Jenna Buendia | Online TEFL Course Instructor

• BA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics from Moody Bible Institute

• MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago

Thailand: Burapha University and Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.

Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Greece, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Iraq, and Turkey.

I have many good travel memories, but one of my favorites is visiting Lombok, Indonesia. We climbed a volcano, camped under the stars, explored the beaches, dined with the locals, and met many wonderful people.

Making an effort to learn some of the local language will give you more independence and opportunities to explore and engage with the culture. Learning a language can be tough, but it will also help you better relate to your students!