Ask a TEFL Expert!

Here's an insight into whether TEFL is really going to be your bag. It's a blog based on my own personal experiences of almost 9 years teaching TEFL. Are you patient, sociable, a good listener, can you cope with being a foreigner, do you like words and grammar, and most importantly, are you a bit nuts? Have a look at the full blog here: http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-do-you-know-if-tefl-is-for-you.html Bazteach

read more

Hi guys, Thought this might help. Here are a few blogs that I've read this week that might be useful and inspirational, have a butchers on my site. http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-weeks-top-tefl-blog-posts.html Cheers Bazteach

read more

So you’ve completed all the checkpoints, your grammar is top notch and you’re ready and raring to start the next step of your TEFL adventure and get applying for jobs.. Rather than waiting for Postman Pat to grace your doormat with your shiny new certificate every morning here are a few top tips and snippets of information to ensure the completion of your course goes oh so smoothly... Post course questionnaire After every module you’ll...

read more

Hi Guys, Anyone in need of some inspiration? I've been reading a few TEFL blogs this week and I have compiled a list of blogs that I found useful. You can find them on my site here. http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-weeks-top-tefl-blog-posts.html Hope they are of some help, they were to me. Bazteach

read more

...but not sure where to go? Check out my latest blog about the top 3 places to go in Ecuador to teach English. http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/01/where-to-teach-english-as-foreign.html#more Good luck Bazteach

read more

Uh-oh, it’s time to face the boss with that dreaded letter of notice…no one likes doing that. Even if you are tempted to throw the letter down on their desk and strut out of there singing Aretha Franklin songs, we’d advise that you don’t…for the following reasons:•    There’s still that matter of getting a reference, and although it is against corporate policy to give you a bad reference, it’s not worth leaving on a bad...

read more

Hi Guys, How's it going? Here's a couple of blog posts for this week. The first is on the official i-to-i TEFL blog: 5 things I loved about living in Brazil. http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-blog/2012/01/17/5-things-i-loved-about-living-in-brazil/ And I wrote another on  my own blog: the Cons of TEFLing in Ecuador. http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/01/cons-of-tefling-in-ecuador.html Happy reading, have a good one. Cheers Bazteach

read more

Hi, I have been thinking of doing this course for a long time and now i am wandering if I have left it to late. I am aged 54, male and English. I have been working in computers for a few years now and recently got a few qualifications to back up my experience and then did my JEB (the name has changed recently but it is an ICT teacher training course) and found it...

read more

I'm currently doing my i-to-i TEFL course and having a ball!  My brain feels like it is exploding some days but I am certainly learning a lot.  I am currently teaching in South Korea, so I am getting to put everything I learn into practice straight away, which is very useful.  The reason for my post is to encourage you all to have a look at the TEFL TV videos.  I have found them unbelievably...

read more

Feeling a bit low after all the Christmas and New Year's celebrations? Already down in the dumps at the thought of how long you have until the next break? Well, have a look at my latest blog to get some inspirational ideas on how to motivate yourself back into gear. http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com/2012/01/5-ways-to-get-motivated-at-start-of.html Cheers Bazteach

read more