The TEFL Academy Blog

Picture this: you’re sipping a café con leche in a Barcelona cafe, firing off work emails, and then practising your Spanish with the barista - all in the same morning.…

One of the biggest worries future TEFL teachers have when moving abroad? The language barrier. Imagine stepping off the plane in Seoul or Santiago or Stockholm, jet-lagged and lost, with…

TEFL-qualified but not sure where to go? Both Europe and Asia’s booming English teaching sectors beckon, each with a distinct appeal. You may find yourself gravitating towards one over the other,…

As the second biggest country in Asia, China isn’t just big, it’s massive.  It’s packed with every kind of city imaginable, each one so different from the next that it’s…

At first glance, teaching English abroad might seem like a solo pursuit. Or, at least, an adventure for teacher-travellers with very few responsibilities. But if you have a partner and/or…

Have you ever come across the terms border hopping or visa run during your travels?  We recently conducted a survey with some of our TEFL teachers plying their trade across…

If you've been thinking about teaching English in South Korea, you'll know (from all of your research!) that conversation classes are a staple of the South Korean ESL scene.  These…

Teaching online is ridiculously popular. We bet you probably know at least one person doing it right now. Some think it’s easy: just log in, chat, and log out.  Sure,…