Has anyone taught English in a foreign country?

Question

If so can you please tell me how you did it and through what sort of institution, and so on.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello, i have taught English in Japan. I found the job through and contact, though if you were looking to teach English somewhere foreign and do not have a contact i would advise searching for PRIVATE fee paying schools in your desired country and contact them with a job request. the reason why i have said private fee paying schools is they are more likely to want to employ a native English speaker as they have the resources (financial) and they put more emphasis on Grammar which foreigner struggle with (esp. in Japan) hence you would be ideal to teach grammar.

I taught English grammar to Japanese students, it was a rewarding experience and i will never forget my time in Japan. I would advise you if you are contemplating teaching in a foreign country to do so. Its fun, and reward (financially too).

When i was researching for a job in Japan i found some very helpful sites:

http://www.interac.co.jp/recruit

http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants-ela.htm

http://www.tefl.com/

and http://www.careers.ed.ac.uk/students/Something_different/timeout.HTM

I hope I helped, have fun and DO teach abroad.

Answer 2

I teach as a language instructor for Jingshan #1 High School in Hubei, China. I will tell you, although I only teach for 18 hours per week I spend countless hours researching for material and activities to use for my 1400+ students with limited resources. I don't even have a media room. I have taught here for going on 3 years. I originally got this job through a very shady businessman who I will NOT reccommend to you. At first I did it for fun and experiance and then love found me and you know the rest of the story... I will tell you that teaching English in China is a corrupted business (at least in China). Although I consider myself qualified with an ESL certificate, a 2 year degree in social work and near graduation with my 4 year in management, I cannot say the same for most of the teachers I meet. Many of the schools will make up fake degrees in order to get people to come to the schools In fact I get sick when people refer to some of the foriegners as "teachers" because most are simply here to either party, they cannot hack it in their own country or they are running from something such as the law... I met a British girl who said that there are 3 kinds of "English Teachers" in China: Loosers, boozers and cruisers. That is not true for all though, it just makes me embarrased to even tell people I am an English teacher, I just tell people I am a student which is also true.
Be very careful if you plan to come to China. I don't know how it is in the rest of the world. I would say to check out some colleges (your own would be best) and see if they have any programs to teach abroad. Be very cautious if you are not interviewed but rather just told to go. That means trouble. If you come accross anything that seems fishy RUN!
I cannot tell you where to find a job but I will tell you to be careful and have fun. Even though it can be a little crazy, It is a great experiance!

Answer 3

Your exceptional plan is to do a measure within the field or topics that curiosity you - e.g. English and Spanish - then comply with that with both a one-12 months postgraduate educating certificates, or a TEFL qualification. Whatever your trainer intended through a 'educating measure'- a three 12 months measure in schooling ? that is in most cases for humans making plans to educate in essential faculties and is probably not valued as extremely as a measure in English. If you're already in prime university, you will have to be taking BOTH German and Spanish through now, if you're planning on doing each A stages for school front.

Answer 4

I taught ESL in Italy.

The day after my university graduation ceremony I moved to Spain and did the CELTA. After that I found a job at a private language school in Italy and flew out there for work. It took three weeks of living in a youth hostel before I found an apartment! The EU ESL market is only open to people with EU passports. If you don't have EU citizenship you'll be looking for jobs in Asia and South America.

I suggest that you do your TESL course in the country where you want to work. It means you'll make some friends right away and be available immediately for job offers. Also, most countries nowadays require teachers to have an initial undergraduate degree in addition to their TESL/TEFL certification. Online TESL certificates are useless - you need to do one that includes supervised teaching practice.