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Please suggest topics or questions that you would like us to cover in this blog. We would also love to hear from you if you would like to blog for us.
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Category Archives: Living Abroad
Teaching English in Korea; a 5 minute interview
Teach English in Korea? Why not? with free housing, a stable contract and round-trip air fare, TEFL in Korea sounds an attractive option. Anne Lowe, new to EFL teaching in Korea shares her tips and experiences in this short interview. Read More
Turning your TEFL gap year into a TEFL career
If you plan to stay in TEFL, then be prepared to keep on learning and improving – or else get out quick! Find out about the pitfalls of staying in TEFL too long and some ideas about how to turn your gap year into a meaningful TEFL career. Read More
English teaching in Japan: A Japanese perspective (Part 2)
In part one of this interview, Aki talked about the lack of work/life balance for many Japanese people, the benefits of working in an English conversation school, and the impact on her job of the Japanese notion of ‘customer service’. … Read More
English teaching in Japan: A Japanese perspective (Part 1)
There has been a lot written by English teachers about their experiences living and working in Japan. But how about the perspective from the Japanese side? I interviewed Aki, an advanced speaker of English, and long term member of administrative … Read More
The role of native-speaker teachers in English language education
Native-speaker teachers will always have an important role to play in second language education. There are many reasons, but the following figure most prominently among them:
Teaching English in Japan in 2011
I arrived in Japan in September 2006, at a time when the TEFL ‘party’ had apparently already ended. Notwithstanding such claims, I am now approaching my sixth year teaching English in Japan, and my personal and professional experiences belie suggestions … Read More
Want to Blog for jobs.ac.uk?
Are you about to move abroad to TEFL? Or have you been there a while and think you could share your experience and tips with our audience? We would love to hear from you! What we would ask All we … Read More
