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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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“What’s it like to live in Los Angeles? Why are you in Italy? Do you miss your family?” (Carly Brahim) These are just a few of the questions my students have asked me after discovering I grew up in California. I am always excited to answer these questions…
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Growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles, I was influenced by people from all walks of life. Some of my best memories are of the weekends that my parents took my sister and me to diverse neighborhoods around the city. These outings developed my thirst for…
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Should I get my TEFL certification in-classroom or online? I contemplated this question over and over. I thought; if both types of courses follow the same curriculum and instruction and, ultimately, I earn the same certificate at the end… why not…
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