Are you dreaming of trading your office cubicle for a classroom in Tokyo, a beachfront school in Thailand, or a prestigious language academy in Madrid? The "laptop lifestyle" and the reward of education are more accessible than ever, but there is a significant hurdle that many aspiring teachers overlook: qualification standards. If you have spent any time researching how to teach English abroad, you have likely been flooded with ads for "120-hour TEFL certificates" priced at

And for your homework today, I want you to… And cut. The meeting closes. The 30 online students paying attention with varying levels of concentration disappear. You’re left staring at your PowerPoint slide with the homework details on it all by yourself. No one else is here. You can already sense the seething of the teaching assistant or staff member in charge of the class who now has to send details of your homework to all of the students via whatever social messaging system

Recognition, professionalism, and acceptance are the foundations of any quality TESOL certification. As well as opening doors to English teaching positions in schools and organisations around the world it will also provide you with the confidence and basic knowledge to build a successful career either long or short term. Before deciding on your TESOL training course you should take time to consider the following Are you looking for a long-term career or maybe a short-term job

When deciding on which TESOL course to take, you will be met with a mountain of information and acroynms relating to teaching English TESOL, TEFL, EAL ........It can all become very confusing! Here are the acroynms and abbreviations about the industry you often see when you are researching and useful for you to know. ELT: English Language Teaching a general, inclusive term used in the profession. ESL: English as a Second Language a general inclusive term to cover language le

‘Intentions of the teacher need to be clear and the instructional activities sequenced according to a logic that the students can perceive.’ Jack C. Richards in 'Beyond Methods' Teachers of English should try as much as possible to choose relevant tasks for their classes for each individual lesson. Each class period should have an aim and the tasks should have an order and a pacing that will ultimately achieve these aims. If the tasks are too difficult or perceived to be suc