Oxford Seminars Blog » Middle East https://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 Living & Teaching ESL in Saudi Arabia as a Foreign Woman https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/living-teaching-esl-in-saudi-arabia-as-a-foreign-woman/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/living-teaching-esl-in-saudi-arabia-as-a-foreign-woman/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog?p=3818&preview=true&preview_id=3818 As a woman, when I tell people about my experiences teaching ESL in Saudi Arabia, the question they always ask is “Did you have to cover your face?” They are surprised when I tell them that I didn’t have to cover my hair, let alone my face, though sometimes I chose to cover both. Wearing […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/living-teaching-esl-in-saudi-arabia-as-a-foreign-woman/feed/ 1 How I Started My Adventure Teaching ESL Abroad – Podcast https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad/ https://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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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad/feed/ 0 How Living Abroad Lets You Experience New Cultures https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/experience-new-cultures/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/experience-new-cultures/#comments Tue, 02 May 2017 20:31:02 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog?p=3677&preview=true&preview_id=3677 As a tourist, you never really get a full sense of another culture. Instead you only see a limited, surface view of the culture and never really get to experience how that culture actually feels and functions. Actually living in another country, on the other hand, can give you a much more in-depth and organic […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/experience-new-cultures/feed/ 0 Living in Luxury as we Travel in Dubai https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/luxury-travel-in-dubai/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/luxury-travel-in-dubai/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:42:39 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog?p=3422&preview=true&preview_id=3422 Now that we have completed our journey through South East Asia, we’ve arrived in our next travel destination: Dubai! Dubai is amazing. The enormous buildings, the desert sand, and the beautiful coastline… actually, amazing is an understatement. As we travel in Dubai, we quickly see that the city is magical, like some sort of fantasy land, […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/luxury-travel-in-dubai/feed/ 0 How to Move Your Family Abroad https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-to-move-your-family-abroad/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-to-move-your-family-abroad/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:51:47 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=2722 It was mid-August in Southern California and our daughters were still very young. Lara just finished kindergarten and Lisa was ready for third grade.  Both went to school a few blocks from our home and would be starting classes in a couple of weeks. Late one night, I got a phone call from the business […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-to-move-your-family-abroad/feed/ 0 How Much Do ESL Teachers Get Paid Overseas? https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-much-do-esl-teachers-get-paid-overseas/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-much-do-esl-teachers-get-paid-overseas/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:04:30 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=2553 The average salary for K-12 teachers across the United States is about $45,000 per year. Of course this number varies greatly based on several factors, particularly location and experience. The same formula applies to ESL teachers abroad. Most people who decide to teach English overseas do so for the cultural experiences and travel opportunities. But […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-much-do-esl-teachers-get-paid-overseas/feed/ 1 3 Best Places to Teach English Abroad in 2016 https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/3-best-places-to-teach-english-abroad-in-2016/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/3-best-places-to-teach-english-abroad-in-2016/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:00:03 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=2537 Native English speakers have near-perpetual opportunities to teach all over the world because demand for instructors remains steady. But not all countries are created equal when it comes to pay, accommodations and adapting to your new surroundings. The following are the top three places I’ve taught in the past five years that provided a good […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/3-best-places-to-teach-english-abroad-in-2016/feed/ 0 Time Off While Teaching Abroad? Volunteer With Elephants! https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/time-off-while-teaching-abroad-volunteer-with-elephants/ https://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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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/time-off-while-teaching-abroad-volunteer-with-elephants/feed/ 0 How Teaching ESL Allowed me to Travel Around the World https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-teaching-esl-allowed-me-to-travel-around-the-world/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-teaching-esl-allowed-me-to-travel-around-the-world/#comments Thu, 26 May 2016 21:36:03 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=1957 Thinking of teaching English abroad? Let me tell you how it enriched my life and opened me up to a world of travel. After completing a bachelor degree in music, I decided to travel to Japan to perform and teach instead of immediately immersing myself in graduate studies. I wanted to be absolutely certain about the field of work I […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/how-teaching-esl-allowed-me-to-travel-around-the-world/feed/ 2 Where In The World Are Magda and Brent? https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/where-in-the-world-are-magda-and-brent/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/where-in-the-world-are-magda-and-brent/#comments Fri, 13 May 2016 15:38:14 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=2113 Follow Magda and Brent as they travel abroad on an epic journey through Asia, the Middle East and Europe! Over the next several months, Magda, an Oxford Seminars TESOL/TESL/TEFL Course graduate, and Brent, an Oxford Seminars instructor, will be on the adventure of a lifetime. Follow them to see blog posts, photos, and videos of every new […]

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