My TEFL Story Luis Hull
This is the story of how TEFL changed my life. Back in 2008 I was completely lost. I did not know what I wanted, I was not interested in anything at all, and my performance at university was not even OK. Fortunately, one of my English teachers talked me into doing my first TEFL course […]
My TEFL Story Judit Sadurní Augé
How I got started I usually say I became a teacher of English quite by accident. I’ve always loved reading and writing, and when I finished school I decided to apply for a degree in English Studies, as I imagined there would be lots of reading and writing involved. While I was still a university […]
My TEFL Story Elena Atlasova
My TEFL story started when I was 10 years old. Having transferred from my primary school to another one in a different district in my city, I went to my first ever English lesson – and it was love at first sight. That day I firmly decided on my chosen field – and have more […]
My TEFL Story Yulia Zaretskaya
My life has always been connected with English, as I have studied it since I was at school. My English teacher gave me a lot of opportunities to become the person who I am now. I participated in lots of different competitions and achieved good results. In 2014 I started university, with a degree in […]
My TEFL Story Alex Basso de Marc
As I grew up in a border town split between two countries in north-eastern Italy, languages have always had an important role in my life. I went to live in two other countries and start a multicultural family (my wife is Hungarian, my daughters hold both Italian and Hungarian citizenship), but I had to move […]
My TEFL Story – Katy Staplehurst
My TEFL story begins in 2009 when I was in my second year at University and looking for something exciting to do during the summer break. I’ve always been passionate about travelling and exploring new cultures and loved the idea of spending a whole summer in Barcelona. I decided to do a TEFL course while […]
My TEFL Story – Eve Truszkowska
My TEFL journey really starts before it actually did. When I finished university I really just wanted to get straight into teaching TEFL and having grand adventures travelling the world, seeing exotic places, meeting different people and working in a variety of cultures. I looked at all the online qualifications and the Groupons of the […]
My TEFL Story – Vonny Hartanto
From teaching at a new English language school in Indonesia after doing a degree in ELT, Vonny Hartanto travelled 7,300 miles to London to take her CELTA with International House. Over the next 30 years, she got her Delta diploma, taught English in the Philippines, then moved to Canterbury to teach permanently while her children […]
My TEFL Story – Stefania Scardigli
Taking the CELTA isn’t only for novice teachers – Stefania Scardigli decided to get the TEFL qualification after teaching in an elementary state school. Her teaching career has been extremely varied, from being self-employed to writing articles, and now she wants to move into coursebook writing and teacher training… I had been employed as an […]
My TEFL Story – René Mark Lelong
After teaching in a primary school in the UK, René Mark Lelong decided to take the CELTA to get into the world of TEFL. From there, he went to Cordoba in Spain and then to Tbilisi in Georgia, expanding his teaching English career through experience and professional development. Read more about his journey below! My […]