| Teaching languages as a foreigner in Asia is really | | | | Something that I would suggest is to look into teaching |
| popular these days. Many backpackers from Europe | | | | other languages than English. Often the salary will be |
| really fall in love with Asia and ends up spending many | | | | quite a bit higher if you're teaching another language, as |
| years there, often doing jobs like language teaching. | | | | it is quite hard for language schools to find teachers |
| There is something special with Asia that makes you | | | | qualified to teach other languages. There is a big |
| really not want to go back to work in boring Europe or | | | | market for the large languages like Spanish, German |
| the US again. | | | | and French, and even speaking these languages as |
| Anyways, most of these young backpackers end up | | | | your second language chances are you can get a job. |
| becoming English teachers. There are several | | | | Also when it comes to smaller languages there might |
| countries in Asia that you can teach English in, Thailand, | | | | be a market for teaching it somewhere in Asia. Take |
| Korea and Japan being the most common. I have also | | | | a country like Philippines, they speak good English there |
| met people teaching English in Cambodia, Laos and | | | | so there is not much of a market for that, but when it |
| Singapore on my travels in Asia however, and almost | | | | comes to other languages, even small ones like |
| all of them seem to enjoy their job. There is a high | | | | Norwegian and Swedish, there is a market. The |
| demand for English teachers in Asia as it is often very | | | | reason is that it is very common for Filipinos to work |
| hard to find local people that speak English well enough | | | | abroad, both on ships and in different countries all over |
| to be able to teach it. | | | | the world, and foreign companies prefer that they |
| The only bad thing with being an English teacher in | | | | speak some of the local language then. |
| most Asian countries is the salary. Countries like | | | | I have myself had the experience to teach languages |
| Thailand, Cambodia and Laos are really cheap to live | | | | in Manila, which was a very rewarding and interesting |
| in, but that is of course also reflected in the salaries. | | | | experience. There was a wide range of different |
| Like I said, being an English teacher is quite popular | | | | students, my youngest 16 and my oldest close to 40 |
| these days, so the language schools don not have to | | | | years old. Most of my students were planning to go |
| give high salaries to attract people to work for them. | | | | abroad to work in the near future, and some just |
| The salary is still quite good in Korea and Japan | | | | wanted to learn the language as they had relatives |
| though, but again these countries are more expensive | | | | from my country. |
| to live in. | | | | |