Merry Christmas and a happy holiday to all TDFers.

We hope most of you get a chance to relax a bit and enjoy the festive season. We're looking forward to 2010 and everything it brings us. We're also looking forward to having the TDF book sale some time in January 2010. Have a good holiday season.

About us

TDF is Teacher Development Forum (or Teacher Discussion Forum if you like).

TDF is a group of ESL teachers in Beijing who get together on a regular basis to talk, discuss, meet and generally share common interests and experiences involving the teaching of English as a Second Language.

Members of TDF have a wide range of teaching experience which includes teaching younger ones, teaching in regular schools and language schools, tutoring individuals and giving corporate English training to companies. Many of the members are also involved in non teaching aspects of the English language such as copy editing, writing books, curriculum planning and more.

TDF is a way to connect, get to know others in the field. It’s a hub for networking and finding teaching jobs (and teachers). It’s a small gateway to teaching in Beijing and China. TDF can be a great help to new teachers or teachers that have just arrived in China. By asking fellow members, others may have lived the same situation you are having and offer some guidelines (from food to visa applications).

TDF, in its 5 years of existence has hosted regular discussion forums regarding teaching issues, given teaching workshops to hundreds of student teachers and held a mini-seminar on teaching in China.

If you wish to contact us, please send us an email at info@tdf-esl.com