Reliable Resources and Making Use of What’s Around
Reliable Resources and Making Use of What’s Around There are several courses to take when you become a TEFL teacher. You can do one online, over the course [...]
Are you the ‘Dead Poets Society’ or the ‘Disciplinarian’ Type of Teacher?
What Kind of Teacher Are You? Back in England, I had the same dilemma as I do now. What kind of teacher would I be? In England, I would have chosen between [...]
What would you do if…
A look at some of the classroom’s worst case scenarios and how to deal with them. As teachers we are blessed with the joyous opportunity of working with young learners. At the [...]
Using a recruiter for ESL jobs – good or bad?
Looking for job is stressful. Flying to the other side of the world to start a new job in a new country where you don’t speak the language can be significantly more [...]
iLab – Managing a World of Information
A few years back to look up a word and have it translated into another language in the blink of an eye seemed impossible. You had to go to your local library [...]
Classroom Management
Classroom Management The definition of classroom management is disputed by academics and teachers throughout the world. However, in general, classroom management can be classified as a method to ensure that time spent [...]
Keep Moving
I have now been a TEFL teacher with York School for roughly sixteen months, depending on when you are reading this article. In this time I have had nine different classes, ranging [...]
Chinese Teenagers
Chinese teenagers...why are they amazing students? Unless you come to China to work at a Kindergarten or a Primary School chances are you will be teaching all age groups and that includes: [...]
Social Life and Daily Living
It’s no secret that most people who come to China to teach English are enticed by the thrills of living abroad. It’s a good way to gain not only some valuable work [...]
Working with Teenagers
Teenagers. We’ve all been one, some of us more recently than others, but no matter what, we can all recall what it was like to be a student. At some point in [...]









