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justin.behravesh
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 Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:00 am Post subject: Looking to teach abroad for a year |
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| I'm pretty new to the TEFL realm. I'm looking for an opportunity to teach english in another country for a year, but am unsure of where to start. I can probably only make a year-long commitment. Are there any good programs out there to do so? I've looked a little bit into WorldTeach. |
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tttompatz
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:30 am Post subject: Re: Looking to teach abroad for a year |
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| justin.behravesh wrote: |
| I'm pretty new to the TEFL realm. I'm looking for an opportunity to teach English in another country for a year, but am unsure of where to start. I can probably only make a year-long commitment. Are there any good programs out there to do so? I've looked a little bit into WorldTeach. |
Where are you from (country of passport), do you have a degree, do you have a TESOL cert of some form?
All make a difference in regards to where on the planet you can legally work.
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justin.behravesh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| I'm a US citizen with no TESOL certificate. I have a bachelor's degree. |
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tttompatz
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| justin.behravesh wrote: |
| I'm a US citizen with no TESOL certificate. I have a bachelor's degree. |
With a degree and a US passport, your options for LEGAL work are pretty much everywhere EXCEPT western Europe.
Easiest places to find work: Mexico, central America, south America, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan.
Best paying options (in relatively descending order:
Korea (register on the Korean forum for more discussion about Korea - we can't discuss that country here - BEST benefits for an unqualified newbie), Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Thailand, central/south America.
Not listed above was Japan; good money but hard to find work with a work visa and unless you are on the JET program you will need $3-5K for airfare and start-up costs.
Do some research (google is a big help) and narrow the planet down a bit. Then the advice would be a bit more accurate for someone looking for a gap-year adventure abroad.
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Sadebugo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| tttompatz wrote: |
| justin.behravesh wrote: |
| I'm a US citizen with no TESOL certificate. I have a bachelor's degree. |
Korea (register on the Korean forum for more discussion about Korea - we can't discuss that country here - BEST benefits for an unqualified newbie), Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Thailand, central/south America.
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Korea will probably be the easiest one to break into with the most reward (financial). The other countries listed above either pay less on average or have more competition for jobs.
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justin.behravesh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia), or somewhere in Central or south America. Thoughts? |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| China and Korea are pretty easy for newbies. They set you up with housing, filghts and visas. SE Asia, I don't know much about. It probably varies school to school what they give you. try posting on the Asian forum. |
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smithrn1983
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| justin.behravesh wrote: |
| I'm thinking Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia), or somewhere in Central or south America. Thoughts? |
What kind of experience are you hoping to get, and what do ultimately hope to gain from a year teaching English? This kind of information will really help us to help you. You've mentioned two very different regions of the world, and there are also significant geographical, cultural and linguistic differences within those regions. If you can tell us what your goals are, we can help you decide which countries to look into, and point you to the proper forums for each, where you'll get some very detailed information. In the meantime, have a look through the country specific forums for places that interest you. |
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justin.behravesh
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:58 am Post subject: |
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My apologies for being vague. What I would really like to do is teach English in Indonesia for a year. I'm not sure how doable this is. I'm looking to gain the experience of living in another country for a year and becoming integrated into a community.
I appreciate your help. |
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tttompatz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| justin.behravesh wrote: |
My apologies for being vague. What I would really like to do is teach English in Indonesia for a year. I'm not sure how doable this is. I'm looking to gain the experience of living in another country for a year and becoming integrated into a community.
I appreciate your help. |
Degree, no TESOL cert = yes, you can work in Indonesia.
You will need about $2000-3000 to get you started:
You need the money for:
i) your airfare,
ii) accommodation while you find work (not much in the way of work or accommodation will be found from abroad).
iii) money for day-to day living expenses for at least 2 months (time to find work and then another month to wait till you get paid.)
iv) $400-500 to deal with the visa application and visa run (to an adjacent country) to get it.
It may be cheap but it is NOT free and you will need to set yourself up.
You will find that Thailand, Vietnam and the other countries in the region are similar.
China and Korea on the other hand do a LOT of recruiting from abroad, usually include airfare (sometimes prepaid) and housing. You can get by with as little at $1500 (if you need to buy your ticket) and $500 if you don't (although it does leave you stuck if you need "plan B").
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justin.behravesh
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you for the information. Much appreciated. Any word on what a typical Indonesian teaching contract would look like? |
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Madame J
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What's your degree in? Technically you now need an English or education related degree to teach there, though there is some debate as to how rigorously this is being enforced.
There are some schools that'll hire from abroad-EF, Kelt and possibly TBI and/or Wall Street do. I believe all of these pay airfare. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| justin.behravesh wrote: |
| Thank you for the information. Much appreciated. Any word on what a typical Indonesian teaching contract would look like? |
No idea, but I bet poeple here do
http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewforum.php?f=10 |
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