Teaching in Vietnam - learn to manage yourself...   There’s a lot of information on the internet for the benefit of newcomers to ESL teaching in Vietnam about managing a class, writing a lesson plan, maximising the benefits of information technology and...

  Teaching in Vietnam - it’s ‘PHO-nomenal’...   From the very beginning of this short piece, I want to confess to an abject failing on my part during the 15+ years that I’ve spent teaching English in Vietnam and running my business, AVSE-TESOL. Here it is! I...

Quality TEFL with real job support...   Australian Vocational Skills and Education (AVSE) offers an Australian Government accredited and internationally recognised ‘in-class’ TEFL course in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.  Holding quality TEFL certification is a...

  Teaching English in Vietnam without a degree - Yes or No?    Pretty much on a daily basis at AVSE-TESOL, we’ll receive a phone call or an email from a well-meaning person enquiring if it’s possible to get a job teaching English in Vietnam without a degree....

    Getting started as an ESL teacher...   It has probably taken months of painstaking research on your part, but I’m genuinely delighted that Ho Chi Minh City, one of my personal top-three teaching destinations in Southeast Asia, has made your list of...

    Five things to do on arrival...    You’ve been planning this part of your life for years and the time has finally arrived. You’re heading off on an adventure, ‘uncharted waters’, teaching English in Hanoi, Vietnam. Your first stop in Hanoi will be the...