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[cgage]

Hello. I have a graduate school acquired state educational teachers license in ESL from an accredited US university. I have taught year round for the last seven years. Here's the problem: I want to teach EFL in a foreign country. 95% of all my students during the years already spoke English. Mexican children learn English in a few months. It's phenomenal! They first come to me after a year of kindergarden and they're saying "Awesome! Cool deal! No way!" They understand when I speak and in many cases make better grades than American kids.
So my experiance isnt much difference than an elementary school teacher of American students. My ESL graduate school classes were mostly theory.

How can I take a TEFL program in my city in the US?
or
It's possible if I got the text, I could teach myself given my three language background and several college degrees. Can someone recommend a correspondance course or a book or two which are commonly recgnized/used by Latin American schools? I'm considering retiring/teaching in South America or Mexico.
I am sixty one years old (where did the time go
I think I heard about a TEFL online course for $300.
Thanks for your advice in advance.
Life is Tolstoyan for a fact.
cgage
BTW, I've written an esl textbook that uses children's songs to learn grammar and addresses common mistakes that kids make in the US.
It will have words, piano score, guitar chords and a cd. I'm using it in my classroom and it really works! If I ever get it published (costs me $$$$) and marketed, I'll give Daves' members a discount. I'll make a full post on this project.

[spiral78]

I think you may want to post on the Latin America forum below, since you are specifically interested in teaching in that region.

[cgage]

Thanks. I'll move it to that site.