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slancaster
Joined: 10 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: Teaching in Europe (Plz pardon the question in Korea forum) |
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I'm casually exploring the possibility of teaching in Spain (Barcelona?) next year. My credentials are as follows: BA degree, basic TEFL teaching certificate, several years experience both in academies and private classes. (By the way, I am from the U.S. and have no EU passport.) To the best of your knowledge, do you think I might be able to find work----teaching in a language institute or even private classes----and earn a decent living in Spain? What could I do, if anything, during the next year to improve the likelihood of finding work there? Finally, if you have any Web links that might help me in my search, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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some waygug-in
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have an EU member passport? That would greatly improve your chances. It's still not impossible without one, but you would probably be restricted to working illegally.
Check the Spain forum, read through the past posts. You should be able to find a similar question being asked and anwered on there.
Suerte
I've never taught there, but I have the same desire to do so. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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What nationality are you?
Work permits in the EU aren't given away with green stamps. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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slancaster
Joined: 10 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
What nationality are you?
Work permits in the EU aren't given away with green stamps. |
Yeah, I'm from the U.S. and I have no EU passport. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| slancaster wrote: |
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What nationality are you?
Work permits in the EU aren't given away with green stamps. |
Yeah, I'm from the U.S. and I have no EU passport. |
You will need a lot more experience, and probably atleast a MA or DELTA (maybe both) and be good looking (I hate to say that one) if you want to get a good paying, legal job in Spain. The red tape to cut through for an American is almost never worth it. You might be able to get a low paying job, and chances are you can find an illegal job.
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A DELTA is usually a better choice for Europe's language institutes, which can be very professional places, unlike here. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| slancaster wrote: |
| Wangja wrote: |
What nationality are you?
Work permits in the EU aren't given away with green stamps. |
Yeah, I'm from the U.S. and I have no EU passport. |
If your recent ancestors are from Europe, you might investigate getting one. |
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soviet_man
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm casually exploring the possibility of teaching in Spain (Barcelona?) next year. My credentials are as follows: BA degree, basic TEFL teaching certificate, several years experience both in academies and private classes. (By the way, I am from the U.S. and have no EU passport.) |
If you want ESL work in Europe and are a non EU passport holder - then it is very difficult.
My suggestion: try Russia.
ESL jobs are plentiful. You can legally teach on Business Visas (valid for 6 months) which are not difficult to get.
While wages are low - vacation time and work hours in Russia are usually fairly good.
The school year usually runs September to May. So in a typical year you would still have time to come to S.Korea for a 3 month summer camp if you wanted some extra cash. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
It will be hard, but you can give it a try.
Check out www.tefl.com they have a lot of jobs in Europe on there.
I know you would like to go to Spain, but I have seen adverts by a school in Portugal which hires only Americans and will help with the work visa.
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swade
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| I worked in Barcelona for two years, my husband is Spanish. Everywhere I went, I was asked for my resident card. You can try infojobs.net for advertisements. If you want to work legally you will need to be part to the EU. I don�t know too much about working illegally. I can tell you however that it�s not that cheap living in Barcelona. You could/will have a great time there but you need to have some kind of a real income. If you have any questions, you can PM me. |
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