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Teaching English as a Foreign Language ... getting started

Okay, so you are thinking of taking off to see the world and using a TEFL qualification as your meal ticket, right?

Well, where does something like this start?

Well usually it begins with a chance reading of a newspaper or magazine article about other people taking time out from their career and travelling the world. ... read more ...

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TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language... why?
Escape the rat race! Hola de Mexico. You just put down your glass of tequilla and stop munching on those tacos so you can write properly. Ah that's better. Things so far so good. You're currently in a really cool town ... So you want to escape corporate life? Yeah, of course you do. Then read on...
Learn more while learning a language
If you find the idea of learning a language interesting, but the thought of an intense course just too, well, intense, then consider combining it with something else.
Goal setting inspiration - Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France
If you're looking for some more encouragement in setting and working towards your goals, the upcoming Tour de France should do the trick.
Here comes the summer...

The sun is out and so too are the camps and fesitvals to go with it.

But what sort of camp or festival will you attend this year? Here's our short intro to a summer of fun....

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Brush up your language skills with some online games and tests
Improve your vocabulary bit by bit, day by day.
Managing your time to achieve your goals
Good time management creates the space to achieve your goals
Teaching English Resource
Here's a great resource for anyone looking at teaching English as a foreign language. It is funded by the British Council and the BBC - so there is lots of high quality material and best of all its free.
Turbo-charge learning a foreign language with a residential immersion course
If you really want to speed up your learning of a foreign language, then spending a month or two in a country where it’s spoken should do the trick.
Anthony Robbins - Unlimited power
Needing a boost to recommit to achieving your goals? If you haven't come across Anthony Robbins then now might be the time...
Learning sign language
Ever considered learning sign language? A truly useful and incredibly creative language.
Keeping going towards your goals, one step at a time
There are some days when your goals feel out of reach, but the key is to keep moving in the right direction, even if it's not always as fast as you'd like
Improve your language - get a penpal
If you want to speak a language, find someone to try it out on
Getting started with setting your goals
The first steps are often the hardest, but that's how all great journeys begin....
Why set goals?
Most people, believe 'there is no use in setting goals - because nothing good is going to happen to them!'
Why learn a foreign language?
If you speak English you can be tempted to think there's no point in learning a foreign language... Think again