Category: Advice for Teaching Abroad

This year has been an extraordinary year for us here in Taiwan, and our teachers have a lot to say about Reach To Teach and our services in assisting teachers in their move to Taiwan. This review was so good, we decided to post it here on the blog.

Learn about life in Taiwan for Teacher Toni and check out our final teacher interview of 2020. In today’s interview, we’re introducing you to Teacher Antonia, known fondly to the RTT team as Coach Toni.

Reach To Teach has compiled four common and simple rookie teaching mistakes for new EPIK teachers to watch out for in South Korea.

For those of us who have worked with kids, we think we know what we are doing, but most of us don’t understand how ESL teaching is unique until we start.

Teachers ask about tutoring versus classroom teaching in Asia. Here’s some extra information that might be helpful in making the most of your time abroad.

Teaching a difficult class that is really rowdy (especially younger aged students) can make any teachers day stressful. Sometimes you go to work dreading that one class of kids that don’t respect you, don’t listen to you, and cause soreness in your throat at the end of the day.

What to wear in the classroom can be a difficult decision. Traveling to a new country can be harrowing enough without thinking of what clothes to pack. There are many factors into picking which clothes to bring—climate, grade, school, location; how do you decide what clothes to pack with such limited space?

Handling conflict in the ESL classroom will be part of your job as an educator. Teaching your students life skills such as compassion and conflict resolution is just as important as teaching the nuts and bolts of the English language.