Yeah I figured not Japan. I don't care how much it pays, if I take that job it will brand me as a Weeb for the rest of my life. I personally don't have much of a preference, honestly. If they need some random white guy with no credentials other than "Speaks a language" to put in some far off land for a bit of pay and board then sure, I'm down. What countries do you know that really need someone? If I had to choose I'd probably go for Mongolia but I'm open to about anything
Generally, these programs are super popular in Southeast Asia and fairly popular in Latin America and Africa. Cambodia, for example, really needs teachers and is often overlooked in favour of Thailand and Vietnam, and won't generally even ask for like a TEFL or TESOL certification.
Other countries that will want a TEFL (which is pretty easy, it's like a 120 hour course usually taken online. You can literally do it in like a month or two online for a couple hundred bucks and then take the test. I'm sure there are free test prep courses on youtube or pirate sites) would be Costa Rica, Argentina, Morocco, or Vietnam, and others.
The CELTA is a bit more intensive, and is a great training program, which will have you learning and teaching abroad right away. You'll usually take the course and simultaneously log hours teaching classes in countries like Poland, Spain, Hungary, France, or China, and then be able to get a much higher paying English teaching job, more like $20-25k/yr in countries that would pay like $10-12k for a teacher with a TEFL. Apparently there are now also some CELTA courses online, as well. It's generally a pretty sick deal.
Hmmm, Cambodia sounds nice. I could see myself living there for a year or 2 trying to teach English. Can't say I have much around me holding me down here right now. Thank you, Ms. Goldman!
A CELTA course generally costs a couple of grand, but will open up a ton of doors if that's what you want to do, and often includes things like crash course lessons in the language of the area in which you take them.
Yeah I figured not Japan. I don't care how much it pays, if I take that job it will brand me as a Weeb for the rest of my life. I personally don't have much of a preference, honestly. If they need some random white guy with no credentials other than "Speaks a language" to put in some far off land for a bit of pay and board then sure, I'm down. What countries do you know that really need someone? If I had to choose I'd probably go for Mongolia but I'm open to about anything
Generally, these programs are super popular in Southeast Asia and fairly popular in Latin America and Africa. Cambodia, for example, really needs teachers and is often overlooked in favour of Thailand and Vietnam, and won't generally even ask for like a TEFL or TESOL certification.
Other countries that will want a TEFL (which is pretty easy, it's like a 120 hour course usually taken online. You can literally do it in like a month or two online for a couple hundred bucks and then take the test. I'm sure there are free test prep courses on youtube or pirate sites) would be Costa Rica, Argentina, Morocco, or Vietnam, and others.
The CELTA is a bit more intensive, and is a great training program, which will have you learning and teaching abroad right away. You'll usually take the course and simultaneously log hours teaching classes in countries like Poland, Spain, Hungary, France, or China, and then be able to get a much higher paying English teaching job, more like $20-25k/yr in countries that would pay like $10-12k for a teacher with a TEFL. Apparently there are now also some CELTA courses online, as well. It's generally a pretty sick deal.
Hmmm, Cambodia sounds nice. I could see myself living there for a year or 2 trying to teach English. Can't say I have much around me holding me down here right now. Thank you, Ms. Goldman!
Dr. Goldman, but I'll let it slide this time. :quokka-smile:
A CELTA course generally costs a couple of grand, but will open up a ton of doors if that's what you want to do, and often includes things like crash course lessons in the language of the area in which you take them.