How better to find out if TEFL is for you than to see what people who have done it have to say about it? And who better to give teaching advice than current teachers? The following blogs are my personal pics and include blogs which are useful for both current and potential EFL teachers.
I rate regular updating and good content highly. Most of these blogs are current, but those that are not are included because of the wealth of information and perspective they provide nonetheless.
1. The Daily Kimchi – a regularly updated and often humorous blog about life and work in Korea.
2. This Guy Is Teaching Abroad. Canadian EFL teacher Guy Courchesne shares his insights on a wide range of issues - including teaching - from Mexico City.
3. An ELT Notebook – put together by an English language teacher in Italy who has over 30 years experience, this blog provides methodological advice on a variety of topics.
4. Wandering Seoul – this blog follows one TEFL-er through her year teaching kids in Korea.
5. ESL Lesson Plan – this blog contains the advice and insights of a teacher who has worked in China and is currently enrolled in an MA program in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language.
6. Into Africa – chronicling the adventures of a woman who recently completed a TEFL course in Egypt and plans to teach in Sudan, Into Africa is just getting off the ground.
7. ESL Blog – this blog of a teacher in Korea features many rather introspective posts.
8. An English Man in Nyugun – join a British teacher who participated in the JET Program for a year in Japan.
9. Journal From Oaxaca – the blog of an EFL teacher working in Mexico who became certified via Language Corps and continues to participate in their flagship program.
10. Seoul Man – last only because it represents a year in Korea which ended in 2003. This blog presents a square look at TEFL in Korea a few years back, with hearty entries once a month.
Also check out Top 10: TEFL Sites.
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Great list of blogs I must say. Thanks for appreciating my blog. I really have enjoyed my time teaching English in Korea and writing my first blog too. Cheers!
Hey, I just stubbled accross this and think it’s a great resource. Also, I’d like to recommend my blog, Costa Rica Classroom (http://costaricaclassroom.blogspot.com) to be considered to be added to the list. Its a collaborative blog with 5 contributors talking about just about everything related to moving to, living, teaching, traveling in Costa Rica. Just a thought.
Hey Bruce,
But, I admire your go-getter attitude for asking and will encourage my readers to check out your site as well via the link in your name. Thanks for your comment.
I have to say I’m pretty stubborn - I’m unlikely to change or add to my list here
Like Bruce, I’m wondering how your list was compiled. There are some great blogs provided with plenty of interesting information. The ones I’m not currently familiar with I’ll be sure to check out thoroughly. As an EFL professor, I’ve maintained an English language teaching and learning blog since the Fall of 2005. It’s well-ranked and I invite you and your readers to have a quick peek at what goes on in ELT in Colombia - one of the world’s most notorious countries at: http://bettereflteacher.blogspot.com/
Thank you and keep up the good work.
Hi Larry,
I compiled the list based on who paid me the most!
Just kidding.
Really, though, I made the post about a year and a half ago, and spent a TON of time online following links and searching in other ways to find blogs that I felt were useful to new teachers. Looking back it is stunning to me how much time I spent simply finding blogs and articles to link to for the tefl logue. A lot.
I don’t mean to imply that other blogs are not good or less useful because they aren’t in the list. I just did the best I could at the time to pick ten good ones. It is a subjective list, but I think that’s standard fare for blogs - they are the blogger’s opinion.
Thanks for the link to your blog.
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