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Top 10 TEFL Resources and Links

  There's a lot of great information on TEFL jobs, locations and courses out there. Here are some of the ones that I find most useful. A good tip though is to find a local site in the country that you are interested in. Most countries and many times cities have specific sites for expats that help with everything from teaching to making friends to finding an apartment.

For example www.expats.cz is a great site for expats living in Prague. While it doesn't have the same sheer volume of teaching information that a site like eslcafe.com does, it's got lot of specific info that would be invaluable for people living in Prague.

Another specific site that I can think of like expats.cz is www.madridteacher.com. This is a great site for anyone that wants to work in Spain.


 Here's a quick top 10 of general sites that I find useful



1. Eslcafe.com

2. Onestopenglish.com

3. Eslemployment.com

4. Eslbase.com

5.Teachabroad.com

6. TEFL.com and TEFL.net

7. Expats.cz - For people living in Prague or the Czech Republic

8. Englishpage.com

9. Esljobsworld.com

10 ESLjobfeed.com


 Each year there seems to be a new site that's great and informative. All of these sites are really dependent upon new content, so it's always smart to look around for new things.

Cheers,

Chris
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