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Every year, thousands of westerners move to Thailand to teach EFL (English as a Foreign Language). Once they get here, and get an English teaching job, the next…

  Getting most EFL students to say more than a couple of words in class can be a challenge. In Thailand, EFL students are often shy, so getting…

  In the decade I taught EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language) in Asia, I noticed how much my students liked talking about shopping….

  Teaching EFL/ESL in Thailand,  I have noticed most of my EFL/ESL students have problems wtih word stress. Even the high-level students are not sure where the correct…

  Some of the best and most fluent English speakers I’ve met in Thailand have been Thais who taught themselves English listening to English language pop music. Children…

One of the main problems EFL/ESL students in Thailand have is learning new English vocabulary. Often, their grammar skills will be quite good, but without a rapidly increasing vocabulary,…

  Many western teachers come to Thailand to teach English and are completely out of their depth. A fair percentage of Thai school administrators have the morals of…

  One of the many questions would-be teachers have about teaching English (EFL) in Thailand is what kind of employee benefits does a teacher get. With teachers getting…

During the decade I taught in Thailand, sometimes I ran out of things to teach. When you have the same students, like I did, for two years or…

Teaching new EFL vocabulary is usually boring, for teachers and students alike. It’s difficult for a teacher to come up with a lesson plan that’s fun, and it’s…

  One thing many EFL/ESL teachers in Thailand get frustrated with is getting their corporate students talking. That’s why this free corporate EFL/ESL lesson plan on a debate…

  A couple of years ago, tired of teaching English in Bangkok, I looked at moving further north, to Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second most popular tourist destination and…

  When I taught EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Thailand, I noticed quickly how difficult it can be to motivate Thai children to enjoy learning English….

  Studies on children (and adults) learning EFL (English as a Foreign Language) often prove they remember vocabulary easier if they learn it through playing a game. As…

  While Bangkok is where most of the English teaching jobs are in Thailand, Chiang Mai is still the place many EFL teachers want to live. The problem…

  As Thais become more affluent and as more expats move to Bangkok, Thailand to work for major international corporations, Bangkok’s international schools are becoming more popular. In…

To many western teachers new in Thailand, working at a Thai university sounds like the most prestigious teaching job in Thailand. However, they’re often surprised when they get…

  The majority of westerners (known as ‘farangs’ in Thailand) come to Thailand because they love the country, not because they want to teach. As teaching is one…