The TEFL Academy Blog

We all know that as a teacher our work doesn’t end in the classroom – and it doesn’t begin in the classroom either! Before we even step into the classroom…

Drama and role-plays are just one of many teaching tools you have at your disposal in your teaching arsenal. Young Learners, teens, adults and even professionals can participate in role-plays…

You might think that teaching abroad is a get out for having to find work in the real world. But in reality, teaching abroad is actually one of the best…

In a previous post we looked at the different Cambridge exams on offer for school learners. These exams are the same exams as those aimed at adult learners, except that…

KET. PET. FCE. CAE. CPE. Confused? Teaching English as a Foreign Language means wearing many hats inside the classroom. You may be asked to teach English for a variety of…

Prepositions. Adverbs. Conjunctions. Determiners. Adjectives. There are a lot of different parts of speech that English language learners need to get their heads around (as well as TEFL teachers who…

Amid all the excitement of getting your TEFL certificate and applying for your dream TEFL job in some exotic location on the other side of the world, you may not…

I think it’s fair to say that people do a TEFL course to get a job. It makes sense, then, that as soon as you have the coveted certificate in…

While the stereotypical teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) teaching situation is in a classroom with a group of learners, it is becoming more and more common to teach…