TEFL Tutor – Karen Sarah Gaches
I got into teaching quite by accident really. I originally studied languages at university as I wanted to travel. When I graduated I got a scholarship as an English language assistant in Morelia, Mexico.
I really wish I had taken an i-to-i course as I started out with no teacher training at all and very little idea of what I was doing! I must have done OK though as I was invited to stay a second year. One year turned into two and then into three and I ended up staying in Mexico for 5 years. It was also during this time in Mexico that I realised just how much I enjoyed teaching and teacher training, and so I decided to finally study how to teach EFL.
I’ve since taught in England and in Japan and am now back in Mexico for my fourth stint, this time in the city of Toluca where I freelance, doing a variety of work related to TEFL; I do both teaching and teacher training. I’m an oral examiner and seminar presenter for the University of Cambridge ESOL exams. I also work on writing projects related to teaching, such as a writing course for primary school teachers and a series of exams for children and teenagers.
In my free time I enjoy doing yoga and going for long walks in the country with my husband and our dogs.
