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A career as an ESL teacher abroad is a great way to travel overseas, immerse yourself in local culture, and have a positive impact. Our goal here is to provide inspiring and informative articles to help you experience the very best that teaching abroad has to offer. From Asia to Europe to the Middle East, here you'll find everything you need to stat an exciting teaching adventure abroad.
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Many of you have likely considered spending a year teaching abroad in a foreign country. Teaching abroad can truly be a life changing experience. It’s a great way to travel, immerse...
By: Andrew Dunkle
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Deciding whether or not to complete a TEFL course and receive the certification is an often asked question. During your job search you may have noticed that many schools do not require...
By: Abbie Mood
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At this public middle school, we have no photocopiers. No CD players and kitschy audio clips. No overhead projectors. No textbooks for the students. A library with roughly a dozen...
By: Jessie Beck
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Last month, we asked ourselves the question, "How do you engage women in your English classes while teaching in cultures where women are expected to be seen and not heard?”
In many...
By: Andrea Moran
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In 2005, Zach Rubio was caught speaking Spanish, his father’s native language, in the hallways of his Kansas City public school. The junior high school student was suspended for two...
By: Andrea Moran
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Japan tops the radar for teaching jobs abroad. Cushy salaries and an urgency to learn English from the business community gives you a lot of options. Now it’s time to figure out how to...
By: Andrea Moran
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By now you have probably spent months carefully researching and getting ready to teach abroad. All your hard work has led to this final moment: arrival. During those first days and...
By: Abbie Mood
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For first timers considering teaching in Asia, two big names usually pop up: Japan and Korea. China, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam have plenty of opportunities, but in terms of living...
By: Abbie Mood
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Just as living abroad required you to make a number of life adjustments, so does returning home. After all, you are no longer the same person you were when you went abroad - you have...
By: Abbie Mood
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If you are planning to study, teach or volunteer abroad in China, you should be aware that accessing social networks is a bit of a struggle. The Chinese government has had an...
By: Kate Thomas
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During my experiences as a high school teacher and as a university professor I learned how different it is to teach adults over children and vice versa. If you are anything like me,...
By: Kate Thomas
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A couple weeks ago we shared the stories of five teachers living and teaching English in South Korea. This was in response to questions we frequently receive about what life is like as...
By: Andrew Dunkle
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Why teach abroad? The simple answer is, why not?! There are thousands of opportunities out there to teach abroad and it has never been easier to find a teaching job wherever it is you...
By: Abbie Mood
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Now that you've found a job teaching abroad, the hard part is over - right? Well, kind of. You still have some work ahead of you to prepare to safely (and legally) get to your country...
By: Abbie Mood
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Deciding where to teach abroad can be a very difficult decision, as you will likely have many questions and doubts. We recommend you give yourself plenty of time to carefully research...
By: Abbie Mood
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Do you remember your first day of school jitters when you were younger? Chances are you are feeling them again, only this time the butterflies in your stomach are because you’re the...
By: Abbie Mood
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One of the most frequently asked questions we receive about teaching abroad is, "What will my day to day life be like as a teacher?" That's no small question, my friend! The whole...
By: Andrew Dunkle
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Before coming to China, I was clueless.
I knew I wanted to teach abroad and I'd narrowed down my country of choice to China, but I had no idea where to go from there. So, what did I do...
By: Lauren Hogan
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Going abroad to teach and no idea what to wear? We're here to help! We have compiled dress codes from around the world to ensure you don’t experience any first day embarrassment as a...
By: Kate Thomas
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“Could you pass me the basilico?”
“Sure, sure, the basilico is at the other end of the table,”
“Yes, I agree, this pasta is so much better with some basilico.”
While at dinner with a...
By: Jessie Beck
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The name “Buenos Aires” conjures up images of fútbol, tango, steak and dulce du leche. Like many of you out there, you may feel bitten by the wanderlust bug and find yourself...
By: Angelina Khoo
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When teaching in South Korea there are two main types of schools you can work at: public schools and private academies, better known as hagwons. Previous articles have talked about...
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Today, we're introducing one of the most picturesque cities in all of Georgia, the pretty seaside city of Batumi. As the capital city of Adjara, an autonomous region in southwest...
By: Reach To Teach
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Teaching English in South Korea was never on my bucket list. Thailand, maybe. But Korea? I hadn’t even considered it.
Once I started my research on teaching abroad, however, the EPIK (...
By: LaurenFitz
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It’s 7.30am and my phone is ringing. Who on earth could be calling me at this hour? Turns out it was someone with a job offer. I had finally heard back from the English Program in...
By: Uzma
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More often than not, while teaching English abroad, you’ll run into a common problem faced by many ESL teachers, especially those teaching in developing countries. This problem has...
By: Go Overseas
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As an English teacher in Taiwan, I spent the majority of my time teaching basic English to four to six year olds. Besides learning how to write their names, this age group wasn't ready...
By: Andrew Dunkle
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Moving to a foreign country doesn’t mean you have to change who you are; it just means you might need to adjust your perspectives. In Korea, this is often a case of shifting your...
By: LaurenFitz
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Welcome to round two of the ESL Educators Blog Carnival. This month we're focusing on ESL Classroom Management. Just follow these links to read what these outstanding ESL Educators...
By: Andrew Dunkle
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My first job teaching English abroad was in Vietnam. I didn’t do much research beforehand – I’m not the kind of person to pull out the guidebooks or spend hours online reading about my...
By: Nancy Lewis
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