TEFL Maury

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) involves dynamic, cross-cultural English language instruction, requiring a level of intentional, service-oriented cultural sensitivity and awareness with new English learners that may not be so readily understood or relevant with native speakers from the United States of America. Beyond the memorization of rote grammar, language proficiency, public speaking, reading comprehension, and other elements of linguistic aptitude, there must first be a deliberate recognition of the unique challenges of a non-native speaker of the English language. While our units do not suggest that instructors allow learners to speak in their native tongue regularly, its use does not...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) involves dynamic, cross-cultural English language instruction, requiring a level of intentional, service-oriented cultural sensitivity and awareness with new English learners that may not be so readily understood or relevant with native speakers from the United States of America. Beyond the memorization of rote grammar, language proficiency, public speaking, reading comprehension, and other elements of linguistic aptitude, there must first be a deliberate recognition of the unique challenges of a non-native speaker of the English language. While our units do not suggest that instructors allow learners to speak in their native tongue regularly, its use does not...  [Read more]

  If your goal is to work and live within a new culture, there’s no better place to gain tefl international’s certificate than in Surabaya. Surabaya is located on the exotic island of Java. Since 2007, we’ve been certifying teachers and helping them find employment in Indonesia, Asia and the rest of the world. Located in the South Pacific’s Ring of Fire and in close proximity to world-class beaches, trainees are surrounded by natural beauty while gaining tefl certification in Indonesia. Surabaya is packed full of interesting things to do and see. The area is full of scenic beaches, wildlife preserves, marine gardens, ancient temples, highland lakes as well as volcanoes. The most well known of these is probably Mt. Bromo. This active volcano provides opportunities for hiking...  [Read more]