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Cactus is one of the world's leading language training companies, providing courses in over 25 languages, in 45 countries and 150 destinations worldwide. It specialises in all forms of trainer-based language training for enterprises and individuals, from evening courses and language learning holidays, to tailor-made packages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Cactus also uses blended learning approaches, included self-study and online & distance learning under the banner "learn a language your way". Read more about Cactus
Top TEFL Tips: Standing up in Front of a Class
Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL
Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, helps to calm those pre-teaching nerves
Diving out of an aeroplane, wandering the streets of Johannesburg after dark with a laptop, dressing up as an antelope and climbing into the lions’ enclosure at your local zoo…granted, these may not be as common place nor as necessary as public speaking, but for [...]
Gap Year Survival: Learn the Lingo!
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Language Courses New York, Language Courses UK, Learning a language
Why learning some of a language can make the world of difference on your gap year
Flights, travel insurance, mosquito net, rehydration salts…heading off on a gap year requires a degree of planning and foresight to keep you safe, happy and healthy during your trip. Yet learning the language is often last on the list, [...]
Tags:career break, evening language course, gap year, language course abroad
10 Good Reasons to TEFL
Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL, English, Learning a language
Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, gives us the expert opinion…
1. Travel
TEFL gives you a perfect way to see the world and fund your travel. Some people start teaching in one place, fall in love with it, and stay for a long time. Others however prefer to change location every year, and by so doing literally [...]
Tags:Cactus TEFL, EFL, English Language Awareness, teaching English, tefl, TEFL course, TESOL
CELTA in Ljubljana, Slovenia - a trainer’s first-hand account
Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL, English
Hi readers. I’m Bill Harris, a freelance CELTA trainer, and this is my first report on my training experiences around the world.
I’m writing on my day off in the living room of my spacious apartment in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, with occasional forays onto the terrace for some sun.
Slovenia…not to be confused with Slovakia [...]
Tags:CELTA, Slovenia, teaching practice, tefl
Online Diary: TEFL in Seville from our Scholarship winner! (4)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Learning a language, Spanish
Anna Prime, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 07, reports back from Week 4 of her TEFL & Spanish course in Seville (Week 4 of 6)
Over the last week the pressure of work subsided somewhat because I only had one lesson to teach and I got it out the way at the beginning of the [...]
Tags:Seville, spain, Spanish, Suzanne Furstner Scholarship, tefl
Online Diary: TEFL in Seville from our Scholarship winner! (3)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Learning a language, Spanish
Anna Prime, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 07, reports back from Week 3 of her TEFL & Spanish course in Seville (Week 3 of 6)
The insanity has not subsided, but the stress levels have. Luckily, the receptionist said that everybody who does this course tends to lose it a little bit, so we’re normal [...]
Tags:Seville, spain, Spanish, Suzanne Furstner Scholarship, tefl
Cactus TEFL Open Evening Success in London
Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL, News
Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, reports back from our Cactus TEFL Open Evening in London
The third of our 2008 Open Evenings was held at the Guardian newsrooms in Farringdon on the 13th June and was, by all accounts, a resounding success.
Over 75 people came along to find out more about how to realise their TEFL [...]
Tags:EFL, Guardian, open evening, Suzanne Furstner Scholarship, tefl, Vietnam
Online Diary: TEFL in Seville from our Scholarship winner! (2)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Learning a language, Spanish
Anna Prime, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 07, reports back from week 2 of her TEFL & Spanish course in Seville (Week 2 of 6)
Teaching English is definitely a job I can see myself enjoying for as long as I wish. It’s the perfect balance of logic, creativity and practicality that remains challenging and [...]
Tags:Seville, spain, Spanish, Suzanne Furstner Scholarship, tefl
Online Diary: TEFL in Seville from our Scholarship winner! (1)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Learning a language, Spanish
Anna Prime, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 2007, reports back from her TEFL & Spanish course in Seville (Week 1 of 6)
Seville is absolutely stunning. If someone asked me to design what I thought an idyllic Spanish city would be like, it would be close to this. The historic centre is filled with winding [...]
Tags:Seville, spain, Spanish, Suzanne Furstner Scholarship, tefl
Looking back at Cactus over the last few months
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Language Courses UK, Learning a language, News
Germaine Broadbent looks back at Cactus during Brighton Festival Fringe 2008
So the Cactus events at Brighton Festival Fringe 2008 came to a close with one magnificent party to celebrate langauges and travel at the Western Front!
Highlights included Alex’s wonderful skills at prize-giving…never has a bottle of Vin Rouge been so bigged up!
Tags:Brighton Festival, chailey, evening language course, hove park school, language learning, tefl
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