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[opentin]

Hi,

I am an Australian currently looking for TEFL work in Ireland. I am in Cork right now and am trying to find a job somewhere in this city, as this is where all my friends are. I have a Bachelor of Communication in an unrelated major and a TEFL certificate from University of California Extension school. Just wondering if anyone has any links or information that could help me get a job in this area. Anything would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Anthony

[jdenn]

it may be difficult. last i heard, english was a fairly common language in ireland.

[grahamb]

A lot of Spanish folk go to Ireland to study English. Have a look at this site for a list of language schools: http://sbox.kompass.com/kinl/static/index_searchbox.php

[paulmanser]

I would of thought Ireland is a bad palce to start....

I would try Eastern Europe, Asia, south east Asia.

Unless your heart is in Ireland.

[zippy2k]

http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceeed/un/ir/ase.htm

Generally, as EU countries go, Ireland is sadly lacking in formal TEFL opportunities. As an Irishman myself, I know this from experience - I wasn't able to do my CELTA where I'm from (Northern Ireland) because, amazingly, the last place to offer it (Queen's Uni., Belfast) shut down the course several years ago.

Nevertheless, I had a friend work in the Atlantic School of English and he had nothing bad to say about it. Summer jobs are definitely easier to come by than year-round ones, however now that there are around 200,000 nationals from non-English speaking countries (in the EU alone) living and working in Ireland, you should be able to get freelance work by offering yourself for individual classes. There are language schools in most other cities in the Republic - Limerick, Sligo, Galway to name a few and they have openings but I suggest approaching them in person.

North of the border, most foreigners go to English language classes at local technical colleges. In order to get a job teaching English, you need to apply to a local college, such as the College of Business Studies in Belfast. However putting an ad in paper usually gets results.

At the last count, there were 80,000 native Irish speakers in the Republic, living in "The Gaeltacht" (found mostly on the western seaboard, including Cork), 1.6 million who speak Irish in The Republic and 165,000 in The North, including 2,700 children who are educated exclusively in Irish in Northern Ireland. The Republic has always been a bilingual state and since the Good Friday Agreement, Irish (i.e. Ulster Irish) has been officially recognised and funded in Northern Ireland. However, if you look hard enough, you'll p-robably be able to hear someone speaking intelligible English


http://www.languageschoolsguide.com/Ireland.cfm

[mise_me_fein]

Here's a decent site.

There's meant to be plenty of work in the Summer but after that, not too much.

http://www.acels.ie/schoolslisting.htm#lh

[scot47]

It is high time that they started offering Ulster Scots as a Foreign Language !

[SueH]

What about Lallans as well?

Good to see you back Scot - haven't had you around to disagree with. You been ok?

[sultansofping]

[Chasgul]

Arma-lite, for the professional on the go...

[sultansofping]

[scot47]

Good to see that our Provvie friends are maintaining their accustomed level of bigotry !

[sultansofping]

[Ai]

[jdenn]

i was joking