| A glance at a clothing boutique, a brisk walk down city | | | | know your strengths and weaknesses with respect to |
| streets, or an earful of automated customer service | | | | the language. |
| messages is proof positive that we live in an ethnic | | | | Talk the Talk, make the coin. Taking the TESOL will |
| melting pot. | | | | equip you to effectively teach a world that wants to |
| Our world has stretched its borders and every person | | | | speak English, leading you to a career that can take |
| wanting to take advantage of that shift needs to | | | | you through Asia, the Middle East, Europe and beyond. |
| know how to speak English. If you want to be the | | | | Many of these nations can be places you earn a lot |
| person that teaches them, you need the TESOL. | | | | more money than you're used to at home. |
| Knowing how to read, write, and speak another | | | | Taking Care of Business! Gone are the days of only |
| language is no longer a trend of the future but a way | | | | conducting business on the West Coast and East |
| of life for the present. The knowledge of another | | | | Coast. The real movers and shakers see as many |
| language and culture is a powerful leveraging tool in | | | | possibilities in India as they do in Indiana. Making a mark |
| every sector of society, and that means there are | | | | in the marketplace can be done as people expand the |
| huge opportunities for English teachers overseas. But | | | | scope and breadth of their linguistic skills. |
| even beyond the career potential, the TESOL can | | | | While training others to speak a native language and |
| open your eyes to other cultures. Studies show that | | | | embracing world culture is favorable, there is another |
| children who are multilingual grasp concepts more | | | | consideration to be made. As the test is administered |
| quickly, and even the elderly are increasing their very | | | | and the vast majority becomes multilingual, more |
| quality and span of life by using natural forms of | | | | competition may arise in the marketplace. Those who |
| medicine that hail from continents beyond North | | | | were once seen as a "cut above the rest" - based on |
| America. | | | | their command of several languages - may now be |
| Given the impact that world customs are making within | | | | deemed average. There is also the possibility that the |
| our borders, the TESOL exam comes to the fore in | | | | mixing of ethnicities may cause the discrete |
| preparing for a career teaching English overseas, | | | | differences to be lost in a sea of cultural compromise. |
| locally, or just to retain a global outlook on life. While | | | | Nonetheless, it is difficult to ignore the truth that stares |
| foreign speakers can access self-help curricula, it is | | | | us square in the face. This truth is that our world has |
| helpful to have an instructor, because a | | | | now become our next-door neighbor. The choice is up |
| person-to-person guide makes the language come to | | | | to us. Only we can decide whether to open the door |
| life in a way that far exceeds the textbook | | | | or to remain behind closed doors. It's that decision that |
| experience. | | | | will dictate whether we make the grade and ultimately |
| The question arises about the need to take the | | | | pass the test. |
| TESOL exam. Here are some things to ponder: | | | | The bottom line is simple: Millions of people need to |
| To Thine Own Self Be True. Taking the test is a | | | | learn to speak English. They'll pay you to teach them. |
| sound tool to assess your actual level of linguistic | | | | And the TESOL is the first step to making that |
| competency. Once you have this knowledge, you will | | | | happen. |