Do you have to be a native speaker of English to teach English abroad? Absolutely not! There are more non-native speakers of English...

Navigating the journey of teaching English abroad as a single parent Single parents sometimes think that they need to limit their dreams...

This week, we have a guest post from one of our CELTA tutors, David Tipple. Read on to find out more about his life teaching English both...

At the fringes of both Europe and Asia, Turkey, or Turkiye, is a beautiful and exciting country with a lot to offer English teachers...

Some people worry that moving abroad and teaching English is a young person's game and that they might have missed their chance by...

Why Colombia? From the peaks of the Andes to the Amazon rainforest, from the Caribbean coast to large modern cities, to the desert to the...

Why Choose Costa Rica? Costa Rica is one of the most attractive destinations for those looking for opportunities to teach English in...

We all have two sides - a logical brain telling us that we need to set money aside for a rainy day, that we need to save for a mortgage...

Brighton is one of the most popular destinations for tourists visiting the UK, and it's easy to see why. Brighton is a young, fun...

New teachers can be intimidated by advanced students - "What if they know more about grammar than I do?" "What if they correct my...

Why Taiwan? When someone is thinking about where they could live abroad, one of the things they worry about is whether or not they will...

Some people believe that adventures are only for the young and once you get a little older and have a family, you have no choice but to...

Thirty years ago, almost everyone who did a CELTA course was a native speaker. The idea was that young British people often went to Spain...

Until Brexit, European countries like Spain and Italy were among the most popular options for teaching abroad for British citizens after...

All CELTA courses share many features in common. Every course has the same basic elements: At least 120 contact hours At least 80 hours...

Some CELTA tutors will avoid giving trainees writing lessons to teach, even though it is part of the syllabus. It is true that it's...

When I was 21, I didn't really know what I was doing with my life. I'd finished a degree in law and I knew I wanted to go on an adventure...

Some parts of writing a lesson plan are easier than others, and many CELTA trainees complain that they just don't know where to start...

The EFL world is littered with acronyms (there’s one in this sentence already). These can sometimes get confusing. This blog hopes to...

Drilling simply means repeating things aloud. It's one of the simplest language teaching tools we have and it's one of the ones we've...