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Get Ready To Travel: Off-The-Beaten-Track Destinations To Visit In 2025

To us, a new year means one thing: another 365 days to travel the world! But in 2025, let’s do things a little differently. Let’s not go to those gorgeous beaches that everyone goes to, or hike that mountain that’s…

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The New Year brings with it visions of new beginnings and fresh starts - the perfect time to upgrade your life. This year, why not engineer the life you’ve always…

Why TEFL Is Your Ticket To Freedom In 2025

17th January 2025

Travelling is never going to go out of fashion, is it? And we’re not surprised. But there’s no doubt that our attitudes towards and preferences for travel changes as the…

What To Expect: Travel Trends For 2025

6th January 2025

Are are a newly-qualified TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) teacher? Finding it tricky to find a job? We hear you. Usually employers want someone with experience. But how…

How To Find Volunteer TEFL Jobs

5th January 2025

Happy New Year! ¡ Feliz Año Nuevo! Godt nytår! Frohes Neues Jahr! However you say it, we would like to wish you a prosperous and happy 2025. But you know…

New Year, New You?

2nd January 2025

January 1 is, for many, a day of new beginnings. A fresh start, a time to turn over a new leaf. The problem is, more often than not you’re a…

New Year’s Resolutions For TEFL Teachers – How To Make Them Stick

29th December 2024

Ever heard of solo travel? Here at The TEFL Academy we’re big fans of solo travel - and we’d like you to be too. So let’s talk about travelling by…

Solo Travel: Tips, Safety, And The Best Destinations

20th December 2024

Whether you want to believe it or not, it’s Christmas time again! Jingle bells, tis the season, deck the halls, and all that jingle. Whether you’ll be watching Home Alone,…

Merry TEFL Christmas: Christmas Around the World!

1st December 2024

As teachers of English as a foreign language (TEFL teachers) we’re usually focussed on teaching our students English. But if you’re living in a foreign country, perhaps you want to…

How to Learn the Local Language

7th November 2024

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