The Via Lingua TEFL blog is updated weekly, read regular TEFL blog posts about living, working and teaching to around the World.
Fighting Homesickness Abroad Moving abroad for an extended period of time takes courage! You pack up your bags, fly to a land far away, and declare that this new city in this new country is home for a while. It is truly an exhilirating experience…
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What if you start your first day of your TEFL course only to find out that English grammar is a HUGE part of the curriculum and realize you don’t actually know it? Well, this happens to many TEFL trainees at Via Lingua! Sure, you know how to speak correctly…
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A Good TEFL Course Blends Training and Cultural Immersion How do you choose your TEFL course? One important factor is always the location, and rightfully so! You are selecting the city you will call home for the duration of the course and beyond. Naturally…
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The First Day Experience at Via Lingua It’s 8:30 on the first day of the Via Lingua TEFL course and students from different parts of the world are sitting in their seats ready to embark on a four-week teaching course that is most likely unique…
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5 Life Skills I’ve Improved Besides My Teaching Skills 1. Collaboration: We often see teaching as an individual job, because when we think of a teacher we imagine that ONE person at the front of the room. However, there are many aspects…
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Via Lingua Florence (April, 2018) "Apart from the interesting content, I really enjoyed the projects, which stimulated my creativity. Lesson-planning was great, especially when we learned to create lessons from scratch. I know what I need to…
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Over the course of this past year, I’ve been teaching individual and group lessons to children, teens, and adults at the beginner, elementary, intermediate, superior and advanced levels. In Via Lingua’s TEFL course, you are taught how to teach students…
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Are you ready for an adventure? Are you ready to experience a new city? Are you ready to teach people of different backgrounds and cultures? Now more than ever, there is a high demand for English teachers all over the world. This is great news for…
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Happy New Year and welcome back! The holidays have sadly come to an end, but the good news is it’s January… which means it’s time to reflect on the previous teaching year and set new goals for the upcoming one. I’d say Via Lingua had a very productive…
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With English existing as the world’s common language, there are a multitude of reasons why people are determined to learn. In my experience teaching in Italy, each of my students has different needs, some come because it’s necessary for work, test prep,…
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