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Missing flights, losing my bag, the kindness of strangers and breaking my foot (almost) all in 3 weeks in South Korea

Missing flights…..   So I’m working on a one month English camp in South Korea the moment (through my new company www.teach.travel) and it’s been quite the ride. The camp itself is only 3 weeks long due to an early [...]

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TEFL: Ultimate Guide to Finding Private Students To Teach

If you’ve had some experience in the TEFL world you must have thought, at least once, about ditching the institutions and going solo. How do those teachers with 10-15 private students do it? The good news is that it isn’t [...]

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Teaching English in Taiwan – Case Study

*Neil Dutfield is a 26 year old marketing graduate from England who is currently teaching English in Taiwan. I asked him to write a little bit about what it’s like to teach English there, what’s the money like, does he [...]

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Teaching on English Camps

Moving to a new country to teach English is a daunting process on many accounts – culture shock, new industry to work in, the logistics involved in setting yourself up in a new country – all of these things are [...]

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What is a TEFL course exactly?!

So you want to teach English overseas, you want to travel the world while you work, you want to live in far flung and exotic countries, you want to enhance your CV and learn a language, you want to have [...]

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16 FAQ about Teaching English Overseas

I have been teaching English around Asia for a while now and am currently studying part-time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to get my Masters in the field so I’ve had a bash at thinking about all the questions I had when [...]

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Teaching English in Thailand Interview: My Experiences

So I ended up getting interviewed about my time teaching English in Thailand, I thought I would whack the questions, answers and link to the website. There are many more FAQ about teaching English on my blog Check out the [...]

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My Time Teaching English In Chiang Mai, Thailand

I was trying to think of the best way to run through my time in Thailand on my blog, I was in and around Chiang Mai for the best part of 18 months and it truly was one of the [...]

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CELTA – Chiang Mai, Thailand

I left the UK once and for all early February 2007, although at this stage I still had intentions to return to the UK and begin my life in the corporate cage (that sentiment has long since gone). Landed in [...]

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My Travels Truly Begin – CELTA

From my courageous stint in medical research I could finally afford to fly the coup once more. This is how my life as a serial backpacker actually began…. Came out of the hospital, but didn’t want to face the real [...]

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