If you would like to seek to get paid to live overseas in a foreign country while making a difference in the lives of others, then teaching English abroad is definitely worth it. You will challenge yourself, and grow as a person, while seeing and doings thing you never would have experienced otherwise.
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What is TEFL
Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) or TESOL refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages, typically used to imply that the English Language Learner may have already learned more than one language, prior to learning English.
How to Become a TEFL Teacher
To get a job teaching English most recruiters will require you to have a TEFL certification. Lots of companies offer courses, these are highly recommended:
- Company Founded: 1993
- Courses Available: Online + Classroom
Premier TEFL offer a wide range of fully accredited online courses which have been written by real teaching professionals to meet international standards. Premier TEFL courses provide you with all the training you need to confidently teach English abroad. They ensure your lifelong certification makes you stand out in the global job market and qualifies you for the most rewarding, highly paid TEFL jobs out there.
International TEFL & TESOL Training
- Company Founded: 1993
- Courses Available: Online + Classroom
International TEFL & TESOL Training (ITTT) offer internationally accredited TEFL courses including online, in-class and combined TEFL courses which are internationally accredited. Over 100,000 people have trained with ITTT and you can choose from classroom courses in over 30 worldwide locations.
Best Places to Teach English
You can find work all over the world, popular destinations include Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America. Some of the most popular countries to work include Japan, Thailand, China, Czech Republic, Spain, Brazil and Costa Rica – just to name a few.
Top Reasons to Teach English Abroad
Teaching English overseas is a rewarding experience and a great way to meet new people, learn a new culture, a new language, and little extra cash. It’s not that hard to become an ESL teacher. Even those who think they don’t have the qualifications to become an English teacher will be surprised at how easy it is to become one and how many places around the world are indifferent to your skill set.
In order to be an English teacher in many parts of the world all you need to do is have a bachelor’s degree from a university and be from a native speaking country. In some parts of the world, they may ask you to get a TEFL degree in order to be an English teacher as well as have experience. However, for the most part, especially in underdeveloped countries, you simply need be a native English speaker in order to teach English. Overall, there aren’t too many requirements for teaching English.
Teaching English in foreign country is relatively easy and well paying. You don’t have to do a lot of hard work or stay long hours. In fact, most full time ESL jobs are only about twenty hours a week. The pay is usually vary high by local standards and English teachers can walk away from a year of teaching with over 20,000 dollars – more if you teach in the Middle East.
Generally, those who teach English abroad tend to fall into two categories: young people looking for gap year jobs and life long ex-pats. Those younger teachers tend to be backpackers looking to make extra money or recent college graduates looking to make some extra money and see the world before they return home to a career. These teachers are usually looking to have fun, travel, and meet lots of people. They generally stay in their job for one to two years before moving back home.
Older ex-pats are teachers didn’t return home. They stayed and will teach English as their career. These ex-pats tend to be male. They married a local, had a family, and stayed. You see a lot of these in Asia. Some women do fit into this category. However, the older English teachers you find teaching English in language schools or government schools, are usually men.
Teaching is one of the best ways to work abroad, and by getting qualified you can find jobs literally all over the world.