Life in Taiwan: Stinky Tofu and Taiwan’s Culinary Adventures Part of assimilating into a new culture means trying traditional, local dishes. As far as local dishes go, Taiwan has some weird and wonderful ones to contend with. Walking around any night market here is always an adventure, no matter how long you have been here.…
DELTA vs. Master’s: Which Should You Get? First off, it’s great that you are interested in furthering your knowledge and professional development. But now that you have decided to do so, you need to know what program is the best fit for you. After taking the CELTA, the next step is the DELTA: the Diploma…
Surprising Cultural Differences you’ll Encounter Teaching ESL in China Moving to China to teach ESL is incredibly exciting. You stay awake for weeks leading up to the day of your flight, imagining all the things you’ll see and do. And then it finally arrives and it’s just as good and amazing and frustrating and strange…
How to Prepare for the Classroom after your TEFL Training The bridge between completing your TEFL certification and teaching in the classroom can be a long one. By the time you’ve secured a job, gone through a seemingly never-ending visa process and set foot in your classroom, it could have been months since you finished…
Living in Taiwan: Christmas in Taiwan For those that have made the decision to live abroad, the most difficult time of the year is almost certainly unanimously agreed to be Christmas. For me, and I know for many others, Taiwan certainly lacks that warm, cosy, sit by the fire overeating with your family kind of…
Where to Holiday when Living in China When you first start living in China as an ESL teacher everything will be exciting. You’ll be in a new city, a new country and a new culture and you’ll want to explore everything. And part of that has to include exploring other cities and provinces in China.…
CELTA Interview: What to Expect? If your CELTA interview is ahead of you and you’re wondering what to expect and how best to prepare for it, then you are in the right place. Although no CELTA interview is the same, most CELTA interviews follow a certain pattern, which makes preparing for one a bit easier.…
Life in Taiwan: The First Day of School This is part of an ongoing series about living and teaching in Taiwan. You can find the previous article here: Living in Taiwan: Finding a Home I’m not sure about anyone else, but I always dreaded going back to school as a child. I’d be worried about if…
Living in China: How to Eat Well in China Before you arrive in China, you may dream of all the different foods you’re going to eat. I know I did. I dreamed about authentic fried rice and honey chicken and dumplings with exotic spices. And then I travelled to China to teach ESL and it…
Living in Taiwan: Finding a Home I remember when I first moved to university, my older friends told me that the first thing you should do is make your room feel like your home. Put up your pictures, add your style to it and make it feel cosy. Leaving home for the first time doesn’t…