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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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How “getting geeky” with English language sparked a successful career
Pronunciation is an integral part of learning a language, and there are so many different accents, types of English and ways to perceive phrasing. Ellie Caudwell Casey, a linguistics expert so enthusiastic that she wrote 25,000 words on the /r/ sound alone, tells us about finding an audience online, how drilling into the specifics of linguistics and phonetics can help English learners, and why finding a niche is so important.
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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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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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Visit the episode page to learn more about Roya Abedi 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 -
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.