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Undertaking any course of study is a daunting prospect, especially when you consider the time and the money that you will put into it. It’s no wonder many people worry…

Living and teaching abroad is exciting and adventurous, no doubt, but sometimes it can actually be quite lonely. If you think about it, do you have a lot of friends…

Listening to a foreign language is complicated and difficult. Here we look at a few of the difficulties our learners have when listening to English. Speed People naturally speak quickly,…

Have you seen the movie Bad Teacher? The one with Cameron Diaz, when she comes to work hungover, puts on an inappropriate movie, puts her head down on her desk and naps…

If we told you we were going to test you on your TEFL knowledge, right now, how would you feel? Nervous? Embarrassed? In any situation, the threat of a test can…

What’s more, English vocabulary is not straightforward. We have words which look the same but sound different and have different meanings: It’s really windy today. That’s a really long, windy…

But somewhere, there’s a little voice inside your head that is telling you that being able to speak English is not the same as being able to teach English and…

Student talk time is exactly what it says on the tin; the amount of time your students are talking in the classroom. In essence this should be maximised and the…

Meeting a new class and conducting your first TEFL lesson is always an unnerving experience. Once you have been through the process a few times you will inevitably find it…