Couples teaching english overseas

  In fact it was only half a grub, and I'm hoping that the other half was in the rest of the salad that I quickly discarded, and had not been in the few bites of salad that I ate before noticing the corpse. I don’t think that that grub was meant to be in my seaweed salad, but nonetheless, the cuisines and supermarkets of China have been a unique experience in comparison to those...

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Here is a blog that I entered into a World Environment Day competition at http://www.unep.org/.   In the past year I have lived in the world’s 3 most polluting countries: China, America and India. While volunteering, interning, working and traveling within these nations, I have experienced firsthand their developing green economies and environmental initiatives. During my stay in each, I’ve eagerly noted signs of their budding green economies, from small gestures made by everyday citizens to...

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My First Class After some brief training, James and I were thrown in front of the class this past weekend to try our hand at teaching. My first class was a group of 7 students between the ages of 3 and 6. They were beginner, and most couldn't say or understand any more English than 'Hello, how are you?'. I used flash cards, games, actions, drawing and songs to teach them responses to that question,...

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So, I want to go to Japan for a year this march. And with every program that I've looked into there's always housing for a single person. My boyfriend wants to visit with me for like a month but I'm not sure if doing something like that would be breaking the rules of housing or whatnot. Does anyone know? Has anyone ever brought a signifigant other with them for a little while? Long Distant relationships...

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After finishing her degree in DCU, Fiona McCullagh started preparing for a year teaching in South Korea. She headed out at the end of Feb 2011 and each month I'll share the highlights of her experience with you guys! Here's the link to March, April is to follow very soon :-) http://www.teflireland.com/2011/04/05/diary-of-a-tefl-teacher-%e2%80%93-fiona-tells-all/ What kind of things do you want to know about life and work in South Korea??

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