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I Taught English Abroad The TEFL Org
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Hello, and welcome to ‘I Taught English Abroad’, a podcast series by the TEFL Org. If ‘I Taught English Abroad’ sounds like a simple idea, then it’s because it is. As the world’s most accredited TEFL provider, we at The TEFL Org know that our students can go on to have incredible experiences, whether they teach in classrooms in far reaches of the globe, or online from the comfort of their homes. Whether these students teach online or overseas, one vital fact remains the same: it’s utterly life-changing.
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From leaving Iran to La Dolce Vita
We don’t meet many TEFL teachers who start in Iran, take online classes with American universities, and then opt to live and work in Italy. But then, we don’t meet many teachers like Roya Abedi.
The definition of a determined self-starter, Roya has used social media and online word-of-mouth to start a very popular English teaching business. We hear all about the IELTS, her motivations to leave Iran, and much more.
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Inspired to teach English abroad? Visit The TEFL Org to learn more about getting qualified and start your own TEFL adventure.
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How TEFL started a journey to every peak, every nation and both poles
Johnny Ward is a one-of-a-kind. Growing up poor in Ireland, Johnny made it his mission to make a career out of doing things that he loved. To say he succeeded is an understatement; Johnny’s been to every nation on earth, climbed the highest peaks, rowed across the Atlantic, visited both Poles, dodged bullets in warzones, lived it up in Turkmenistan and so, so much more - and it all began with TEFL.
Trust us: this episode has everything, from a trip to Afghanistan to climbing Everest, as well as some teaching thrown in for good measure.
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Visit the episode page to learn more about Johnny Ward and to view the episode transcript.
Inspired to teach English abroad? Visit The TEFL Org to learn more about getting qualified and start your own TEFL adventure.
If you have a story to tell get in touch - we'd love to hear about it! Just email podcast@tefl.org -
Meet Japanese TikTok’s favourite English teacher
When he joined TikTok during the pandemic, Michigan-born TEFL teacher Patrick Smith thought it’d be a fun way to kill some time while teaching in Japan. Instead, it turned into an amazing platform for Patrick to share fantastic teaching stories, with over a million followers keeping up with his updates.
We talked about the African-American teacher experience in Japan, using social media as a force for good, teaching styles and - somehow - hamsters.
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Visit the episode page to learn more about Patrick Smith and to view the episode transcript.
Inspired to teach English abroad? Visit The TEFL Org to learn more about getting qualified and start your own TEFL adventure.
If you have a story to tell get in touch - we'd love to hear about it! Just email podcast@tefl.org -
S5: I Taught English Abroad - trailer
How could I Taught English Abroad possibly go bigger than it did last season? How can we outdo ourselves after reaching lots of new listeners, recording in person and even doing some travelling of our own for season 4? Well, it was simple. We stuck to what we do best: great chats with amazing guests.
We meet a man who’s travelled to every country, climbed the 7 summits and visited both poles. We meet a teacher who was considered a child genius and went to university at 16. We meet the internet’s most TEFL teachers, with tens of millions of views between them.
It is action-packed, it’s dramatic, it’s insightful, it’s I Taught English Abroad!
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Goodbye boredom, hello Cambodia
The idea of the career changer is something we talk about a lot at The TEFL Org. We like to imagine that teaching English can be a get-out from the tiresome commute, the job that remains unfulfilling, the same old.
For Andy Korterling, of Can Travel Will Travel and the Pigs on Bikes YouTube channel, that’s exactly what TEFL became. And while it wasn’t the easiest transition from engineer in England to teacher in Cambodia, it worked out extremely well. -
Transcribing Spider-Man to blazing a trail in Iran
How determined does a person have to be to achieve their goals? How highly must the odds be stacked against you for you to give up?
Sara Alami, an English teacher from Iran, couldn’t have had a more difficult road to where she is now. She’s the co-founder of an Iranian English language school, teaches online to students around the world and has a massive social media following. But nothing about her background, and how she learned English, would make you think any of what she’s achieved should be possible.
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Great podcast!
Interesting, informative, and very engaging and the host is very charming and fun to listen to
Brilliant and insightful
I loved this podcast and finished it all in less than a week. I really hope there is a third series as I found it so inspiring and could never bore of listening to different peoples experiences
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Tried the all you can eat carvery at robin hood in the avenue . Been before so I already know its a nice place. So I go up for my carvery and the boy cuts me a few slice of beef and a few slice of chicken , I add a few roast potatoes , some mash , some garden peas a yorkshire pudding and a little gravy . I want cauliflower and cheese which is my favourite but the dish is empty . The guy serving says wait and I ll go get a new one .so I wait , about 5 minutes pass and hes not back yet and the waitress tells me sit down and I ll bring it . almost 10 minutes later I had to call a waitress over to ask where is the cauliflower cheese and she says not come yet . So the food now 15 minutes on the plate and now not warm was given back . About a further 5 minutes later they bring my same food back with a side dish of cauliflower cheese . The meal had been microwaved . Anyway I decided to say nothing and eat it . To be fair it was good . The beef was nice , the chicken nice , the roast potato very good ,the mash good and the cauliflower and cheese good .so all well that ends well . When paying the waitress asked if I was a vip member which I wasnt so she offered me to sign up which I did I signed up there and then and was given the vip discount instantly .