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4 Tips on Finding Your First Job as a Newly Qualified TEFL Teacher - TEFL Blog
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 Jon ITTT
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4 Tips on Finding Your First Job as a Newly Qualified TEFL Teacher
You've passed your TEFL course and armed with your new certificate you are ready to head to the classroom. There are thousands of teaching jobs available around the world but where is the best place to look? Many people start online and there is plenty to choose from.
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Search online
Apply for jobs in person
Send a speculative email
Use a teacher recruiter
Are you ready to start your job hunt?
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Why I'm a Better English Teacher than my British Boyfriend - TEFL Blog
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 Anastasiia Ovchinnikova
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Why I'm a Better English Teacher than my British Boyfriend
Back in the days when I was living in China with my British boyfriend, who was born and raised in Oxford, we would always make our friends smile talking about our careers. We always felt it was a bit ironic that out of the two of us, it was me who ended up as an English language teacher. I started to wonder whether he would have been a better English teacher than me, had he decided to work at one of the international schools in China.
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The Best Programs for Volunteer Teaching Abroad - TEFL Blog
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 Jon ITTT
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The Best Programs for Volunteer Teaching Abroad
Earning a TEFL certificate enables you to help some of the world's most disadvantaged people by volunteering your skills as an English teacher. There are volunteer programmes recruiting English teachers to work in areas all over the world and volunteer teaching is a truly worthwhile and rewarding experience. Below are some of the main ways you can enlist as a volunteer English teacher.
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United Nations Volunteers
United Nations Volunteers Online
The British Council
Peace Corp
Voluntary Service Overseas
Pay to Volunteer
Look at Home
Volunteering Tips
Know what you're paying
Know where you're going
Fundraise
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Some Personal Qualities Important for ESL/EFL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Tue, 05 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Some Personal Qualities Important for ESL/EFL Teachers
Teachers create the basis of education, which is the key to a healthy and strong society. They are the people who cultivate and develop the most precious values in students such as generosity, courage, confidence, morality, wisdom, and gratitude. These virtues have to be constantly nurtured being perceived and acquired in time. A successful teacher inspires students to love learning and also to produce admirable things. To perform this mission, they have to possess a multitude of personal qualities to consolidate their personality as language teachers.
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Teachers in our learning life
Motivation techniques
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The Benefits of Volunteer English Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 Jon ITTT
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The Benefits of Volunteer English Teaching
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Mahatma Gandhi. There is a growing demand for volunteers to teach English in poverty-stricken regions. At first glance, volunteer teaching may appear to be a waste of your precious time and a futile effort that you should direct towards a more profitable action. However, the benefits that you can reap from such an experience are invaluable. You can make a huge difference in the lives of underprivileged people through volunteer teaching, but the difference that it will make to all the aspects of your life surpasses it. As it will broaden your skills and experience, allow you to grow as a person, and give you a sense of... [Read more]
How My Passion For The Spanish Language Made Me Become An English Teacher Abroad - TEFL Blog
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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How My Passion For The Spanish Language Made Me Become An English Teacher Abroad
As a native English speaker, my first major foreign language experience began in 8th grade, where I had the option of studying either Spanish or French. I chose Spanish, as I'd always been drawn to the language and Latin American culture, and hoped to one day live in a Spanish speaking country. I studied the language throughout high school, but in the years afterward, it wasn't much of a priority and wasn't something I used on a regular basis.
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How to Stay Healthy As an English Teacher - TEFL Blog
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 Hadassah Roberts
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How to Stay Healthy As an English Teacher
One should know that a healthy classroom stems from a healthy teacher. When the teacher is healthy, then the whole class atmosphere will be much more alive. The students will see the healthiness of the teacher and will be inspired to protect and build their health. This, in turn, will cause increased happiness and progress in their studies.
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Simple Breakdown of Things to Do That Increase Health
1. Nutrition
2. Exercise
3. Water
Getting enough Sunshine
Temperance
6. Air
Rest
Trust
Conclusion
Over to you
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The Benefits and Challenges of Lesson Planning - TEFL Blog
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Benefits and Challenges of Lesson Planning
When teaching English as a foreign language, teachers need to create lesson plans. Lesson plans not only to help the teacher succeed in teaching her students but also helps the students learn the language more effectively. With lesson planning, teachers can set goals for students, stay organized when teaching, and learn how to be flexible when it comes to spending more time on a topic than previously predicted.
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Lesson planning offers the teacher and the students structure within the classroom.
The choice of activities
Rapport
Lesson planning offers teachers a detailed record of what has been taught in class.
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6 Important Steps to Getting a Teaching Job - TEFL Blog
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 Jon ITTT
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6 Important Steps to Getting a Teaching Job
Many people are unaware quite how accessible a career teaching English as a foreign language is while others are simply not aware that it is even possible to live and work abroad in almost any country in the world. Not only is possible but it is relatively easy to achieve in a short period of time. By following the six steps outlined here, you could be working abroad as an EFL teacher before you know it.
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Step 1 - Research where you want to teach
Step 2 – Earn your TEFL certificate
Step 3 – Apply for jobs
Step 4 – Attend a job interview
Step 5 – Check the fine print
Step 6 – Settle in to your new home and get ready to teach
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The Most Important Traits for TEFL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Most Important Traits for TEFL Teachers
I have always looked up to teachers regardless of the subject they master. Since we are kids, teachers become part of our lives at school. We become familiar with this role since we start attending school till we reach university and as students, we were all at some point in front of different styles of teaching methods and personalities. Whether we feel or not comfortable with a teacher, they are there to educate and to share their knowledge. The role of a teacher has significantly changed over the years and as a result of the role of the students also has been affected in some way. Teachesome way part of our growth and development process which is very relevant to our lives. Kids are sent... [Read more]
TEFL Teacher and Their Important Personal Qualities - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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TEFL Teacher and Their Important Personal Qualities
Teaching is one of the most challenging jobs you can have because there are so many different education facets. A teacher is not just supposed to impart knowledge to their students. It goes so far beyond that. The list of qualities of a great teacher is long because the responsibility of a teacher is excellent. A teacher impacts whether they want to or not, and it can change a student's life if they are a great one, for the better. However, if they are not a great teacher, they can negatively impact students for their future learning. There are several qualities to being a great teacher, and all are important to know and do.
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Two Traveling Teachers Share What It's Like Teaching English Abroad as a Couple - TEFL Blog
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust
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Two Traveling Teachers Share What It's Like Teaching English Abroad as a Couple
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.
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Life Before Becoming a TEFL Teacher
Where We Decided to Teach
The Pros of Teaching as a Couple
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How TEFL Teacher Impacts ESL Students' Life - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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How TEFL Teacher Impacts ESL Students' Life
Everyone can remember the different ways teachers impacted their life, whether good or bad. In modern-day society, a teacher's role in education extends beyond just 'educating' and 'passing along the information to students, with teachers adopting myriad roles in the classroom setting and the students' personal life. Beyond educating, teachers can mentor students, be positive role models, encourage social inclusion, nurture student's development and interests, create a safe and welcoming environment for students, and look for signs of trouble. This essay will discuss the myriad roles teachers play in contemporary classroom contexts and the benefits of... [Read more]
Learning Styles and the Multiple Intelligences Theory in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 Estefany Garduño
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Learning Styles and the Multiple Intelligences Theory in the ESL Classroom
It is evident that, in every classroom, there is a great diversity of students. Diversity talks about race, culture, customs, thinking, etc. Diversity also includes different learning styles of a group of students, for instance, how each student remembers, understands, and applies a concept, new grammar, new vocabulary, and more.
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What is the Multiple Intelligences Model about?
Music smart – Musical.
Body smart – Bodily-Kinesthetic.
People smart – Interpersonal.
Word smart – Verbal linguistic.
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The World of the Fulbright Program for Teaching English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 Lulu Johnson
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The World of the Fulbright Program for Teaching English Abroad
The Fulbright program is a great way to travel abroad and work as an English language teacher in an exciting new country. It allows you to experience a new culture, meet lots of new people and discover something new about yourself. This article will go over what Fulbright is, their English teaching program, and how to apply to Fulbright in this blog post.
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Why I chose the Fulbright Experience
What is Fulbright?
What is Fulbright ETA?
Why Apply?
There are some requirements when applying for the Fulbright grant, but here are the basic 3.
Are you ready for the Fulbright Experience?
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ESL Teacher and Their Role in a TEFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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ESL Teacher and Their Role in a TEFL Classroom
Teaching can be a gratifying career, but with it comes great responsibility. Possessing a high grasp of grammar, teaching theories, techniques, etc., will hold you in good stead. However, there are many other wide-ranging characteristics required to be a great teacher.
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Flexibility and Adaptability
Planning and Managing
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From Immigrant to ESL Teacher - A TEFL Graduate's English Teaching Journey - TEFL Blog
Tue, 29 Jan 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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From Immigrant to ESL Teacher - A TEFL Graduate's English Teaching Journey
This blog post was written by our TEFL graduate Ning Z., who shares their own personal story of learning English after emigrating to the United States from China at the age of 18 and how this personal learning experience helped them to become a TESOL teacher today.
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Contributing to the Classroom as an ALT in Japan - TEFL Blog
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 Asia Ridley
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Contributing to the Classroom as an ALT in Japan
English education in Japan has been prominent for decades and starts in elementary schools. It is in high demand as the relationship between the U.S. and Japan as well as the abundant amount of tourism. Last year straight after graduating from university in the United States, I moved to Japan and began teaching English. I was fortunate to pass the interviews and become part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme {JET}. Being an assistant language teacher {ALT} in the Japanese education system versus a conversation school has its differences. Therefore I will be diving into how one can contribute to the classroom as an ALT.
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Love as The Key to Building Confidence in The ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Love as The Key to Building Confidence in The ESL Classroom
Any profession requires preparation and skills, but most of all, confidence. Hence, teachers should develop the confidence to achieve their aims in their profession and their lives. Thus, if a teacher lacks confidence, it can become a relevant issue in its profession. Moreover, it could harm the learning process of the students. Thereby, how can teachers increase their confidence in the classroom?
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Preparation
Pure Interest
Attitude
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ESL Teacher's Responsibilities in a Modern Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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ESL Teacher's Responsibilities in a Modern Classroom
Teaching is considered an activity of imparting knowledge, skills, attitude, and value from one person to another. The one who is more knowledgeable and skilled and imparts the knowledge, skills, philosophy, and value is the teacher, while the other person who receives the knowledge, skills, philosophy, and value is the learner. Teachers play some critical roles in the school, and below are some of them.
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1. How to correctly instruct ESL students
2. Effective evaluation
3. Classroom management principles
4. Positive guidance
5. Ecological discipline building
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5 Common Problems for Arab Learners When Studying English - TEFL Blog
Fri, 29 May 2020 Gökhan Yilmaz
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5 Common Problems for Arab Learners When Studying English
This topic is very dear to my heart as I have been an English teacher in Arab countries for a long time. Therefore, I am writing this article as someone who has experience in learning both Arabic and English. In my observation, most of these difficulties either have to do with the students' native language (Arabic) or their cultural backgrounds. Here are the 5 most common problems for Arab learners when studying English.
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The Arabic Language
Writing is Important
Grammatical Differences
Pronunciation Issues
Reasons for learning English
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Should I teach English in a small town?
While many aspiring English teachers naturally lean towards urban centers for the sheer volume of job opportunities and bustling city life, there is a distinct allure to teaching in smaller towns. If you sign up for programs like South Korea's EPIK or France's TAPIF, your placement location may be predetermined. However, for those with the freedom to choose, the benefits of small-town teaching can be substantial and rewarding. Here is why teaching English in a less urbanized setting might be the right fit for you:
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Less pollution and noise
Less traffic on the roads
Seeing students and families outside of class
Unusual traditions
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