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  1. How is teaching English as a foreign language different in the UK to abroad?

    Attitudes to Language Learning: How is teaching English as a foreign language different in the UK to abroad?

    Although many people associate TEFL with going abroad, there also plenty of opportunities in the UK. The majority of work in both cases takes place in private language schools, and although training courses cater for people who want to do both, there are definite differences between teaching in Britain and abroad.

  2. What kind of people teach EFL?

    Attitudes to Language Learning, Types of Courses: What kind of people teach EFL?

    TEFL has got to be home to one of the most eclectic mix of individuals known to any industry.

  3. English Language Awareness: why TEFL teachers still need help with grammar

    Cactus TEFL, Planning for a course, Academic: English Language Awareness: why TEFL teachers still need help with grammar

    John Hughes, author of Cactus TEFL’s online courses, looks back at three years of raising English Language awareness and explains why prospective TEFL teachers still request help with their grammar.

  4. Top 10 Christmas gifts for language and travel enthusiasts in North America

    : Top 10 Christmas gifts for language and travel enthusiasts in North America

    If you're buying Christmas gifts for anyone interested in travel and/or foreign languages, here are some ideas to help in your quest for the perfect present!

  5. Escape the economic gloom with TEFL

    Experience Cultures: Escape the economic gloom with TEFL

    As the full extent of financial cuts in the UK becomes evident, many people are finding themselves without work, or at risk of redundancy.

  6. 10 good reasons to TEFL

    Attitudes to Language Learning: 10 good reasons to TEFL

    Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, gives us the expert opinion...

  7. Why use Cactus TEFL to book your TEFL course?

    Getting Course Advice: Why use Cactus TEFL to book your TEFL course?

    Cactustefl.com is a very useful website for both would-be, and existing EFL teachers.

  8. Five brutally honest and unashamedly selfish reasons to teach English as a foreign language

    Experience Cultures: Five brutally honest and unashamedly selfish reasons to teach English as a foreign language

    There are many reasons for teaching English, from the highest motivations of helping our fellow man, to the lowest common denominator of cheap beer abroad.

  9. Ways to spend a career-break in France

    Experience Cultures: Ways to spend a career-break in France

    A career-break is an opportunity to spend time doing something different, to travel and explore different places, to acquire new skills, and meet new people. It might also be an opportunity to try out an new career.

  10. What the CELTA did for me…

    Experience Cultures, Types of Courses, Teaching Languages: What the CELTA did for me…

    In the midst of the recession back in the UK, taking the CELTA course was the best decision I ever made in pursuing a career change to work and travel around the world.

  11. Teaching English in Vietnam

    Teaching Languages, Success Stories: Teaching English in Vietnam

    Ruth Tidy gives us the lowdown on living and teaching in vibrant Vietnam.

  12. TEFL open evening in London - April 09

    In the news: TEFL open evening in London - April 09

    The TEFL open evening held on 17th April 09 marked a new era in these events for us. For the first time in many years, it did not take place at its usual venue - the Guardian’s newsrooms in Farringdon.

  13. Experience Cultures: Working in Latin America

    Latin America is a geographical and cultural region in the Americas where “Romance” languages, or Latin-derived languages are spoken; generally the areas where Spain and Portugal colonized the Americas.

  14. Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (5)

    Blogs: Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (5)

    Georgina Newcombe, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 08, reports back on week 4 of her CELTA course in Playa del Carmen.

  15. Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (4)

    Blogs: Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (4)

    Georgina Newcombe, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 08, reports back on week 3 of her CELTA course in Playa del Carmen.

  16. Teaching English to immigrants in America

    Experience Cultures, Teaching Languages: Teaching English to immigrants in America

    Recent TESOL course graduate Chris Dade tells us about his experiences teaching ESOL to Somali immigrants in Minnesota.

  17. Types of Courses: Teacher Development : What Is It and Why Do It?

    When you have finished your initial training course you need a year to get some experience in the classroom under your belt and get a feel for a full year’s cycle of language teaching and learning.

  18. Cactus TEFL Speaks Out !

    Blogs: Cactus TEFL Speaks Out !

    With so many different organisations and bodies comprising an industry as unregulated as that of TEFL, it is inevitable that some will be more reputable than others.

  19. Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (2)

    Teaching Languages, Blogs: Online Diary: TEFL in Playa del Carmen from our 2008 Scholarship winner (2)

    Georgina Newcombe, winner of the Suzanne Furstner Scholarship 08, reports back on week 1 of her CELTA course in Playa del Carmen...

  20. Teaching Languages: Top TEFL tips: standing up in front of a class

    Laura Harrison, Cactus TEFL Advisor, helps to calm those pre-teaching nerves