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[naturegirl321]

My husband and I would like to travel. After being here in Peru for 2 years, I'm getting itchy feet. The thing is that my husband is Peruvian and only speaks Spanish.

So the ideal job for him being a native speaker would be to teach Spanish. WE're open to almost anywhere except for the States and Mexico.

BUt don't really know where native Spanish speakers are needed. If you could help us. that would be great.

Thanks in advance for any info, contacts or websites.

[kenkannif]

Will struggle in Thailand as I'd say he's got no base language to communicate with (English or Thai). And to be fair even if he could the demand would be minimal.

[Pauleddy]

Yes, Ken is right. Demand is very tiny. I speak Spanish as my second language after English. I toyed with the idea of finding a Spanish teaching job, just to have a break from EFL/ESL. Opportunities are like hens' teeth.

I think that there was one Spanish job on ajarn.com a while back (or it may have been in the BKK Post?). At the time, I wasn't available to go for it, so I didn't try.

Unlike western schools and unis, there is very little demand here. I have never heard of a Thai government school or college with Spanish classes. I got chatting a few weeks ago with a Thai guy who said that he was doing Spanish at Chula (arguably Thailand's No. 1 uni). I asked a pal who works at Chula about this, and got a blank look. The language institute there teaches English.

Similarly, there was an ad somewhere a while back for a Dutch teacher. Maybe Spanish and Dutch are required by a handful of Thais for business or travel.

Now and again you see ads for translators, usually short-term, for conferences etc. Obviously, such a person would need to speak Thai.

If the native is a qualified and experienced teacher he may get lucky, although, as Ken says above, he will need a command of English (if not Thai).

I would be interested to hear about any success or otherwise re Spanish jobs!