TEFL Certification Blog

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting TEFL Certified: 1. Get certified while you’re still in an academic mindset. If you think early on in college you might be...keep reading

I’m four weeks in, and I don’t love this. Well, I love the learning part. I feel like I’m truly retaining the takeaways, and I’m doing well on the quizzes,...keep reading

Let’s break it down. The TEFL 60-hour certification is entirely autonomous. Your teacher is the computer, and the class times are for you to decide. I chose to break the...keep reading

As I mentioned in my last post ( Winter in Spain ) teaching in Spain with CIEE doesn’t require the traditional 150-hour TEFL certification. There are countries where it is...keep reading

Are you considering teaching English abroad and getting TEFL certified? Are you somewhere in that awkward thought process right in the middle of: 1) “If I teach abroad, I could...keep reading

So, you’ve never stood in front of a classroom, but you want to teach abroad? Never fear. You’ve come to the right place. And I applaud you (I’d say most...keep reading

Let me introduce myself. My name is Meghan, I live in Boston, work in advertising, and have never taught a day in my life. I suppose we teach in our...keep reading

Three years ago, I finished grad school and got CIEE TEFL Certified. Shortly after, I hopped on a one-way flight to Bangkok, Thailand. There, I taught Thai children age 10-18,...keep reading

I knew I had always wanted to teach and live abroad one day, and was thrilled (not to mention nervous) when I finally took the plunge to start my journey...keep reading

"How do you like it here?" one of the English professors asks me as she drives me home. It's been a long hot day at the high school, and her...keep reading