Get to know your students with these fun activities
Many of you have likely started your teach abroad placements and are still getting to know your classroom (or maybe even classrooms!) of students. Whether you’re an ESL teacher or a certified teacher in a public or international school, the better you know your students as individuals, the better placed you’ll be when it comes […]
Tapping into language learning while you sleep
The idea of using the 7+ hours a night of sleep time to subliminally study isn’t new, but recent research shows that there may be more value in our down time after all, specifically when it comes to learning a new language. A team of Swiss psychologists from the Swiss National Science Foundation performed a […]
Set yourself apart by looking the part for a teacher interview
According to a survey of HR Managers, most interviewers form their opinion about a specific candidate within the first 10 minutes of an interview. And no matter how prepared you are to answer some hard-hitting questions when you sit down, that’s only half the battle. A good part of that impression is formed by more […]
Meet the teacher: ESL Instructor, Mark, in Gwangju, South Korea
We caught up with Mark, an ESL teacher from Illinois, who has been teaching abroad on a Teach Away placement for three months at a school in Gwangju, South Korea. We asked him some questions about his experience so far, so he could share an insight and his perspective with others interested in teaching in […]
Get a head start with learning a language in a new country
As you begin your international teaching placements, you may be headed off to a new country with no knowledge of how to speak the native language. In some cases, you’ll be exposed to a completely different alphabet. Don’t fret—use these simple tips that won’t take much time or trouble to get started learning a new […]