Guest Article by Uzma Ali, a Reach To Teach teacher in South Korea When I made the decision to leave my comfortable, unfulfilling life to start teaching English in Korea, I was excited at the prospect of having an adventure half way across the world. However, when the moment came to say goodbye to ‘home’…
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We’re going kayaking! Now I know how much you all love every waking minute of your teaching jobs: those classes you just can’t get through without caffeine, the naughty kids, the piles of homework, the feeling that you might not actually be a teacher at all but a performing monkey/children’s TV presenter. (Ok, maybe the…
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Have Salsa Fever? Thursday Night at Dunsung Dong Downtown area at Noche de Salsa (Night of Salsa) is where you need to be. There are dancers of all levels and different styles. You want to get in at 9pm because the place quickly fills up and the crowd takes over the whole floor. There are…
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After a week of non-stop rain, wind and generally miserable weather, I wasn’t expecting a great turn out for our day trip to Jiufen on Sunday. However, as you can see from the photos, I needn’t have worried. I had blue skies, glorious sunshine and plenty of great company! Seventeen of us met in Taipei…
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The classroom tips below are general in nature and are intended to be more of a navigational tool than anything else. As it is virtually impossible to account for every possible teaching style and method, think of these classroom tips for English teachers abroad as best practices.
We all know what it feels like to walk into a new culture we know nothing about. Almost all of us have experienced culture shock. By the time we return to our home countries, the last thing on our mind is how different things might feel. You may have only been away for a year.…
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Reach To Teach’s monthly event in Taiwan takes us to Jiufen in Taipei County. Jiufen is a gold mining town built in the mountains of Northern Taiwan, with historical buildings, and break-taking views of the sea and mountains.
A new adventure in the country of Georgia awaits. Cut off from the world for years Georgia has emerged as a stabilized country ready to step into the 21st century by using English to connect with teachers around the world. Up to 1000 new positions are available in Georgia alone this year.