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More than 99% of Colombians speak Spanish—wow! You better warm up your tongue and brush up on your rolling rrrrr’s before heading here to teach English. But don’t worry, if learning Spanish isn’t your jam, you could also try to pick up one of 65 recognized Amerindian languages or one of the Creole languages used by (

Lorena currently teaches Language and Literature in secondary school, Business English in a hotel management and tourism school, and Aviation English in a civil and commercial aviation degree course—not to mention she has private students that go from ages of four to 64! If you already think that Lorena is a TEFL superstar, just wait til ...[Read More]

Teaching English in Vietnam is a dream come true—and not just because your students are *next level* awesome and your coworkers are fast becoming friends. We know you’re ultra-committed to your teaching job abroad (and applaud you for it!), but we also want to make sure that you take some time to really get to know your host country. From...[Read More]

Colombia is a nation born of diversity. Fabulous, tasty diversity. The Spanish conquistadors influence extends from the customs, the architecture, and yes—the food. The former slave trade, the indigenous Amerindian cultures, and the country’s proximity to the Caribbean islands has also left its mark on Colombia’s food culture. And that’s ...[Read More]

Katherine Garcia hails from Houston, Texas, but knew from a young age that the typical American-lifestyle was not for her. Maybe it was the Argentine blood in her, or maybe it was something stirring deep inside that made her realise she was meant for more than the traditional high school-college-career path. She set her sights abroad and ...[Read More]

Daniel Horncastle hopped, skipped, jumped, and well, mostly flew the 18 hours between his native home of New Zealand and his teach abroad destination, Myanmar (yes, THAT Myanmar!). Myanmar is making headway on the TEFL stage, staking its claim as the new it destination of Southeast Asia for traveling English teachers. Read more about Dani...[Read More]

Tetiana hales from the Ukraine, but leads her life by example: Having two children under 13, two cats, and a husband didn’t stop her from pursuing her dream of learning English herself and then teaching abroad with her hard-sought skills. She’s now upped her certification to a CELTA and has her sights set on destinations beyond China and ...[Read More]

Meet Laura Hilliard, a TEFL intern in Vietnam. She’s an American from Pennsylvania who bid adieu to her adorable cat Olive to tackle the exciting, exotic world of teaching abroad! Hanoi isn’t quite like her native Pittsburgh, and she’s having a blast learning about all of the differences that make her experience teaching abroad so magical...[Read More]

Non-native English speakers make great teachers abroad. You’ve studied the language yourself—which we all know is way more than memorizing verb structures and grammar patterns. You’ve experienced the up’s and down’s and whirl-arounds of learning a language from scratch, and let’s be honest… those highs and lows can take a toll on your men...[Read More]

Today we’re talking to Éadaoin, a true TEFL expert who’s currently teaching in Vietnam after completing her Anglo-TEFL scholarship! 1. TELL US ABOUT YOUR PATH TO TEACHING ABROAD—DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU’D END UP IN VIETNAM?  I graduated with a BA in World Languages and studied French and Italian. I got my first experience of teaching abroa...[Read More]

Pelma-what-ism? Pelmanism. Know it, love it, and use it—in your TEFL classroom, that is! What is pelmanism? The Guardian said it best: “Almost 100 years since its invention, a long-forgotten 19th-century mind-training system may be due a resurrection.” Pelmanism, named for Christopher Louis Pelman, the founder of the “Pelman Institute for...[Read More]

Teaching abroad is more than simply helping cute little kids memorize multiple grammar rules or distinguish colors from one another. It’s not only helping university students prep for TOEFL or adults master the basics of Business English. It’s actually an act of cultural exchange. While yes, most days will focus on paragraphs and particip...[Read More]