Teaching abroad could be one of the greatest experiences of your life.
For many, living and working in another country is a bucket-list item.
But before you set off on your journey of a lifetime, first you’ll need to …
Just breathe!
Are you feeling stressed?
Can’t think of a new, exciting lesson for your ESL students?
Or maybe your students are stressed out and having difficulty expressing their feelings?
Sadly, stress is pretty much an inevitable part of modern-day …
How about waking up every morning to Shinto shrines, cherry blossoms, beautiful mountains…
And getting paid for it?
Like many countries in Asia, Japan is looking for adventurous people who are qualified to teach English and want to experience life …
It’s one of the biggest stereotypes in education.
And in parenting. And in the media.
You’ve probably been hearing it yourself ever since your 13th birthday:
Teenagers are just the worst.
There are a couple of commonly cited reasons for …
As a student, did you ever glance at your biology or chemistry textbook and wonder if the language you were reading was really English?
Back in college, it was all Greek to me.
(Though, to be fair, some of the …
We’ve all had that teacher’s nightmare.
We walk into a class, look over a sea of bright, eager young faces hoping to learn English and realize… we have no idea what we’re going to do.
Snap yourself out of …
We live in a society with a perfectionism problem.
This can be a major roadblock if you’re a teacher trying to give feedback to a student who has internalized the perfectionist ideal.
Sometimes it even leads you to believe …
