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How Being Late Can Grow Your Cultural Fluency

Most of us probably come from a Western culture that highly values time. It’s a commodity—a limited resource. It is one... Read More

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You Can Do Hard Things With Confidence — Here's How

Moving overseas is challenging. Read More

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Interview with a Grown-Up TCK

Abbie is about to move overseas to live and teach in Asia. But it won’t be her first time living overseas. She grew up... Read More

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7 Things Younger than ELIC

We’ve seen a lot in the decades since ELIC’s founding in 1981. But “More than forty years” is just a number. So let’s... Read More

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Why YOU Should Lead an Impact Team

Impact teams are a truly special way to experience a new culture and make a difference overseas with your community... Read More

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3 Paths to Educating Your Kids Overseas

ELIC teachers get a front-row seat to the difference that a quality education makes in their students’ lives, so it’s... Read More

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How 4 Weeks of Training Can Change Your Life Overseas

Imagine crouching at the starting line of a race, ready to launch into motion. You hear the starting gun and push off... Read More

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4 Ways Your Non-English Degree Equips You to Teach English Overseas

You don’t have to have an English degree to teach English overseas. Quality teaching is an important priority, but the... Read More

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3 Ways ELIC Makes Ripples of Impact

There is an enormous need for English education in many parts of the world. Our work is a drop in the bucket of that... Read More

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How Refugees Widened Our Reach

They had to flee—millions of them. There was a war; what could they do? They bravely packed up their families and left... Read More

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Why You Don't Have to be a Language Person to Teach English

Why You Don't Have to Be a "Language Person" to Teach English Read More

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Call and Response

Call out! It was the first thing you ever did, and it’s likely you haven’t stopped since. We were born with the... Read More

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