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MELEE · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

A leftist activist?
A tax accountant?
A military medical instructor?

I'm beginning to think you're pulling our legs. Laughing

notamiss · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

MO39 · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

I agree somewhat with Guy in his statement that if there are not very many TEFL instructors in Veracruz it probably means that there is not much of a market. Let me add that I spent a year in Merida, Yucatan whose population is 740,000 and found it extremely difficult to make a living. There simply was not enough work.
I would think, however, that Veracruz with its shipping companies, has an advantage over Merida, with its tourism base. Most of the students in Merida taking English and paying good money are professionals, doctors, lawyers and accountants as is here in DF. I would suggest doing your research and finding out which transport companies are located in Veracruz and approach them to offer your services. I would also research which multinational manufacturers are located in the area.
If you are freelancing your ESL services then place an ad in the daily newspaper at least once a month for three consecutive days, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I found those three days elicited the maximum number of telephone responses.
Here in DF there is at least one freelancer ESL instructor who distributes handbills to passerbys. My own thought on that matter is that if you have been in DF for more than a few years, the referrals would eliminate the need to do that.
You could always make up several thousand b.c.s and hand them out at cultural events, i.e. concert recitals and theatrical productions as the people attending them would be your most likely students.

GueroPaz · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 216 Location: Thailand or Mexico

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

MO39 · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:38 am Post subject:

Thanks leslie,

Can you use these sites for free? When I registered with insideout, I had to enter the ISBN of the Macmillan dictionary I had supposedly bought. Since I hadn't done so, I couldn't complete the registration.

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

MO39 · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks, for checking out the insideout website. I'll try to find the ISBN on Amazon and see what happens.

MELEE · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:

I've got a catelogue right here.

0 333 96669 4 Is the ISBN for the hardcover American English enormous Macmillian English Dictionary.

MO39 · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: