Combining the difficulties of idioms with the treacherous grammar requirements of verb usage, often fusing totally unrelated words together, and eventually coming up with a whole different meaning than you…
Tenses are time and time again noted as one of the most difficult aspects of English learning. Whether it’s the perfect or the continuous, students often get caught up in…
Modern TEFL teaching trends are changing all the time. In the past decade alone they’ve flitted from an obsession with immersion and teacher talk time to a penchant for tech…
Confused faces and perplexed expressions are the currency of the English classroom. Whether it’s intricate interplays between the past tenses or the nuances of your own vernacular, there’s bound to…
In an ideal world there would be no such thing as the TEFL cover lesson. Not many teachers enjoy being thrown head first (figuratively, of course) into a class with…
Every veteran teacher knows that TEFL students come in all shapes and sizes. Some love the classroom, while others can’t wait to leave when the clock turns and that bell…
Many teachers will opt to subsidise their ex-pat living with a little extra TEFL tutoring on the side. Others will need to do one-on-one lessons as part of their job,…
I’m Rachel, an ex-English teacher and now part of the MyTEFL job placement team. With this position I specialize in helping new TEFL course graduates find great teaching jobs overseas. One thing I’ve…
So you’ve decided to teach English overseas? Great news! A world of adventure and excitement awaits; whether you’ll be teaching in the beachside schools of the Thai Andaman, business…
Most people do not initially consider private lessons as a mainstay when thinking of teaching English overseas. Schools! Language Centers! Hours! Classes! These are the opportunities that seemed most apparent when…
