Teachers Talent Show
There are times while teaching abroad when your worlds of education, travel, and culture meet in a head-on collision. While these can sometimes be scary, nerve-racking experiences, more often [...]
How To Take Advantage Of Your Summer Vacation When You’re Not Traveling
Summer is here, which means no teaching! Unless, you know, you’re teaching a summer holiday camp or doing private tutoring or teaching online classes. As we all know, the [...]
Teaching Topics Throughout the School Year
While teaching English as a Foreign Language in China or other Asian countries, you will be expected to help your students learn to conversationally discuss a wide variety of [...]
Spring Themed Activities To Do With Young ESL Students
Spring is here, and with it a wealth of possibilities: finally the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing -- and your kids are chomping at the bit to [...]
Sick While Abroad
After nine months of living in China, I was finally forced to navigate through foreign pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and medicines. When I first began feeling sick, I was in [...]
3 Essential Travel Tips…For China And Beyond!
Living abroad and traveling are obviously similar in many ways, but they’re also totally different skills in some important ways. Skills that help you living abroad include making friends with [...]
School Activities Outside the Classroom
When it comes to on-the-job responsibilities and activities in your TEFL career, the majority of your work will revolve around teaching in the classroom. However, throughout the course of the school [...]
Chinese Festivals – Winter and Spring
Chinese Festivals During the First Half of the Year One of the most interesting experiences of living in China is the opportunity to learn about the various festivals that are home [...]
Creating Activity Stations for Young Learners
If you teach kindergarten, preschool, or even first grade, you should consider including activity stations into your day if you don’t already. Children learn through playing, and activity stations give [...]
The Challenge of Creating Effective and Engaging Lesson Plans in TEFL Classrooms
Creating lesson plans is something that is always on the minds of teachers, whether they be fresh-faced novices or seasoned veterans of the craft. Lesson plans can be considered the backbone [...]
