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Sarasota · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Florida USA

I am looking to get a job in Latin American teaching English. I am a native English speaker from the U.S. I have a bachelors degree, no teaching certificate or experience. I don't really want to go to Mexico. Which country has the most available jobs? Another way to ask the question, is which country would I most likely get a job. I have been to Costa Rica and it seems like a nice place.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Do you want a visa? Most Latin AMerican countries have jobs, but visas are hard to get in some, like Peru and Ecuador. Happily, many people work illegally in Peru for years. Try Costa Rica.

anyway · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 109

Besides Mexico, I believe that Argentina has the most English teaching jobs. We simply never hear about them because most of them are filled by capable locals and the steady stream of travellers (under the table cheap labor).

Sarasota · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Florida USA

Thank You for the replies.

TravellingAround · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 423

Seeing as Brazil has a far greater population than any other country in South America I would presume that it has by far the highest total number of English teaching jobs.

Sarasota · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Florida USA

Let me restate the question. Which country in Latin America is the easiest to find a job teaching English? The country with the least requirements and plenty of jobs for native English speakers with Bachelors Degrees.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

lahermitda · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:41 am Post subject:

Teaching privately in Brazil pays about $15-$30 an hour. It's quite easy to find students too. But there is no work from mid-December to mid-February.

Sarasota · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Florida USA

Do you teach in Brazil?

spanglish · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 742 Location: working on that

There's work here in Colombia. Some jobs seem to be fairly cushy (I don't have one). Getting a work visa can tend to be the difficult part of Colombia. It's best to come here and commit to 1 year minimum (the first question every employer asked me: "When are you leaving Colombia?"). Also, it's a bit expensive and a bit of a hassle to get the work visa, so it's not really worth it unless you commit.

High schools and universities seem to provide the most coveted jobs and I hear they're easier to come by if you aren't in Bogota or Medellin.

lahermitda · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:02 am Post subject:

I was teaching in Brazil (Sao Carlos-SP) up until 3 weeks ago on an expired tourist visa. I put up my ad at the two public universities there and had around 20-25 students.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

WHere did you teach them? Your house or theirs? I do privates here and with 38 hours, I'm running ALL over the place.

lahermitda · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject:

I was teaching at my place and getting about R$30 ($15) an hour (more if I had 2 or 3 students in a class). It was a small town but I think in a larger city such as Campinas you could charge R$40 to university students and R$50 or more to working people.

Sarasota · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Florida USA

So is Brazil the place to go in Latin America if you want to make money? It certainly isn't the safest country from what I have read.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I doubt it. HIgher salary means higher cost of living. I have a friend in Brasil, was in peru, says it's WAY more expensive