The prestigious Milan Polytechnic has been delivered a blow in its attempt to teach all postgraduate courses in English. A local court has ruled that making English obligatory is not constitutional and courses must be delivered in Italian. Both students and the...
I think we've all been there (at least in our heads, even if we didn't say what we were thinking). A teacher in California was giving a class on race and ethnicity. A student kept heckling and interrupting. The teacher had enough and suddenly flipped out, swearing at...
Interchange is a four-level, multi-skills English series for adult and young-adult learners. It was written by Jack C Richards and is published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) and is currently in its 4th edition. Components The series comprises a large number of...
In this guest blog, Tom Fitton explains how to approach teaching so that the students - and you - get the most out of the experience. The basic rules of human motivation tell us that everything we do is in the pursuit of something enjoyable or the avoidance of...
A TEFL Certificate is the basic qualification you need to teach English as a foreign language or teach English as a second language. This means, if you want to teach English abroad, you'll need a TEFL certificate. In addition, many jobs also require a degree...
There have been a lot of problems with teachers getting ripped off in China by unscrupulous agents and illegal agents. In fact, one reliable estimate from the CFTU (more on them later) is that only around 20% of agents in China are authorized and legal - the other...
TEFL/TESOL in the Middle East The Middle East is traditionally where the best paying jobs have been found for English teachers. However, in the wake of the so-called Arab Spring of 2012 there have been increasing demands for the "Arabification" of teaching in Arab...
Europe, for TEFL teachers, can be divided into several distinct areas. These sometimes overlap. For a list of individual countries and the TEFL situation in each of them, see below. English-Speaking Countries In other words, the United Kingdom and Ireland. There...
Asia has some of the major world destinations when it comes to TEFL teaching. China is the new big player in this field and thousands of English teachers work there from all the English speaking countries (as well as a notable number of non-native speakers as well...
TEFL/TESOL in Africa To read about teaching English in specific countries in Africa, see below. Generally speaking Africa can be divided into several distinct areas when it comes to English teaching. There are a great number of schools across North Africa from...
