Not sure what to expect from your first job teaching English? Experienced ESL teacher Steven Starry has some great advice on how to get you started in the classroom as well as what to do if certain issues arise.

Teaching Qualifications If you are already in Italy, you might have some luck with finding a job simply because you can speak English, but this is becoming more difficult as the competition for jobs has been growing as Italy’s popularity with English teachers has increased. Teachers with a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) [...]

If you’d like to teach English and experience another culture, there are a few steps you can take to help get the job you want: 1. Present your best image: Through the hiring and interview process, dress like a teacher. For guys, slacks, shirt and a tie. For girls, a skirt, blouse, nylons, and dress shoes. 2. [...]

If you are making the trip to Bangkok, you will most likely end up on Khaosan Road, which is easily the best street in Bangkok and possibly in all of Asia. While you are there, you must take advantage of three street foods (and one street drink), that will blow your mind and your [...]

Most people think that eating sushi is daring enough… not the Japanese! For some unknown reason, these two can’t seem to find enough enjoyment from eating like normal human beings do; instead, they want to feel what it’s like to be - I guess - a larger fish??? “I can feel them swimming in [...]

So, you have been teaching ESL for a few months now: Classes are running smoothly, your children seem to be learning and you have fun with them. How then, can you improve your teaching when it doesn’t seem like you can? Ask yourself the questions below to find out. As you will [...]

If you were wondering what type of digs you will be living in when you get to Korea, here is a detailed video for you. This is a single apartment, which is what most jobs offer these days; it is an ‘Office Tel’ which offers a loft for the bedroom area.