How to start teaching English to beginners: step by step
If you’ve never taught English to absolute beginners before, the idea of spending a whole lesson communicating with students who don’t understand a word you’re saying sounds a bit daunting. Any ESL teacher can tell you that teaching absolute beginners is slightly different from teaching other classes. Sure, it’s challenging, but it can also be […]
Why bother with a TEFL certificate?
We get a lot of questions from individuals hoping to head overseas to teach ESL. Some are certified teachers and some are just individuals looking for a new adventure. Some have classroom experience teaching subject-specific material and some have never stepped foot in a classroom. Across this spectrum of potential ESL teachers, we always say […]
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 […]
Check Out the Best Destinations for ESL Teachers
Looking for your next ESL teaching job, but not sure what might be best for you? One of Teach Away’s Placement Coordinators, Kathryn, has put together a list of some of the top destinations for experienced ESL teachers to teach English abroad. The best places to teach English abroad ESL teachers have various goals: increasing their salaries, […]