Teaching English Europe? Recommendations on the best countries to work in? Not for pay but for experiences?

Answer 1

My sister in law is from Slovakia, and her sister is an English language teacher in a school there.
In that school there are always several foreign teachers, mostly native speakers, teaching.
Lately they have started to insist on a teaching license or certificate.

Most of your opportunities are likely in like countries, the former communist ones, where English had not been big in schools for many years.
Pay may be lower than what you are used to, but you are likely to earn more than the locals, and cost of living is lower too.

In Western Europe there is less chance on a decent job, as we have many teachers within the country and in the few cases a native speaker is needed the pay is enough to get qualified teacher from England.
One exception is the schools set up for expatriate children, like in the towns with big American bases, where an American accent might be better.

I am not sure about the situation in Southern Europe, in places like Italy, Spain and Greece they might have language school where people get lessons for a few weeks, they might need native speakers too. But I do not know if you will have a chance in normal schools.

Answer 2

Theres this organisation; EAQUALS=European Organisation For Quality Language Services. The schools in that organisation are almost always really good. In Croatia I think we have three. I think its an interesting country with loads to see and experience.

Even if you dont choose Croatia, Id recommend you to pick a school that is a member of this organisation.

From the countries Ive visited, Portugal, Slovakia and Italy were the most interesting for me, especially Lisbon and Bratislava, where the people are generally very nice.

Hope this helped.