Hi my name is Hannah and I am 22 years old, I really want to do the TEFL course but I am having a few doubts because I do not have a degree and also I have dyslexia. I am a native english speaker but I feel I will struggle with the course. I am worried about spending money on the course and then not being able to pass it or find a job abroad....

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OK,JUST COMPLETED MODULES 1-3 OF MAIN TEFL COURSE.NOT TOO BAD THOUGH I HAVE 1 PIECE OF ADVICE FOR THOSE LIKE ME WHO RUSH INTO THINGS.DONT!!!!!!!!!it was very annoying to lose marks because i had not read the question properly or worse because i mis-spelt a word,it results in delays as you review quizzes that you should have passed 1st time or with higher grades.from module 4 on i will be going slower to get there...

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Has anyone had any experience with Aclipse or Chungdahm (South Korea)?? Any good or bad encounters?? ( :

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I have come across a great looking course in Palma. It lasts seven weeks, includes CELTA and SPANISH. This is exactly what I am looking for.......BUT due to prebooked commitments this year I cannot do any of the course dates. Has any anbody seen anything similar in the Spain or in the Spanish speaking world? Has anybody had good experiences in this type of dual enviroment that they can pass on? I am looking to...

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Where the hell am I supposed to go and teach? I can't decide!! I've flittered between Hong Kong, Spain, Thailand, Poland, Japan and China over the last 24 hours, but can't decide!? I want hot weather. I want beaches. I want culture. I want fascinating places to explore. I want good nightlife. I want pretty girls. I want to live well. I want to spend as little as possible! I want to go somewhere I...

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So I have no idea if anyone will ever read these, but hey, I'm bored and I feel like writing something, so sod it. I'm Oli, I'm 27 and I'm from Leeds, UK. Hurray! I feel I should briefly bore you about who I am and what I'm doing here. So here goes. I worked for a big smelly corporate recruitment company for over a year until late last summer. However, since 2009, I have...

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Wordpharmacy is a concrete poetical work, which playfully equates the structure of language with pharmaceutical products. It consists of ten medicine boxes, each representing one of the ten word-groups. Each box contains a leaflet that functions as an instructional poem, guiding the reader’s ingestion of the given word group. READ MORE HERE

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Hello everyone.  Name is Ian and I have just booked and paid for the 100 hour online course.  So I'm a newby just like Tina.Currently working under contract in Ontario, Canada and this will be my last year.  Lived in Canada for the last 30 years but was born and educated in the UK.  Spent 17 years in the Royal Air Force, loved every minute of it.Anytime you want to pull up a sandbag, I'll...

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Toilets in Japan Yes! This post will hopefully lift the lid and reveal the truth behind plumbing (or lack of) in Japan. Now there comes a time, in everyones TEFL life, when you have to go but are confronted with the problem of "How do I use THIS toilet?" Surprisingly Japan actually has an array of toilets, from squatters to ones that wash and dry you! Of course, there are still the little boys (and...

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Recently I applied for my first "official"(read: paid) TEFL job and after some back and forward e-mailing I received an invite for a phone interview. As this was the first time ever to go through an interview for a teaching position, I had no idea what kind of questions I could expect and was prepared for the worst. Luckily, it wasn't all that bad. Things like "How much time do you expect you need to...

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Manchester 18th February! Anybody else going to be there? Im trying to get as much of the online course done as possible before I get into anything practical! Though it is long! Just thought it might be nice to maybe see who else I'll be meeting! Get in touch x

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<tbody>   I am a teacher in the USA. I have my original degree; I have my original Teaching certification from my state and transcripts from my school district showing all of my ESOL credits. I have copies of my official transcripts. My state and school district have the originals and gave me copies. At this point I can not get my original transcript from the college because I owe money still and they will...

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Introducing….. Marcus! From Shrewsbury to Australia to Vietnam. We caught up with this i-to-i graduate as soon as he touched down in Asia and battled through ‘perhaps the worst jet-lag ever experienced.’Take a look at our TEFL Ireland Blog to find some pearls of wisdom from a TEFL teacher who has been there, done that and loved every minute of it…                                 

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Greetings :D   Well, let me just introduce myself then. I am Tina and I am (hopefully) starting a TEFL online course soon. I come from a smallish country called Croatia (I wouldn't be suprised if no one's heard of it), and I belieive it's obvious by now that I am a non native speaker. English is actually my third languge. That being said, I am fresh out of high school (just graduated, got a...

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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

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Hi there. I have just finished my 120 hour online course and need to find a job. The thing is, I don't have any experience and don't have a degree, only my 120 hour course. Where do I look and what will I get. Any suggestions will help. Thank you.

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Hi,everybody Recently I'm looking for English teacher working in shanghai ,Beijing,Hangzhou and many other cities in China,I dont know whether there is somebody who is interested in this position ,please contact me via 540834322@qq.com or christinasld@hotmail.com or skype:christinasld.

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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 have not been on here or anywhere for a while, I'd like to apologise profusely, however in my defense I was hit by a taxi who was curious to see what would happen if he hit a laowai with his taxi, as it happens exactly the same thing that happens to everyone else, and just to let you know it hurts.Basically after an epicly long day at work I had to get home...

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Lights in Japan! Japan is known for all its wonderful, and sometime strange, devices that can become a fad or everyday necessity. Now, I'm sure you have all heard of the toilets that wash you with warm water and if you are lucky will blow dry your down below areas. - if not, more on that another time! For now, I want to introduce you to the world of Japanese lights! The most common of...

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