Tips for gaining cultural awareness while teaching overseas
We’ve discussed culture shock on the Teach Away blog before and ways that you can manage culture shock by making small adjustments to your life while teaching overseas. It goes without saying that making such a big move can be both exciting and stressful. One of the major ways you can combat culture shock is […]
Coping with culture shock while teaching overseas
Many of those who teach abroad will experience some degree of culture shock. Moving to a new and often different cultural environment makes the feeling of culture shock a very normal and real psychological phenomenon. With any move comes natural stressors, but relocating abroad presents a whole crop of new challenges: a different local language, […]
Interviewing to Teach Abroad? Tips to Make Your Interview a Success
By Ariane Campbell You’ve likely had job interviews before, but the stakes are higher when you’re interviewing to teach abroad. You’re not only discussing a position, but an entirely different country, set of cultural expectations, and way of life. This interview could not only land you a new job, but also land you in an […]
Returning home with a different perspective
By Kathryn Stewart It’s normal to feel homesick when you are away from home, but what not many people realize is that when you spend a long time overseas, home might not feel like home anymore. This feeling is often referred to as “reverse culture shock”, or in other words, the process of readjusting to your own culture after […]