Hints, Tips and Resources

On this page you can find links to other sites that related to teaching, including teaching resources, job hunting tips, and links to travel sites for people travelling t/around the UK.

Teaching Resources

These are all links to sites that you may find useful for lesson planning and materials:

Dave's ESL Cafe -  Dave Sperling runs a comprehensive EFL resources website, although it has to be stressed that these are just individual opinions.

Teachit - An academic site that has plenty of resources and lesson ideas

CactusTEFL - Provide some useful materials

ESLbase - Provide a range of materials and worksheets.

Job Hunting

Similarly, there are many places that you can go to in order to look for employment opportunities. You can find hints and tips here or you can click the relevant link below:

The British Council  The BC recruit teachers and teacher trainers to work all over the world, although most of the work offered is for DELTA qualified people. Generally speaking, the terms and conditions are good

TEFL.com Commercial TEFL jobs website, which offeres a varied selection of job adverts around the world.

Dave's ESL Cafe Long-standing and wide-ranging EFL website based in the USA. Apart from job ads, there is a forum for people to discuss locations/conditions etc, which can be helpful, although it has to be stressed that these are just these are individual opinions.

Jobs.ac.uk The official jobs website for the UK Higher Education community. Useful if you are looking for a permanent position at a University.

The Guardian newspaper Good all-round education website, with a jobs site and a section on EFL vacancies.

International House London-based organisation that recruits teachers for IH schools all over the world. IH schools are effectively a franchise system, with the central office checking standards. IH also have a transfer system so that teachers can move to another IH school at the end of their contract.

Travel Links