The TEFL Academy Blog

While the stereotypical teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) teaching situation is in a classroom with a group of learners, it is becoming more and more common to teach…

Pronunciation is one of those things that we know we should teach but we often don’t get around to it, maybe because we don’t know when or how to go…

Make no mistake, the TEFL course is hardcore. There is so much information you need to know, in terms of teaching methodologies, learning theories and classroom techniques, that there will…

IELTS. CAE. CPE. FCE. KET. PET. TOEFL. We all know the world of teaching English as a foreign language is full of abbreviations. Sometimes it can get downright confusing!  But…

We’ve spoken before about the importance of learning vocabulary when learning a language and also about how essential revision of that vocabulary is. Because it’s such an important aspect of…

Classroom. Whiteboard. Desks. Chairs. Coursebook. When you think of a TEFL classroom (any classroom, in fact) these are probably what you would consider essentials in order to teach effectively. For…

If you teach English as a Foreign Language you may find yourself teaching a wide range of ages, from kindergarten right up to mature learners. While the majority of us…

In many TEFL jobs you may be required to teach English as a Foreign Language to Young Learners. Young Learners are learners who are younger than 15 years of age.…