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Best place to teach Venezuela, Columbia or Central America?

 
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nicklaw86



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:36 pm    Post subject: Best place to teach Venezuela, Columbia or Central America? Reply with quote

Hi all!

I have no experience living in South/Central america but plan to teach in either Venezuela, Columbia or Central America.

Was hoping to find out in which of these countries do teachers have the best living standards, with reference to the ratio between pay and rent. i was hoping to be able to afford a studio apartment or share a 2 bedroom apartment.

Sorry for such a specific questions guys and girls but my research so far seems to be futile.

anyway thanks for reading guys and girls.

Regards
Nick
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uh huh



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:35 am    Post subject: Best place to Reply with quote

To paraphrase GW Bush, Central America is a big country. Which part of it are you interested in? And you might want to check your country spellings. And do some research. You'll get more and more helpful answers if you show you've done some work ahead of time.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Central America and Venezuela are probably impossible (unless you're a K-12 teacher and can get on at a top international school), which leaves Colombia. Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Chile seem to offer the best opportunities to ESL teachers.

Check out the Colombia forum; we've got tons of info there on salaries, employers, cost of living and quality of life.

Edit: I think you can find work in Costa Rica, but it looks like relatively low salaries and very high cost of living.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

spanglish wrote:
Central America and Venezuela are probably impossible (unless you're a K-12 teacher and can get on at a top international school), which leaves Colombia. Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Chile seem to offer the best opportunities to ESL teachers.


Really? How about VENUSA? They'll place people there. In Venezuela.
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spanglish



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

naturegirl321 wrote:
spanglish wrote:
Central America and Venezuela are probably impossible (unless you're a K-12 teacher and can get on at a top international school), which leaves Colombia. Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Chile seem to offer the best opportunities to ESL teachers.


Really? How about VENUSA? They'll place people there. In Venezuela.


I can't speak for many of those places, including Venezuela, from professional experience so perhaps there are opportunities. Just from my personal experience from traveling to Venezuela and Central America, talking to friends and reading the boards there seems to be very little in the way of decent ESL opps in those places. I particularly say that because the OP seemed to want a pretty good standard of living which I highly they'll find in Venezuela or Central America.
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nicklaw86



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:31 pm    Post subject: thanks Reply with quote

Thanks heaps for replies guys!! a mate of mine lives in Mexico city and his sent my CV to Berlitz.

Currently i think i might just give it a crack and see how i go.... I googled living costs of Mexico city and they appear to be lower than Bogota. Unfortunately i wasn't able to find the difference of living costs between a safe area in Bogota and and a safe area in Mexico.

Thanks again for ya help! any thoughts on Berlitz in Mexico city?

p.s. apologies for incorrect spelling of Colombia.

cheers
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

D.F. appears to be around 25% lower cost of living than Bogota.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

spanglish wrote:
D.F. appears to be around 25% lower cost of living than Bogota.


We hashed all that out earlier this year...

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=94677

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Thanks again for ya help! any thoughts on Berlitz in Mexico city?


Their business English class unit can pay well but not offer a lot of hours. Working in their facilities with general English students will not yield much of a salary. You can do much better in DF than Berlitz.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:48 pm    Post subject: Re: thanks Reply with quote

nicklaw86 wrote:
Thanks heaps for replies guys!! a mate of mine lives in Mexico city and his sent my CV to Berlitz.

Currently i think i might just give it a crack and see how i go.... I googled living costs of Mexico city and they appear to be lower than Bogota. Unfortunately i wasn't able to find the difference of living costs between a safe area in Bogota and and a safe area in Mexico.

Thanks again for ya help! any thoughts on Berlitz in Mexico city?

p.s. apologies for incorrect spelling of Colombia.

cheers


But you said you wanted to teach in Central or South America, and Mexico is neither..........
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:33 pm    Post subject: Re: thanks Reply with quote

nicklaw86 wrote:
any thoughts on Berlitz in Mexico city?


Probably the worst job you could get. If you have a CELTA, IH is a good starter job.
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