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Traveling in Vietnam is an unforgettable experience. Hanoi, where I was living and working, is a big bustling crazy city. The traffic was like nothing I have ever seen before. There were about 500 motorbikes to every car on the road. The roads looked like they were filled with salmon rushing upstream to spawn. There were buses and occasional SUVs ...
Cold rice balls? Curry-filled doughnuts? Fried Sting Ray? Oxford Seminars instructors Corinne Toffan and Paul Workman tried these and many other new and exciting foods while teaching in Japan, to (mostly) delicious results. In this video, Corinne Toffan talks about how much she enjoyed going out for dinner with her class and trying strange new dishes. It was a great ...
One of the most rewarding and exciting aspects of visiting another country is the opportunity to experience a new culture. The best way to do that is to teach English abroad. Teaching English abroad gives you more than just the quick sample of another culture that typically comes with a vacation; it lets you immerse yourself in the different foods, festivals, holidays, and customs of your ...
Preparing to live and teach abroad is both exciting and daunting. There are so many factors to consider, so much preparation to be done, and so many unknowns facing us on the horizon. Will I enjoy it? Will I adapt well? What if I don’t like the food, or if I get homesick or feel lost? What if my ...
South Korea might not be the first Asian country that comes to mind when you think about where to teach English abroad, but our team at Oxford Seminars believes it should be. Here are 7 reasons why you need to seriously consider South Korea when you start looking at TESOL jobs: 1. Seoul If you've ever wanted to live ...
I had only been in Taipei for a week when a chance meeting at a bar in the Shida neighborhood led to my break into show business and few seconds of fame in Taiwan. It all started when an English girl I had recently met asked me if I wanted to be in a commercial. She had lived in ...
One of the best aspects of teaching English abroad is the number of interesting people you encounter. Since so many people worldwide study English, chances are, you’ll find yourself teaching someone as interesting as a world-class organist, a logistician from Doctors Without Borders, or any number of other folks who will let you in on the secrets of the ...
Due in part to India’s long history of British colonization, its population is generally very well-schooled in English. India itself has so many native Indian English teachers that the number of English teaching jobs available to foreigners is quite small. But for the ESL teacher whose heart is set on visiting India for an extended stay, you need not ...
The photos of exotic places, stories of sightseeing, and menus of delicious food are not what are making you hesitate about teaching abroad, are they? New places, new people, new adventures – they are all what got you thinking about being an ESL teacher in the first place. But sometimes it feels like all these blogs and stories are ...
Although you can trace Japan's ancient roots back thousands of years, today's culture is quite different from those early days. From the delicious, fresh foods to the heated seats, they have had time to perfect things over the years. Here is a list of the things Japan does better (and maybe that Westerners should imitate): 1. Heated Toilet Seats ...
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