Oxford Seminars Blog » Communication 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 7 FAQ for ESL Teachers About Life in a New Country https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/7-faq-for-esl-teacers-about-life-in-a-new-country/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/7-faq-for-esl-teacers-about-life-in-a-new-country/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:00:47 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=1062 As you start looking into the logistics of living in a foreign country as an ESL teacher, many questions start to come up, which can be daunting.  I have been asked several questions about living abroad by people interested in taking a leap to have their own adventure.  Having moved to Asia to teach English […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/7-faq-for-esl-teacers-about-life-in-a-new-country/feed/ 0 3 Ways I Had Culture Shock in South Korea https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-3-ways-i-had-culture-shock-in-korea/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-3-ways-i-had-culture-shock-in-korea/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:00:06 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=999 Excited for my journey to South Korea, I flew into the airport to meet with the agent who would be taking me to the train station and seeing me off to my new hometown. With English speakers found all over Seoul, this transition made it seem like a dream. However, my world changed very quickly […]

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]]> https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-3-ways-i-had-culture-shock-in-korea/feed/ 1 Teaching English Abroad: Strange Conversations and Surprising Meals in East Africa https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-strange-conversations-and-surprising-meals-in-east-africa/ https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/teaching-english-abroad-strange-conversations-and-surprising-meals-in-east-africa/#comments Wed, 20 May 2015 19:59:12 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=279 I spent 12 years teaching ESL in East Africa – and I didn’t even know what I was doing was called ESL! That sounds crazy but it’s true. My story started when my family and I went to teach at an adult education college in Uganda and found out that what I thought I had […]

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