Blog posts

• The Kindness of Strangers

  “Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go…’” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran My GCSE English teacher (and major crush) told me...

• This week's Top TEFL blogs

  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

• I’ve finished my TEFL course- when will I receive my certificate!?

  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...

• The Power of People Watching

  Nearly all of us do our research before embarking on our travels. We spend time pouring over guide books and websites, carefully planning excursions to the must see sights and events, making sure we drink...

• Going With The Flow

  The scariest thing is probably letting go of control and just letting things happen as the please instead of trying to plan every minute detail. At least, it’s the scariest thing for me. I’ve dealt...

• Anyone going to Ecuador...

  ...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

• Countries to Teach in Without a Degree

          I have been doing a lot of research looking for my options. I am leaving the military here shortly and hanging it up for good. I want to be a TEFLer in every way...

• Quitting and Handing in Your Letter of Notice...

  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...

• Life so far!

  We all get to a point in life when we look back and think about all the things we have achieved, the things we regret, the happy memories etc. I was recently told that my...

• In the Beginning there was Grammar...

  Hi everyone, I've been keeping a blog of my progress for a while before I discovered this Chalkboard business so I figured I'd copy my posts over in case anyone was interested in following my...

• They Say Money Can't Buy Happiness...

    Ouch, this week has been a stinger! I’ve got that sick feeling again and this time I definitely can’t blame it on the waist band of my work slacks, although theoretically I could point...

• Post-Christmas Ponderings

  I made the decision to abandon the soul-destroying call-centre ship in favour of the bluer waters of international travel in 2009 when I was living in Cardiff and feeling thoroughly miserable with my lot in...

• Grammarsaurus Rex

  So I’ve nearly finished my teaching course now and I have to say it’s been harder than I anticipated. Especially grammar, who’d of thunk grammar would be that tricksy. Now I know that if a...

• 2 new blogs for you

  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...

• 5 ways to get motivated at the start of term!

  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...

• What classroom life in Ecuador is really like...

  Hi guys, Happy New Year and all that...have a look on the i-to-i TEFL blog for my first entry of 2012 about what classroom life in Ecuador is really like. http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-blog/2012/01/04/what-classroom-life-in-ecuador-is-really-like/ Cheers Bazteach

• Travel like a Child

  Remember the days when everything was taken care of for you? Travelling involved zero packing and booking -maybe even a packed lunch thrown in for good measure...You didn’t need money apart from a shiny pound...

• Welcome/ Goodbye to Planet China! (as the book says)

  Well, here it is.  The last blog for all you incoming fledgling TEFL teachers.  Thought I’d round things off by giving you the latest shenanigans from Chengdu, as well as leaving you with some useful...

• Argentina, BA TEFLers

  Hey, I'll be in BA for the last week in Febuarary - pretty sure I would have finished my course, not too much more to do. Effectively turning up in BA with me, myself and...

• Best TEFL Tales of 2011

  As 2011 draws to a close, the gang at i-to-i have been looking back over the past year. We’ve loved all your blogs - they’ve made us laugh and smile lots! So we thought we...