Oxford Seminars Blog » Oman http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca Grads since 1992 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:31:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 How I Started My Adventure Teaching ESL Abroad – Podcast http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad/ http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:26:19 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog?p=3847&preview=true&preview_id=3847 In this podcast, ESL teacher Michael Adams shares how he started teaching ESL abroad, his first experiences teaching and traveling in Japan, and how exploring the mountains and deserts of Oman made his life an adventure he will never forget while teaching English in the country. Want to learn more about Teaching English abroad? Visit a free information session near you or […]

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]]> http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad/feed/ 0 Time Off While Teaching Abroad? Volunteer With Elephants! http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/time-off-while-teaching-abroad-volunteer-with-elephants/ http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/time-off-while-teaching-abroad-volunteer-with-elephants/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:51:27 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=1781 Volunteer With Elephants in Sri Lanka! About five years ago when I was teaching English at a college in Oman, I spent part of my summer vacation in Sri Lanka. The Millennium Elephant Orphanage there advertised for volunteers to work with their seven elephants in Kegalle, a town about an hour from the capital city […]

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]]> http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/time-off-while-teaching-abroad-volunteer-with-elephants/feed/ 0 The Abaya: Women traveling in Oman http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/the-abaya-women-traveling-in-oman/ http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/the-abaya-women-traveling-in-oman/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:45:01 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=1648 As a foreign woman traveling in Oman, and one who did not cover her hair, I was constantly stared at by men. They weren’t threatening stares, I soon realized, but curious ones, which at least in part spoke of the locals’ curiosity about me (and about my many colleagues both female and male) as newcomers […]

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]]> http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/the-abaya-women-traveling-in-oman/feed/ 5 5 Reasons I’m Thankful I Chose to Teach English Abroad http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/5-reasons-im-thankful-i-chose-to-teach-english-abroad/ http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/5-reasons-im-thankful-i-chose-to-teach-english-abroad/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=1233 In all honesty, I can say that the decision to teach abroad was one of best decisions I have made in my entire life. The change from growing up in a small Canadian town to spending ten years living in nine different countries and traveling to numerous more has left a lasting impression on who […]

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]]> http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/5-reasons-im-thankful-i-chose-to-teach-english-abroad/feed/ 1 Teaching English Abroad: Supernatural Experiences in Oman http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-supernatural-experiences-in-oman/ http://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-supernatural-experiences-in-oman/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:42:02 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=514 It was Saturday, the first day of the school/work week in Oman. Younis, one of my students, came in looking noticeably tan. Of course, Oman is the land of 363-days-of-sunshine-per-year and many Omanis have tan faces, but Younis was usually quite pale. On this Saturday morning, he looked as though he had spent a solid […]

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