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It’s that time of the year again! No, not Christmas (yet)! No, it’s not your birthday (if it is, I’m sorry)! It’s the last Thursday of November, which means it’s Thanksgiving! 399 years later, we are still celebrating this holiday which encourages us to show gratitude. Gratitude for what we have, and gratitude for the excuse to eat a humongous and delicious meal (and play some Thanksgiving games)....[Read More]

Quresh started his career in the hospitality industry and worked hard for 14 years. Having had a star-studded career including working for The Royal Wedding of Will & Kate (WOW!) and enjoying the chance to work and travel at the same time, Quresh was ready for a change. Now, this English native is teaching English to eager students in Changsha, China. Hear how he made the move during COVID and...[Read More]

As you prepare to take the leap and teach English online, earning money in your pajamas to help support your financial goals and travel dreams, you might hear a tiny voice in the back of your head wondering if it is too good to be true. It isn’t (woot!!!!), but it’s good to enter any new job or career change as informed as possible. With the help of teachers active in Reddit’s Online ESL Teaching ...[Read More]

Work For a Company for Freelance Independently? Do you want to learn more about your options for teaching English online? Join this career-boosting webinar to discover the answer to your MOST ASKED online tutoring question. “Should I work for a company or freelance independently?” We’ll be joined by well-known ESL blogger Frazer Hainsworth from Online Teachers Club. Frazer specializes in helping T...[Read More]

Join Ishaq in our next webinar to find out how he opened up his very own online English teaching company and how you can do it too. Ishaq Pervev started his teaching career in 2017 with a 12 week paid TEFL internship with Premier TEFL in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After his internship, he moved to a TEFL job in Japan and has now set up his own company Aspire English Academy, from his new home in Spain....[Read More]

Meet Faustina Janet Maithya. She is a Kenyan National with English as her first language and she is also trilingual. Since Kenya is not classically considered a native English-speaking country, Faustina found it a little bit challenging getting hired. Her determination inspires us at Premier TEFL as she didn’t give up and she proved she could score high in the British Council English Proficiency T...[Read More]

Meet Bo Bo Aung (aka Cliff Rake) a very experienced non-native English teacher. Cliff has been teaching English as a foreign language for more than 20 years. He started learning English from a very young age, which led him to thrive in the English language. He helped his father with English classes at the age of 13! Cliff then went on to pursue his career in English and found himself majoring in t...[Read More]

If you’re looking for information about how to teach online independently, then you’re in the right place. Teaching online is a good option for many. Maybe you’re looking for something to do during the pandemic, maybe you’re looking for experience before teaching abroad, or maybe you’re, well, a teacher. Online teaching can be viewed as a short-term or a long-term option, a part-time or full-time ...[Read More]

People sign up to teach English abroad for a lot of reasons. Many want an adventure before entering “real life” after college. Others are looking for a way to save money towards a home or business. Some want to experience other ways of living before deciding where to call home for the rest of their lives. And of course, there are the opportunities to master a foreign language while teaching your o...[Read More]

Exploring a new country while teaching English as a foreign language? Sounds like a paid TEFL internship. Will couldn’t imagine anything worse than being stuck in a cubicle doing a 9 – 5. In his search for a rewarding and more meaningful job he discovered the paid TEFL internship in Vietnam and submitted his application. After a semester of teaching, Will was hooked. His plan was to stay and conti...[Read More]

“You’re probably wondering how I got here.” Probably not, but you might be wondering what the process is for when you want to start teaching English and become an Online English Teacher. You don’t need Elon Musk’s latest technology or fluency in a second language. You only need a trusty computer, a webcam, and the desire to actually teach English (or earn money). Of course, there are many things y...[Read More]