Articles

 Find some interesting articles on TEFL with these links or take a look at our other pages to see what our writers are saying about teaching English abroad.

1. http://www.mapmagazine.com/browse/english-teacher-profiles/ Profiles of Scottish teachers tefling out in Madrid - grab some inspiration!
2. http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/teaching/story/0,,2098603,00.html A cautionary tale regarding some common TEFL pitfalls
3. http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/teaching/story/0,,2193871,00.html Teaching ESOL in FE in UK 
4. http://www.britishexpat.com/English_Lessons.502.0.html Tales from the TEFL classroom
5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/09/03/noindex/wsarko103.xml British retirees in France lose right to healthcare
6.  http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/travelog/2007/08/can_volunteering_cancel_out_ou.html Can volunteering cancel our green guilt?
7. http://tefltrade.blog-city.com/ef_and_the_scottish_paedophile.htm EF and the Scottish paedophile - a thorny issue but a reality when it comes to the safety of teaching children abroad
8.  http://www.free-esl.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=3252 A very interesting discussion re classroom based training versus online TEFL training
9.  http://www.tefllogue.com/the-teaching-life/christmas-in-tefl.html - opportunuties at Christmas time to try different places and cultures
10.  www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0401/TEFL_primer.shtml Article on the DOs an DON'Ts of TEFLing -it's for North American TEFLers but parts are relevant for Scottish TEFL newbies (and everyone else too!)