ESL

We’ve provided a set of key criteria you should be on the lookout for before you accept any ESL job in China. Make sure you know what you’re signing.

Brooke shares 5 questions all potential ESL teachers should ask themselves before taking their first job abroad.

If you’re a native English speaker, you’re already qualified to teach English abroad.

They were mentors for those of us in the younger generation, preparing us for the real world.

As an ESL instructor, there are times that may require you to become a bit of a hypocrite.

I had to ask myself whether I strived to cultivate a friendship or a student-teacher relationship.

Though it was an unnecessary feeling, I sometimes felt isolated as a Jew in Europe.

I have to be honest: sometimes, I remained silent, grinning internally at my students’ expense.

Every course, whether ESL or not, needs a day or two that break from the norm.

This unassuming binder, we were told, would become our lesson planning bible.

I found justification for ditching the lesson plans for long chats.

Yes, you obviously need to accept some courses – but you don’t need them all.

I’m very excited to be joining the Go Backpacking team, and I’ll be posting weekly on the grand experiment: the ESL life abroad.