Few countries in the world have as much to offer as Thailand, perpetually earning it a place on every TEFL teacher’s “bucket list” of teaching destinations.  A captivating and proud history, distinct culture, friendly people, delicious food, and spectacular scenery make working in Thailand extremely enjoyable, for new and experienced teachers alike.

The Teach in Thailand Internship is
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Smile! You’re on candid camera!

It’s a safe bet that if you’re interested in taking up a position as a TEFL teacher, you’re not camera shy.  You’re comfortable in front of a crowd, an audience… an ESL classroom!  You don’t completely lock up when you stumble over grammar instruction or when you misspeak.  You laugh
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I signed up for the IDELT™, how do I prepare?

Are you ready?! To assess your readiness for successfully completing the IDELT TEFL teacher-training course, please ask yourself the following questions carefully and thoughtfully:

• Are you prepared for the intensive nature of the IDELT?
• Do you have any personal or work related obligations or plans which may prevent
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We’ve seen unfortunate situations arise in various parts of the world in recent years – and many of them are home to a good number of TEFLitos like you.  Massive earthquakes in Chile and Japan, revolutions in Thailand, Africa and the Middle East… tsunamis, volcanoes, viral outbreaks… and bears, oh my!  We here at BridgeTEFL
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A key ESL teaching concept is deductive versus inductive learning. Should you begin with a rule (such as a grammar rule concerning the past tense) and ask students to make it specific with their examples? Should you begin with something specific (such as important events in students’ life stories) and ask students to generalize some
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Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, Seoul.

You have probably already considered where you want to teach English, but have you also considered how you will get there?

The answer is simple: take the IDELT™ (International Diploma in English Language Teaching).

What is the IDELT™?

The IDELT™ is a month long intensive course that gives you an
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So, you are heading abroad to teach English.  Have any of your interviews included the question, “Do you have an international driver’s license?”  They might.  There are a lot of schools that will have you commuting to other areas (don’t worry, they provide a company car).  An international license can therefore be very helpful for
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My job is great. Mostly because one of my duties is to find blogs written by English teachers living abroad and share them with our followers on BridgeTEFL twitter. These blogs are insightful, reveal suprising cultural details that you would never learn unless going to that country, and often share teaching tips. Best of all, many
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What would you English speakers say if I told you that you have no future?  It is true that the English language has no future tense, but there are quite a few structures that indicate possible future events. Joel may join us. Joel might join us. I think Joel will join us. Joel is going to join
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Is word order important in the ESL classroom? Do we need to teach our English students the grammar rules related to sentence structure – word order? Teachers, grammarians, linguists, high-school students and more importantly, the grammar-police (in various professions) have been arguing this for centuries. Do we teach rules or not? Do we need rules or not?
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