct?
The History of English
Pronunciation Differences
Spelling
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TEFL England - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teach In English In London
Date posted:2008-03-19 | Writer: East Finchley School of English | Email: [email protected]
The East Finchley School of English was founded in 1988 and has an established reputation for offering excellent teaching in a friendly and stimulating environment at affordable prices. The school is registered with the Department for Education and Skills on its Register of Education and Training Providers
The school has chosen to remain small with around 120 students enrolled at any one time. The student profile is very diverse. Last year, there were more than 45 different nationalities represented in the School.
Our classes are small and friendly, with an average of 6-14 students, so that each student can receive a great deal of individual attention.
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Are English teachers in demand in Vietnam? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
In Vietnam, English teachers are greatly sought after due to its position as a leading Southeast Asian destination for English education. The demand for qualified teachers has surged in recent years, resulting in competitive salaries. With many educators attesting to its charm, Vietnam offers both a rewarding teaching experience and a captivating lifestyle.
What qualifications are required to teach English in Vietnam?
Who are the main employers of English teachers in Vietnam?
What visa is required to teach English in Vietnam?
How do I apply for English teaching jobs in Vietnam?
Is there a hiring season for applying for English teaching jobs in Vietnam?
To obtain a work permit to legally teach English in Vietnam you must be a native English speaker with a bachelor's degree. Many employers... [Read more]
Accommodation Options in Tokyo for English Teachers in Japan - TEFL Blog
Georgia Payne
Destinations Alumni Experiences
Moving to one of the largest cities in the world is quite a daunting task, particularly when you have to find your own accommodation using another language.
What are Tokyo apartments like?
Where to get an apartment
A few things to note
Accommodation Options
Option #1: Apartment - using a rental company
Option #2: Sharehouse
Option #3: Airbnb/business hotel
Final Piece of Advice
The Gist
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On the JET Programme, ALTs (assistant language teachers) are, in every prefecture except Tokyo, provided with accommodation by the school and will likely inherit all of the necessary furniture and kitchen appliances that they need... [Read more]
TEFL Germany - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teaching English In Various Locations In Germany
Date posted:2019-06-06 | Writer: marcus evans Linguarama | Email: [email protected]
Come and use your TEFL skills to work for marcus evans linguarama in Germany. From start-up to multinational, we work closely with over 2,000 corporate clients each year. Linguarama has 8 professionally equipped training centres in Germany providing administrative support and services.
Join one of our dynamic, success-oriented teams to deliver innovative language training solutions to businesses and professionals and provide relevant, needs-based and up-to-date language training
We specialize in face-to-face training and online learning tailored to the business learner, so are interested in trainers/teachers who are flexible, professional and can deliver quality training face-to-face and virtually.... [Read more]
Where should I teach English in Thailand? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
When deciding where to teach English in Thailand, key destinations to consider include Bangkok, with its bustling urban landscape; Phuket, known for its beautiful beaches; and Chiang Mai, with its rich culture and history. Each offers unique experiences, but all benefit from Thailand's tropical climate, delectable cuisine, affordable living costs, and lively nightlife.
Bangkok
Chiang Mai
Phuket
Krabi
Isaan
Bangkok, Thailand's capital, is an popular choice due to its abundant teaching opportunities in schools and language centers across the city. Although the frenetic urban life may not suit everyone, those who enjoy city living will most likely appreciate Bangkok. The city is known for its round-the-clock nightlife and immense diversity.
Despite its overwhelming size and population,... [Read more]
How is teaching English in Asia different from teaching English in Latin America? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Asia and Latin America are two of the most popular regions for teaching English abroad. Both have a strong demand for English language instruction, and there are always plenty of employers ready to take on experienced and newly qualified teachers in a wide variety of countries. If you are undecided on which destination would suit you best, take a look at the following points as they might help you to make an informed choice.
Will I be able to save money while teaching English in Latin America?
Will I be able to save money while teaching English in Asia?
What is the best way to find a job teaching English in Latin America?
What is the best way to find a job teaching English in Asia?
What is the classroom environment like in Latin America?
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TEFL Other Latin America - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ English Teacher Wanted In Honduras ann. 2
Date posted:2020-12-22 | Writer: Holy Spirit Bilingual School | Email: [email protected]
IF YOU YEARN FOR A SINGULAR TEACHING EXPERIENCE ABROAD THAT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE YOUR LIFE, BUT THE LIVES OF THE STUDENTS YOU TEACH, LOOK NO FARTHER THAN HOLY SPIRIT BILINGUAL SCHOOL!Holy Spirit Bilingual School is a growing primary school that offers quality education in a personalized and caring environment. Four years ago my wife and I began with the dream to bring a quality bilingual institution to our happy town and within this time period, we have tripled our student enrollment.Holy Spirit Bilingual School has been dedicated to the vision of supporting and nurturing our students to help them develop a strong academic background as well as strong moral values. We are looking for that unique... [Read more]
English in Global World - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
English has been a universal language for many years. More than 700 million people around the world speak it. Today we can say that sooner or later, all of humanity will use it as a second language in their countries and sometime later as its own.
English in Non-Native Speaking Countries
Matter of Communication
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Many countries like China, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, and many others have recently accepted the importance of this language. Currently, they teach English at all educational institutions, namely:... [Read more]
What Is Missing In School English Lessons?
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The English language is complex, but it becomes even more so when we consider the differences informality. In most classrooms for second language learners, the 'formal' version of English is taught. This is important so that students learn the grammar and vocabulary necessary for proper speaking and writing skills. However, the use of 'informal' language with slang and idioms is just as common in everyday life and can vary depending on the region. Both offer unique benefits to the learner, but only the formal style is generally taught in class.
Formal Language
The Importance of Casual Language
Slang and Idioms
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Problems for Young English Learners in Public Schools in China - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Since the opening of China to the Western world, Chinese society and economic prowess have both continued to grow at exponential rates. This has led to its status as a rising power, culturally and economically, and an international power increasingly interconnected with many parts of the globe. As Chinese educational infrastructure tries to match pace with the rapidity of the country's progress, one educational mandate that has persisted in importance over time has been that of English learning for all young learners across the country. The government sees English proficiency as a matter of national economic competitiveness, in fact requiring that English is taught as part of the public school curriculum as preparation for China's 高考 (gaokao),... [Read more]
