The TEFL Academy Blog

TEFL grammar instruction focuses on helping students use English accurately in real-world situations. To succeed, teachers must avoid five common mistakes: over-explaining rules, teaching forms in isolation, using excessive worksheets,…

Listening forms a significant part of the communication process in our everyday live. For this reason, teaching it as a skill to our English learners is a must. Let’s have…

Have you ever had a bad day and thought that maybe teaching isn’t for you? Perhaps your class isn’t progressing as you had hoped, or a lesson you’ve spent ages…

Teaching English abroad can be challenging!  Walking into a classroom, with your best smile and your best efforts being met with blank stares, despondency, or half-opened eyes, can leave you…

Teaching English as a foreign language, whether abroad or from the comfort of your couch, is an adventure. But before we get to revel in the excitement that new borders…

Think back to your school days. Do you remember a teacher talking on and on while you dozed off or zoned out? In all likelihood, teacher talk time (TTT) was…

TEFL teacher Lauren is an American ESL teacher who has ten years' experience as a TEFL teacher. She has been teaching in China since 2015. Here she draws on her…

Online lessons ask teachers to do something unnatural: teach in a space where you can’t rely on eye contact, body language, or the subtle cues you’d notice in a physical…