New Year’s Eve Plans? Dare to Dream…

Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL

Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, tells us how TEFL can be your passport to a New Year Down Under…
Spend New Year’s Eve on a sun-kissed sandy beach in Australia! Really appreciate that cold bubbly in that gorgeously hot setting. Get a deep brown tan, smell that barbie, snorkel out to that coral reef…aahh!!

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Tags: australia, brisbane, celta, english, new year, sydney, tefl

Cactus in Toronto, Canada at the Go Abroad Fair

Posted by admin under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Language Courses New York, News

Last weekend we had a successful show in Vancouver, Canada at the Go Abroad Fair we go to talk to so many new friends in our first show in Canada. Then on Sunday we packed the show down and hit the road to the other side of Canada to talk to more new faces in [...]

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Tags: 2008, canada, event, go abroad fair, language show, santiago de chile, toronto, vancouver

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 [...]

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Tags: efl, tefl, tesol

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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: seville, spain, spanish, suzanne furstner scholarship, tefl