| Are you thinking of moving into a new career? What | | | | teaching English overseas is paid employment. You |
| about becoming a TEFL teacher? As a TEFL English | | | | won't have to take out another loan for this adventure |
| teacher you can find jobs all over the world. You can | | | | and because your job is important to the community, |
| even move around the world from job to job! | | | | you will have a unique chance to become integrated |
| Are you considering taking a year off from your | | | | into the culture like no traditional student ever could. |
| studies? Are you eager to see the world? Perhaps | | | | You won't just study and read about the culture, you |
| university life has got you burned out or maybe you still | | | | will live it through experiencing the food, art, music, |
| haven't decided what to study. Taking a gap year off | | | | politics and day-to-day life of the place you choose to |
| from school to travel and do a little soul searching isn't | | | | teach in. You will meet fascinating people, gain second |
| just a break from the books. It can be a wise | | | | language skills and develop valuable teaching tools that |
| investment in your future. | | | | you can use for the rest of your life. |
| Why Teach English as a Foreign Language? It's the | | | | Taking a year off during college or after graduation to |
| most affordable way to travel abroad. International | | | | work overseas will open doors for you. As the world |
| work experience looks great on your resume. There is | | | | becomes increasingly interconnected, graduate schools |
| no better way to truly experience another culture. | | | | and employers are looking for those with international |
| Your educational and career goals will become clearer. | | | | experience and foreign language skills. Working |
| A good TEFL teacher is an important factor when | | | | overseas will distinguish you from your classmates. |
| students are learning English as a second language or | | | | You will be culturally savvy, skilled in working with |
| as a foreign language. As a general consensus, | | | | people from different backgrounds, and full of unique |
| students say that great teachers are those that | | | | ideas that come from a global perspective. |
| remember what it was like to be a student and treat | | | | Taking a gap year away from university to work and |
| students as equals. | | | | travel abroad is a wise investment in yourself and your |
| When you teach English as a foreign language, you | | | | future. Great universities and employers know that |
| must strike up a relationship with each and every | | | | working abroad provides leadership skills in a world |
| student ensuring that you encourage the quieter ones | | | | that is increasingly globally interconnected. |
| as well as the more confident ones while also ensuring | | | | Today's businesses are seeking those who are |
| you maintain a good balance between entertainment | | | | independent, culturally savvy and well rounded. Many |
| and discipline. | | | | of your classmates will take a gap year to study or |
| It is also well documented that to be a good TEFL | | | | backpack abroad, but living and working in a foreign |
| teacher, you have to be patient and appreciate that | | | | country proves that you are confident enough to take |
| everybody will make mistakes. Being a teacher is one | | | | substantial risks, that you are serious about your future |
| of the most rewarding jobs available, especially when | | | | and open to challenging new experiences. Employers |
| you take into account that because you teach English | | | | will recognize that you are skilled in working with |
| as a foreign language, you will be helping your students | | | | people from different backgrounds, familiar with |
| to progress and communicate abroad and there is | | | | another language and full of unique ideas that come |
| nothing more rewarding than helping others. | | | | from a global perspective. |
| Unlike traditional study or volunteer abroad programs, | | | | |