Teaching English with Volunteer Organizations

Volunteering to teach English overseas is big business and there are lots of organizations involved in placing teachers around the world. And lots of organizations are getting rich doing this. However, there are also lots of problems. If you’re thinking of volunteering to teach overseas then you need to make […]


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Teaching English in your Gap Year

A lot of students take a year off after finishing high school, or during their university studies, and spend the time working or traveling abroad in what is known as a Gap Year. The idea of warm seas, exotic locations and eye-opening new cultures is difficult to resist and it’s […]


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Tattoos‏‎ and English Teachers Abroad

The attitude towards teachers with tattoos varies according to country and school. Even in the west where tattoos are fairly common, school owners will often look down on teachers sporting obvious tattoos. In many countries tattoos were often used in the past as signaling membership of a criminal gang (e.g. […]


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Summer Jobs for TEFL/TESOL Teachers

How do you fancy teaching English in the sunshine? A few weeks over in Italy or Mexico or somewhere else nice and hot, teaching in the morning then changing into your swimwear to grade homework while you lie on the beach? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the idyll of […]


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Student Loans & English Teachers Abroad

Many new teachers are often recently qualified and have the burden of student loans to pay back. Normally the pay for an entry-level job teaching English is enough for you to live on reasonably well and save a little. But is it enough to pay back your loan? Loans received […]


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