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quieroir · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

Are there schools where I could teach ESL in the Manzanillo/Puerto Viejo or Limon area? Thanks.

snorklequeen · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: teaching on the Caribbean side

i read that there are some opportunities for English teachers in Guapiles and Siqierres; don't know about Limon, Manzanillo, etc. i read about it in a travel guide for independent travelers -- either Moon or Lonely Planet. don't have it handy Embarassed

sorry! if i find it, i'll let you know. you could go to a bookstore and browse

Queenie

quieroir · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

thanks for your reply and info. I will research it.

John Hall · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

I would say that there are too many English speakers in that region for it to be possible to teach English there.

quieroir · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

really John, even if I'm totally fluent in both languages and have taught English (American) courses....secondary level?

Thanks, I have a friend in that area and plan to go check it out, but your feedback is helpful and I'm sure genuine since you live there.

John Hall · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject:

During my 7 years in Costa Rica, I have heard of one teaching job being offered in Puerto Limon, one teaching position being offered at a banana plantation near Cahuita, one teacher working independently in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, and that's it. You may go to the Caribbean coast and find some position after a long search, but certainly English teaching jobs are not abundant there. I also suspect there are backpackers who teach English to non-English-speaking hotel employees in exchange for a reduction in the price of their accomodations.

As another poster has mentioned, the situation is different in Siquirres and Guapiles, where the local populations are mostly Spanish-speaking.

snorklequeen · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: teaching in Limon province

many of the people in Limon [city], Puerto Viejo, Cauhuita, Tortuguero and so on, living right on the east coast, are of mixed Jamaican and Tico descent, so English is commonly spoken there daily. the further inland you go toward San Jose, the population is generally Tico only and Spanish is their first language. that's why you have to go inland a bit [Guapiles and Siqierres, etc.] to teach English. it's a different world right on the coast. and Parismina, being on the coast, has the mixed Jamaican/Tico folk