TEFL glossary: terms, acronyms & jargon
If you’re a budding TEFL teacher with dreams of teaching English abroad, chances are you sometimes get lost in the lingo of an industry teeming with acronyms and jargon. And with terms like DELE, CELTA, TESOL and TBL being thrown around, who can blame you?  But don’t let it overwhelm you! As an industry expe...
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Some reasons to choose Barcelona

This video explains it so much better than we could ever do in writing! Definitely worth a watch if you want to get excited about visiting Barcelona. Credit to Visit Barcelona for producing such a great video....

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Going from TEFL teaching to primary teaching

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Five fun teaching warm-ups for the new term

It’s easy to get excited about the back-to-school of September. You’re rested after the summer, the weather is still good and you’re full of enthusiasm for a new school year. Back to school in January, however, is a different story. You’re getting ou...

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How to get started as a private English teacher!

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The TEFL Iberia guide to becoming autónomo

You’ve weighed up the pros and cons of going autónomo and you’ve decided you’re going to go for it. Making that decision is just the first step – the process of becoming autónomo can seem bewilderingly complicated, so we’ve put together a rough guide...

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From Mexico to Barcelona: Meet Angola

At TEFL Iberia, we love welcoming students from all over the world. Angola joined us on our January course all the way from Mexico so we sat down for a chat about studying TEFL as a non-native English speaker and how she found her TEFL Iberia experie...