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December 6, 2018 Teaching Abroad Tips

Tips for teaching mixed-ability English classes

Not all English classes are made equal. It’s a lesson learned by virtually every teacher who steps into an EFL school. Different learning styles, aptitude...

September 13, 2018 Expat Living

5 ways to make your friends back home jealous of your TEFL life

A TEFL life is a wonderful thing: Traveling from place to place, meeting new people, changing lives. But if an awesome adventure happens and no...

July 5, 2018 Adventures Abroad

5 funny confessions of a (former) TEFL teacher

With my days of tense teaching and pronunciation lecturing firmly in the past, it’s now perhaps somewhat okay for me to reveal the honesties of...

June 28, 2018 myTEFL Teach and Travel Blog

Ways to promote active English learning in the TEFL classroom

So-called ‘active’ learning has long been vogue on the TEFL scene. But what does it mean? It essentially means getting your students fully engaged with...

June 14, 2018 myTEFL Teach and Travel Blog

5 top tips for teaching English to kids

The prospect of teaching English to kids can strike fear into the hearts of many a recent TEFL graduate. But it needn’t be so scary....

March 8, 2018 Teaching Abroad Tips

How to teach English pronunciation

When you’re struggling to curtail the Bs on the end of ‘bomb’ or wrestling with students who can’t see the difference between ‘mud’, ‘blood’, and...

March 1, 2018 Teaching Abroad Tips

11 things I wish I knew about TEFL before starting

Whether it’s tips from colleagues or contract negotiations, the minutiae of language teaching can be daunting. Here are 11 things I wish I knew about...

January 18, 2018 TEFL Destinations

A short intro to TEFL in Colombia

When most people think of that first EFL job, they often think of destinations like Thailand and China, Vietnam or Europe. But there’s also room...

December 29, 2017 TEFL Strategies

Things to do differently in the TEFL classroom in 2018

And so there dawns a new TEFL year. While the haze of all of 2017’s gerunds and past participles and late-night Chang beers or...

October 27, 2017 TEFL Strategies

5 great online tools to keep up with the TEFL planning

From project management systems with intelligent calendar reminders to Cloud-based backup spaces that keep you from ever losing track of another lesson schedule again, these...