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racethesun
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 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:15 am Post subject: Will Getting My College Degree Abroad Affect Opportunities? |
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| I just finished my first year at university in America, but I'm going to apply (and hopefully transfer) to a university in France to finish my degree. Will this affect my ability to get English teaching jobs after I graduate? Most of the jobs I've seen only require a college degree, TEFL certification, and being a native English speaker, so I would think having a bachelor's from a French university wouldn't be a problem, but I'm not entirely sure. |
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tttompatz
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Will Getting My College Degree Abroad Affect Opportuniti |
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| racethesun wrote: |
| I just finished my first year at university in America, but I'm going to apply (and hopefully transfer) to a university in France to finish my degree. Will this affect my ability to get English teaching jobs after I graduate? Most of the jobs I've seen only require a college degree, TEFL certification, and being a native English speaker, so I would think having a bachelor's from a French university wouldn't be a problem, but I'm not entirely sure. |
Several countries (in Asia) immigration services require you to be both anglophone (native speaker) AND have a degree from an anglophone country before they will allow you a visa and/or work permit to be an ESL teacher.
It may also factor in (against you) for the better employers in most Asian countries.
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spiral78
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| In Europe it wouldn't matter, though as a US citizen, your opportunities there are mostly limited to Central/Eastern regions, barring work/study programmes sponsored by your university. Basically, it will be your nationality that limits you here,not where you earned your degree. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
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It could open doors for you. But you will find for example in China the situation where someone with a degree working side by side with someone without one and they are both paid the same salary.
Sad but true. |
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