| Teaching English Not Realistic? | | | | Decent-paying jobs are also plentiful. This means that |
| At a TEFL network site a post appeared which said, | | | | with your "low" salary, you'll have a car, a house or |
| "they had recently read another article about teaching | | | | lovely apartment, a maid and several weeks of paid |
| English in Mexico that indicated that the wages are | | | | vacation each year in addition to the numerous paid |
| very low and so if you are planning to go there to | | | | holidays often celebrated in many countries. Far from |
| learn Spanish, and supplement your expenses through | | | | being near the bottom of the wage-earner scale, you'll |
| teaching English, that is one thing, but actually going to | | | | be in the upper percentiles even when compared to |
| Mexico expecting a job teaching English that can | | | | other teaching professionals in the same country. The |
| sustain you on a long term period, is probably not | | | | ex-pats who know this and are doing quite well often |
| realistic" and added that the person would be | | | | don't bother responding to such dismal misinformation. |
| interested in anyone with experience trying to do this in | | | | So, choose a country you feel you'd really enjoy for its |
| Costa Rica. | | | | food, its life-style, its desirability, its climate, its language |
| Non-Professional EFL Teachers | | | | even its low cost-of-living and minuscule tax rates. |
| You constantly hear that wages are "low" and that | | | | Then go for it with all you've got. Meld yourself into the |
| you can't make a decent living teaching English as a | | | | new language, food and culture while kissing your |
| foreign language abroad. With all due respect, most of | | | | money problems "adios". Make new friends, live like a |
| these comments come from non-professional EFL | | | | local and you'll experience a new lifestyle like you can't |
| teachers who have little or no experience living and | | | | imagine. Forget the non-realistic "naysayers" and do |
| teaching abroad and no self-marketing skills to speak | | | | what you love. |
| of. What they usually don't mention is that although | | | | If You Want to Teach English Abroad ... |
| wages are "low" - this is in comparison to a salary in | | | | Say, a million-plus ex-pats each year can't be wrong. If |
| US dollars and the American or British economies - | | | | you REALLY want the scoop on how to make it as |
| costs of living are also much lower in comparison too. | | | | an English language teaching professional abroad, |
| That simply means you'll get far more "bang for you | | | | contact me. Skip the malcontents, get the facts from |
| buck" in local currency. | | | | someone who's "walking the walk" for the past 15 |
| Shortage of Skilled EFL Teachers Worldwide | | | | years and not just "talking the talk" then decide for |
| For well-prepared, experienced, skilled EFL teachers | | | | yourself. After all, it's YOUR life we're talking about |
| worldwide, salaries are most often very high in | | | | here. |
| comparison to what others earn in that country. | | | | |