Oxford Seminars Blog 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 Top 10 TEFL Markets for 2026 https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-markets-2026/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-markets-2026/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:31:30 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=5901 Welcome to our long-awaited annual ranking of the top locations for teaching English in 2026. This year is going to have a bit of a variation in that you’ll see a “location” we’ve never included before, but it’s really shown staying power since the pandemic and we just have to include it. Really, if we’re […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-ai-tools-for-the-classroom/feed/ 0 Top 10 TEFL Opportunities for 2025 https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-opportunities-2025/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-opportunities-2025/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:29:45 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=5829 Job applications for the 2025 spring term are well underway, and as always we in Job Placement have been busy researching TEFL hot spots for teaching positions in the new year. Read on to explore our top 10 choices for where you should be applying to teach English abroad. China As the supply of teachers […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-opportunities-2024/feed/ 0 Tehuacan: An Authentic Mexican Experience https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tehuacan-authentic-mexican-experience/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tehuacan-authentic-mexican-experience/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:47:22 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=5735 It was January 2020, and I had just completed my initial training at Oxford Seminars, only to realize very quickly that, due to COVID-19, there would be no travel for the foreseeable future and therefore no opportunity to put my new skills to use in an international setting. Fortunately, through the Oxford Seminars graduate placement […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-tefl-opportunities-2023/feed/ 0 Top 10 Amazing International Sports https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-amazing-international-sports/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/top-10-amazing-international-sports/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:00:43 +0000 https://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=5657 I admit, I’m not usually what you’d call a sports fan, or at least not in the way that anyone in North America might think of it. I don’t follow any specific teams, nor do I follow any major professional sports. I’ve never attended a single professional game of baseball, basketball, or hockey (I know, […]

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