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Your journey starts here. A career in teaching English abroad is achievable for anyone who has a good knowledge and use of English in addition to a TEFL or TESOL qualification. Before you start your training it is important that you have some knowledge of what teaching English abroad entails and what options are available for you to get there. Here we will look at those options and the requirements needed to achieve them. First and foremost you should choose a course which suits the type of work you hope to undertake and is recognized in the country or countries you hope to teach. All ITTT courses are suitable for teaching English overseas in a variety of settings. The typical minimum qualification requirement for employment is a course covering 100-120 hours of study. This can be done...  [Read more]

Capital city Bangkok Language Thai Currency Baht Typical TEFL teacher salary 30-35,000 baht/month (40-45,000 in and around Bangkok) Major TEFL locations Bangkok Chiang Mai Phuket Hat Yai   There are literally hundreds of job opportunities for teaching English in Thailand right now — especially in Bangkok and the countryside, where there are far more jobs than there are teachers to fill them. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding employment, we’ll not only help you find a job, we’ll help you find a job that’s right for you. Throughout Thailand, a qualified TEFL teacher will have no problems securing a job. In most other parts of the country, the prospects are strong as well. All state schools aim...  [Read more]

Capital city Canberra Language English Currency Australian Dollar (AUD) Typical TEFL teacher salary $20 - $70 AUD per hour depending on placement and experience. Major TEFL locations Major cities   Wherever you want to work in the world, completion of one of our courses will give you access to job search assistance, be it for Australia or any other country. Australia is a vast country and the major cities are either on the East and Southeast coasts or Perth in the West. The EFL industry in Australia has changed in recent years and job opportunities for both Australian and foreign English language teachers have been reduced. Some opportunities do still exist, but competition is high and schools are able to demand...  [Read more]

Capital city Warsaw Language Polish Currency Zloty Typical TEFL teacher salary 2,500 zloty / month Major TEFL locations Warsaw Wroclaw Krakow   Poland is said to have more English teaching opportunities than anywhere else in Europe. Demand in Poland for our certified graduates is as high as it gets in Europe. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding jobs, you’re almost certain to find yourself in a classroom in no time. Positions teaching English in Poland are available countrywide, in both the state and private sector, in language schools, institutes and inside major corporations. Salaries are high by local standards and you should be able to live comfortably. Jobs are advertised year round on the many...  [Read more]

Capital city Brasilia Language Portuguese Currency Real Typical TEFL teacher salary US$ 900 per month Major TEFL locations Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro   Wherever you wish to work in the world, completion of one of our courses will give you access to job search assistance, be it for Brazil or any other country. As the fifth-largest country in the world, you can find good opportunities teaching English in Brazil, especially the larger cities. TEFL qualified teachers in Brazil can usually find work reasonably easily. Securing a position teaching English can be considerably harder when not actually in Brazil itself, but it is still quite possible. Salaries are usually high enough to give teachers a comfortable lifestyle....  [Read more]

Capital city Lima Language Spanish Currency New Sol Typical TEFL teacher salary US$ 5 per hour Major TEFL locations Lima Arequipa Trujillo   There is a huge demand for EFL teachers in Peru. However, low salaries generally mean that English teachers often ignore this high demand. Yet opportunities teaching English in Lima are enormous for those who plan to teach EFL here. For the best chance at finding the best paying jobs, please consider that we offer lifetime assistance finding jobs for all of our course graduates. Expect quite good conditions teaching English in Peru with a regular work schedule running from Monday to Friday. Teaching schedules are usually split, and you can expect a block of classes in the...  [Read more]

Capital city Berlin Language German Currency Euro Typical TEFL teacher salary 2,000 euros per month Major TEFL locations Berlin Hamburg Munich and other major cities   Teaching English in Germany can be much easier than in other EU countries. Demand for teachers is high and when you complete your TEFL certification with ITTT or TEFL International, you will benefit from our lifetime assistance in finding a teaching position – in Germany or in any other country for that matter. As in many other European countries, teaching business English in Germany is one of the major prospects for English teachers. Germany’s economy is both strong and stable so many large corporations and small companies have the funding for...  [Read more]

Capital city Hanoi Language Vietnamese Currency Vietnamese Dong Typical TEFL teacher salary US$ 15 per hour Major TEFL locations Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi   Following a rather turbulent 20th century, Vietnam has stabilized and seen an influx of foreign companies and investments over the past several years. Due to this boost in international involvement, the demand for English has taken off. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding jobs, we’ll lay the ground work for finding employment and also help you along a direct path to finding a great job. Well-paid employment is plentiful, especially in the business metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the eastern sea port city of Ga Nang, and the...  [Read more]

Capital city Taipei Language Chinese Currency New Taiwanese Dollar Typical TEFL teacher salary Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Keelung Major TEFL locations Taipei + Country Wide   Opportunities for teaching English in Taiwan are huge. Salaries are quite high, the cost of living is low and working conditions are very reasonable. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding jobs, there’s no doubt that you’ll find a well paying job while gaining valuable experience in the classroom. English teaching positions are normally found in the hundreds of private schools (bushibans) throughout the country. There are more jobs teaching children than teaching adults. Taiwanese people are warm, friendly and like to get to...  [Read more]

Capital city Washington, DC Language English Currency US Dollar Typical TEFL teacher salary US$ 30 per hour Major TEFL locations New York City Los Angeles Seattle Miami San Diego Chicago   There is an increasing demand for teaching English in the USA, with an emphasis on ESL (English as a Second Language). Most universities and colleges in all major cities have an English language program, as do a wide selection of government and charitable organizations. Along with this, many cities also have language schools set up, especially in California and other southern locations. Regardless of where you’d like to work, our lifetime assistance finding jobs will help you identify potential employers, walk you through the...  [Read more]

Capital city Caracas Language Spanish Currency Bolvar fuerte Typical TEFL teacher salary US$ 650 per month Major TEFL locations Caracas Merida Puero La Cruz   English language skills are a valued commodity and a number of agencies continue to recruit teachers for in-company language training. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding jobs, we’ll help you to identify potential employers and land a job teaching English in Venezuela. The country is a good place for newly qualified TEFL teachers to gain experience. There are other countries in the region which might have more appeal, but should you decide to teach English in Venezuela, experience an interesting country undergoing a period of change. Teaching...  [Read more]

Capital city Mexico City Language Mexican Spanish Currency Peso Typical TEFL teacher salary 8,000 Pesos per month Major TEFL locations Mexico City Puebla Guadalajara   Due to its close proximity to the USA, there is a vast job market for positions teaching English in Mexico. There is good demand for teachers of business English in the major cities and those with a business background will find positions easily. With our lifetime job assistance services, we’ll help you locate any available positions and help you through the application process. Usually, the requirement to secure good English teaching positions in Mexico is an internationally recognized TEFL/TESOL certificate such as that offered by TEFL...  [Read more]

Capital city Madrid Language Spanish Currency Euro Typical TEFL teacher salary 1,000 euro / month Major TEFL locations Madrid Barcelona Seville   Spain is one of the most popular locations in which to find a job teaching English. This can make for stiff competition amongst job seekers so our course graduates will most certainly benefit from our assistance with finding great employment opportunities. Many teaching positions are for young learners, but you can also find adult and business English teaching quite easily. There are literally thousands of language schools in the larger cities of Spain. Finding a position teaching English in Spain it is easier while in the country. Schools like to see prospective teachers...  [Read more]

Capital city Rome Language Italian Currency Euro Typical TEFL teacher salary 1,000 euro/month Major TEFL locations Rome Florence Milan Naples Turin Palermo   Of all European countries, Italy has one of the highest demands for English teachers. In larger cities, there are more English teaching jobs than there are certified teachers to fill them. With the help of our lifetime assistance finding jobs, a certified TEFL teacher will be able to find a TEFL job relatively quickly. We’re dedicated to helping you land the job that’s right for you — in Italy or anywhere else you’d like to work. Language schools hire teachers year round so you’re likely to find a position anytime of the year. If you’d like to work...  [Read more]

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Capital city San Josè Language Spanish Currency Costa Rican Colòn Typical TEFL teacher salary 400-550/month Major TEFL locations San Josè   If you’re looking to teach English in Central America, Costa Rica will most likely offer you the highest salaries. Once you become a certified TEFL teacher through one of our numerous course options, we’ll help you find a job through our lifetime job placement assistance. You could be fortunate enough to find a post teaching English at one of the many beach locations in Costa Rica, or in a smaller town within the country, but competition for teaching jobs in these locations, especially coastal ones, is quite high and it may take some time before securing a position...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences There are several differences that exist when a teacher is teaching one student only versus teaching a class of students at a given time. For this essay, each difference will be compared against each other to effectively highlight the distinction between the two. Student-Centered Approach Choice of Materials Challenged Motivation Students' Individual Needs Student-Teacher Relationships Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Roxanne C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, if the student doesn't show up for class, then that's it, the class cannot go on as that student is the only person the...  [Read more]

Sarah Jennings Teaching Ideas Anyone who has done group work knows that it can have its fair share of disadvantages. Let's take a look at why. Working in a team as a student can consume a significant amount of time. Scheduling meetings outside of class hours and coordinating with everyone's availability adds an extra layer of complexity. This can be especially challenging for sixth-form students who are already overscheduled. Researchers have debated whether the time-intensive nature of group work undermines its effectiveness. Consequently, there is a growing body of research exploring situations where group work may not be appropriate in the classroom. Some studies suggest that for simpler tasks, students may achieve better results when working individually. Teaching groups might not...  [Read more]

  At ITTT we don't just sell you a TEFL training course; we also guide you right through the entire process from start to finish. Initially, we can help you decide which training course is the right one to suit your future plans and give you advice on how to approach your studies. Once your studies are underway we will be right by your side as every course comes with the option of an online tutor whose main focus is to ensure you successfully complete the course. No matter what hurdles life puts in front of you, with the help of your professional tutor there should be nothing stopping you reaching your study goals. As soon as you have completed your training and are officially TEFL certified, you will no doubt be looking to land that dream job somewhere around the world....  [Read more]

  The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are individuals. Teaching individuals, or one-to-one, forms a large part of the ESL market. Find out the positives, negatives and tips in this video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! After reading Introductory Unit I found out how the whole course will be structured, what are the objectives of the course....  [Read more]

  Regardless of which type of beginners you are teaching here are our top 10 tips for the teaching of beginner classes. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Unit 6 was about the past tenses and how to use them correctly. It described the different situations of when to use each tense and how to properly structure them. Sadly, there aren't any rules for knowing the irregular verbs. You simply...  [Read more]

  Within the teaching of ESL throughout the world, there is a whole spectrum of the types of groups that you may be involved in. It's worth breaking those types of groups down to have a look at some of the more specific things we need to do when we're teaching those groups - and this is what this video focuses on. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! In this unit, I am exposed to model verbs,...  [Read more]

  The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are young learners. We consider students aged 2 to 16 young learners. Find out the positives, negatives and tips when teaching young learners in this video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! This has definetly taken the rust off my knowledge of grammar and it's implimentation within speech. Very refreshing!...  [Read more]

Sarah Jennings Teaching Ideas By Kyle Cullinan In the past, grammar was taught based on the memorisation of rules. This may work for other languages, but it is not the most effective and creative way to teach or learn English grammar. Trying to "translate" grammar from your mother tongue into English does not always work because another language has a different way of expressing or another way of thinking that is not always the same equivalent to English. The best way to learn another language is to live in that language and this means to live and work or study in the country where they speak the language. However, sometimes this is not possible and therefore, students are left to learn from books in most cases. Encouraging students to learn grammar through writing allows them to delve...  [Read more]

  ITTT's online TEFL/TESOL courses are designed to help anyone thinking of teaching English overseas. On them you will learn teaching methodologies, important parts of English grammar and ideas of how to teach this grammar to your students. This video looks at one idea for the future continuous tense. For this activity students are each given a planner filled with different activities on different dates. The planners are rigged so that there is only one day when the students are both free. They have to interview each other to find out which day they are both free. To find out more about how you can become qualified and suitably prepared for teaching English overseas click the link above. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL...  [Read more]

  The zero conditional is the most basic form of the conditionals in the English language. This is a teaching idea for the zero conditional that can also be adjusted for any other types of conditionals. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! It gives me an overview of choosing topics, text and tasks to create interest among the students. I personally think that the pre-existent knowledge of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Lesson planning for an individual ESL student can be successfully adapted from lesson planning for a group once the teacher recognizes the differences and similarities between teaching a group and teaching an individual in a one-to-one setting. My first teaching experience was volunteering to teach a multilingual, adult class. After the class ended, Yordanka, one of the students, approached me for private help with her English conversation skills. I kept the following concerns in mind when conducting one-to-one sessions with Yordanka. These concerns address seven issues: student needs, student talk versus teacher talk time, trust between teacher and student, scheduling, lesson duration, the timing of lesson elements, and supplies. Listen to this blog...  [Read more]

  An English teaching certification course will cover teaching methodologies, grammar and teaching ideas such as those covered here for the future simple. In the video the teaching ideas are horoscopes, fortune telling and wedding vows. For the horoscope activity students will be given zodiac signs and will create a horoscope for that sign before finding out who in the class the horoscope applies to. The fortune telling idea enables the students to role play using the future simple tense with one student being the fortune teller and the other the customer. Lastly, students create their ideal wedding vows or alternatively they can create silly vows. For many people, gaining English teaching certification is the first step on an exciting and rewarding journey as an English teacher...  [Read more]

  The Present perfect tense is a very useful tense. It is the tense that relates the past to the present. It also tends to be the tense that can often present some difficulties to the English language learner and sometimes the English language teacher. The activity in this video has the students examining two pictures, picture A and picture B. The pictures depict a scene in a house; Picture B is similar to A but with a number of changes. Students are asked to spot the changes and to express the change using the Present Perfect. For example in Picture A, a pile of unironed clothes can be seen next to the ironing board but in picture B the clothes are ironed. So the student would say "He has done the ironing." Another example answer would be, "He has hung up the towel." There are also...  [Read more]

  This teaching idea for the past perfect involves matching pictures of historical events with the appropriate sentence and describing what had just happened in the picture using the past perfect tense. For example: A picture of the Titanic would be matched with the sentence "hit an iceberg" and the student should say "It had just hit an iceberg". As the trainer notes in the video; the scenarios in this activity are western centric. When teaching English overseas it is important to bear in mind how you can adapt your activities to make them more suitable or more interesting to your students. Learning about the local culture and history can make your lessons more relevant to your students and therefore more engaging. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one...  [Read more]