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Teaching ESL as a Non-native Speaker in VietnamMy experience and how you can do it too

A few weeks ago, I came across an article that claimed non-native speakers can’t get a job teaching English in Vietnam. As a Polish national currently teaching in Vietnam for a global language school, I’m a living proof that it’s […]

March 3, 2019February 16, 2020 Ola JagielskaLiving Abroad, Languages and Interactions, Asia
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7 ways learning languages will make you a better ESL teacherTo benefit both yourself and your students

Let me start by saying that I don’t think it’s strictly necessary to know your students’ first language to be a good ESL teacher. In fact, I know a lot of excellent ESL teachers who don’t speak languages other than […]

January 21, 2019January 31, 2019 Ola JagielskaLiving Abroad, Languages and Interactions
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What is Meaningful Travel?A Roadmap for Purposeful Trips

It’s been over 6-months since we updated our blog’s homepage with the slogan: ‘We believe in meaningful travel’. Since that point, we’ve been asked numerous times on the road: But what actually is meaningful travel? So, we realised a blog […]

January 19, 2019February 23, 2019 Chris BehrsinLiving Abroad, Food, History and Culture, Languages and Interactions
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Moving to China: The EssentialsA Being a Nomad Moving Guide

Being a Nomad Moving Guides: Part 1/1

Are you considering moving to China? Maybe you have a job there, want to get a job when you get there, or simply want to stay there for a while and enjoy some of the lowest living costs in the […]

January 14, 2019January 30, 2019 Ola JagielskaAsia, Living Abroad
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How to Make Friends Abroad10 ways to meet new people after moving country

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I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to make friends abroad. But if you’re moving or have moved abroad, you probably have a good reason for doing so. Perhaps it’s because of a job, a relationship, or […]

June 3, 2018January 30, 2019 Ola JagielskaLanguages and Interactions, Living Abroad
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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 3Final year in China, two unexpected trips, and why to stay friends with your school

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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 3/3

In the previous post I described my second year in China and how I had to go back to Poland for the operation. After that, we went to Europe for the summer holidays. We knew by then that we were […]

April 15, 2018February 1, 2019 Ola JagielskaAsia, Travel Stories, Living Abroad
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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 2My experience as a non-native English teacher during my second year in China

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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 2/3

After a first rocky year living in China, it seemed like the next would be much easier. I was happy. I finally had a permanent job, after one whole year of just some odd hours here and there. But my […]

February 12, 2018February 1, 2019 Ola JagielskaLiving Abroad, Asia, Travel Stories
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6 Weird Chinese Foods We Learned to Love(And one that wasn't quite for us)

Cooked softshell turtle served on a plate with red chilies and other vegetables

There are a lot of weird Chinese foods. I’ve heard of people eating scorpions, snakes and spiders in China. Truth be told, however, when we lived there for 3 years we didn’t see so much of these stranger foods. Admittedly, […]

January 24, 2018January 31, 2019 Chris BehrsinLiving Abroad, Food, History and Culture, Asia
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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 1Problems during my first year in China and what I learnt

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My Chinese Visa Problems: Part 1/3

Towards the end of our second year living in Poland my husband and I both needed a change. We wanted to travel, to see more, and our working lifestyles made this difficult. Teaching English in Poland, it’s difficult to make […]

January 4, 2018February 1, 2019 Ola JagielskaTravel Stories, Living Abroad, Asia
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Our Experience of Typhoon Seasons in ChinaOur story of Typhoon Meranti

I lived with my wife in South East China for three years and through that I experienced a typhoon season three times. Two of these were mild, a lot of rain admittedly, but no worse than the worst of storms […]

December 31, 2017February 2, 2019 Chris BehrsinTravel Stories, Living Abroad, Asia
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