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Tips For Setting Up An Online Classroom

If you think teaching English as a Foreign Language online is sitting on your couch in your yoga pants all day chatting on Skype, you’re not far wrong. Just kidding! Although there are definitely opportunities for teaching conversational English over Skype…

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Teaching English online is becoming a more and more popular way of earning a living. There are those who have become dissatisfied with the usual 9-to-5 desk jobs, those who…

Top Tips To Be A Successful Online English Teacher

25th March 2020

8 March 2020 is International Women’s Day. Every year we celebrate this day and make mention of the special women in our lives. We celebrate the fact that we now…

Women In The TEFL Classroom

6th March 2020

One of the most important skills of a TEFL teacher is to identify the errors that your students make and help them deal with them. Mistakes are an integral part…

Common Mistakes For Japanese Learners Of English

12th October 2019

The English as a Foreign Language market in Spain is booming. With youth unemployment at an all-time high of 50%, many Spaniards see proficiency in English as their ticket to…

Top Tips For Teaching English To Spanish Learners

25th August 2019

Every EFL classroom is different. Even though no matter where you are teaching you will be applying the same learning theories and teaching methodologies to your teaching, a lot of…

5 Things You Should Know About Spanish English Language Learners

16th August 2019

Learning another language is never easy. English is known to be quite tricky because it is actually a mix of many different languages. Our language learners are bound to have…

Common Mistakes Of Vietnamese Learners Of English

28th July 2019

No matter how well you did on your TEFL course, your first day teaching English abroad in a new classroom is a daunting one. You are starting a new job…

What To Expect On Your First Day Teaching English Abroad

27th June 2019

There aren’t many jobs that provide you with an assistant to help you do your job, but being an English as a Foreign Language teacher is one of them. Not…

How To Teach With A Teaching Assistant

14th May 2019

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