The TEFL Academy Blog

Learning English is becoming more and more popular with students from South Korea. South Korea has been a popular destination for TEFL teachers for many years, mostly because it can…

Teaching English as a Foreign Language can mean many things. It can mean teaching kindergarten in China, teens in Spain, businessmen and –women in Argentina or nurses in Poland. It…

Digital natives or screenagers - call them what you will, you may find yourself teaching them. The younger generation of students are undoubtedly more technologically-savvy than most of us teachers…

As an English as a Foreign Language teacher you may find yourself teaching in any number of situations. Each teaching situation brings with it its own characteristics and features, advantages…

Starting out as a TEFL teacher can be quite daunting. No matter how well you did on your TEFL course, or how many practise teaching lessons you did, nothing can…

You’d think as teachers of English as a Foreign Language that we have enough on our plates, what with having to deal with discipline, learner motivation and classroom management, just…

Teaching pronunciation seems to be one of the more challenging aspects of teaching English as a foreign language. Even though it may feel like it should be pretty easy considering…

The issue of first language use in the classroom is a tricky one. Learners may sometimes feel the need to communicate in their first language and they may be shy…