These guidelines explain how we create, review, and maintain our content so it remains accurate, transparent, and worthy of your trust.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help teachers and aspiring teachers find clear, practical, and trustworthy information about Teaching English as a Foreign Language. We want to help as many people as possible experience the life-changing rewards of TEFL, and we’re passionate about achieving this.
We’ve been part of the TEFL world for over 25 years, and everything we share is based on first-hand classroom, teacher training, and school management experience. These guidelines set out how we create, review, and update our content so you can trust what you read.
1. Our Content Creation Process
- All articles are written or reviewed by qualified TEFL professionals. Keith Taylor, Cambridge DELTA-qualified and with over 20 years’ experience teaching and training in multiple countries, leads our editorial review.
- We prioritise first-hand insights over recycled or generic advice.
- Where facts and figures are included, such as visa rules, salaries, or course requirements, we cite reputable, official sources such as government websites and recognised accreditation bodies.
2. Accuracy and Updates
- We fact-check information before publication and verify official sources during the writing process.
- Core articles and country guides are reviewed regularly, and sooner if significant changes occur, such as new visa rules.
- Updates are noted at the top or bottom of the article so you can see when it was last reviewed.
- Salary and cost of living figures are dated where they appear, and are correct only as at that date.
3. Transparency and Integrity
- Any partnerships, affiliations, sponsored listings, or commissions are clearly disclosed.
- Some TEFL course and language school listings are paid placements. Paid listings appear in designated areas and are marked as “Sponsored” so readers can distinguish them from our independent content.
- Job listings are a mix of free and paid placements. Paid listings display the employer’s logo, are marked “Featured”, and may appear more prominently or higher in the list. All jobs, free or paid, must meet our posting standards.
- Editorial content and course recommendations in our guides are based on our own experience and quality assessment, and are not influenced by payments.
- We do not accept payment in exchange for positive reviews or favourable editorial coverage.
4. Job Posting Standards
All job listings on Eslbase, whether free or paid, must meet our posting standards. We review each listing to help ensure it:
- Is clear and accurate: The job description, requirements, and benefits should be honestly represented.
- Is appropriate for our audience: Listings should be for legitimate English language teaching roles or closely related positions.
- Complies with relevant laws: We require advertisers to ensure their listings meet local employment and visa laws in the country where the role is based.
- Does not discriminate: We do not knowingly publish advertisements that discriminate on grounds such as race, nationality, sex, age, religion or belief, disability, or sexual orientation. This includes advertisements restricted to “native speakers” or to passport holders of particular countries. Where a genuine legal restriction applies in the country concerned, such as a visa rule limiting eligibility by nationality, the advertisement must identify it as a legal requirement.
- Encourages sufficient detail: Advertisers are strongly encouraged to include key information such as location, contract type, working hours, and salary or benefits, where legally permitted.
- Meets professional standards: We do not accept jobs that are misleading, exploitative, or that undermine the professionalism of English language teaching.
We reserve the right to refuse or remove any listing that does not meet these standards.
5. Course and School Listing Standards
All TEFL course and language school listings, whether free or paid, must meet the following standards before being accepted on Eslbase:
- Relevance: Listings must be for accredited or reputable TEFL/TESOL training courses, or legitimate language schools relevant to English language teaching.
- Accuracy: Descriptions, prices, and other details must be honest and not misleading.
- Quality assurance: Courses must meet a recognised standard of training and be delivered by qualified trainers. Language schools must demonstrate a commitment to high-quality teaching, with qualified staff and appropriate resources.
- Transparency: Any affiliations, accreditations, or endorsements must be genuine and verifiable.
- Professionalism: Providers must maintain clear contact details and respond to enquiries in a timely and professional manner.
6. Use of AI Tools
We use AI-assisted tools to support drafting and editing. All content is reviewed, checked for accuracy, and approved by an experienced human before publication. We do not publish unreviewed AI-generated content.
7. Feedback and Corrections
- We welcome reader feedback, additional insights, and correction requests.
- If you spot something inaccurate or outdated, please contact us at eslbase@eslbase.com.
- We investigate all factual concerns and make corrections promptly where needed.
- Where we correct a material factual error, we update the page and refresh its last reviewed date.
8. How we keep our content trustworthy
Our goal is to keep Eslbase dependable and useful. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
- Qualified authors and reviewers: Articles are written or reviewed by experienced TEFL trainers with recognised credentials.
- Source-first writing: Visa rules, salaries, and legal information link to primary, official sources; opinion is clearly marked as such.
- Regular reviews: Core guides are re-checked regularly, with a visible last updated date on the page.
- Disclosures: Partnerships and affiliate relationships are stated clearly; recommendations are never paid for.
- Corrections policy: Readers can report issues and we fix confirmed errors promptly.
9. Scope
These guidelines apply to all Eslbase content, including articles, guides, country profiles, resources, and course listings. Job listings are covered by our Job Posting Standards, which set out the criteria we use to review, accept, and display both free and paid job ads.
School of TEFL, which is part of the same business as Eslbase, publishes its own editorial guidelines covering content on schooloftefl.org. Where Eslbase refers to a School of TEFL course, we identify it as ours.