Teaching in Mexico

I really enjoy strolling down Reforma Ave in Mexico City. It’s considered the principal avenue in the republic, being centrally located in the capital and running from the Zocalo, past numerous important buildings, to the gates of Chapultepec Park and the Chapultepec Castle.

Numerous large monuments dot Reforma Avenue, but what I like most is the ever-changing exhibitions about it. Book fairs, works of art, absurd statues, colorful cows…every month is different.

At the center of it all is the Angel of Independence, a monument that imposes herself in a large traffic circle. I live closeby. The Angel is where Mexican soccer fans gather whenever the national team wins somewhere in the world.

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A very good question for which I have an answer.

All three are acronyms for the types of intensive courses people can take in order to get a certificate or diploma to teach English, in other countries usually.

Other terms used are teaching abroad, teach and travel, teaching English overseas, ESL, and EFL.

Here is a glossary and description of some of the terminology.

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