Category: Teaching English

  • ESL Regions Explained: Where to Go and What to Expect

    If you haven’t heard about teaching ESL overseas yet then you’ve probably been living under a rock or, most likely, you were simply too young. But now that you’re here and reading this article, you might be wondering what all the hype is. How do all of these travellers make the money to go abroad?…

  • How to Get Started Teaching ESL in East Asia – FREE eBook!

    Well, here it is folks, my first “book” of sorts. It’s a guide on how to get started teaching ESL in East Asia. It discusses finding a job and preparing for the interview, planning a class, the advantages and disadvantages of each country in southeast Asia, and much more than that. The book is free…

  • Teaching ESL Abroad: Volunteer or Work?

    Teaching ESL Abroad: Volunteer or Work?

    There are different ways to go about travelling the world as an ESL teacher, two of the most popular are to volunteer through a program or get a paying job. In this article I want to outline some of advantages and disadvantages of teaching ESL as a volunteer and as an employee. Volunteering By volunteering,…

  • The Basics of Teaching an ESL Class

    The Basics of Teaching an ESL Class

    I recently met a fellow who was looking into finding work as an English teacher. He had volunteered a few times before but he still only had a general idea of how to structure an ESL class. He asked me what I normally do and so I gave him a very basic break down of…

  • Teaching ESL off the beaten path in Asia

    Teaching ESL off the beaten path in Asia

    You won’t be making the big bucks here but you’ll be seeing the countries develop and you’ll be helping them build the next generation into a force to be reckoned with. What do I mean? Consider that the Asian continent has more than a billion people, that’s a lot mouths to feed and one way…

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