| The easiest and cheapest way I found to support my | | | | workers. Though I had a blast teaching at the |
| first trips abroad was through teaching. Though I didn't | | | | university, I have a feeling they had more fun. |
| get rich teaching English as a Second or Foreign | | | | Take advantage of knowing English and teach around |
| Language (ESL or EFL) I did finance my trips. Maybe, if | | | | the world, but do take the time to get the TEFL |
| I had gone to the certain middle eastern countries or | | | | course. Even though I had taught Spanish in Hawai'i, I |
| Japan and Korea, I would have made more money, | | | | learned much more from the TEFL course on teaching |
| but I went to Thailand, instead. And though it is | | | | a foreign language than any of the education courses I |
| notorious for not paying well, I still had enough money | | | | had taken in the United States. It' s very practical and |
| to enjoy life. | | | | helpful. |
| A TEFL certificate will allow anyone to teach in the | | | | Being a native English speaker is not enough to teach |
| private language schools. Most government schools will | | | | English as a foreign language. The TEFL course is vital |
| want you to have a BA. If you only have a TEFL you | | | | if you want to keep your job and make a survivable |
| can teach at hotels and language schools. Many times | | | | living. The best courses for TEFL are the Cambridge, |
| hotels will pay much more than the "official" schools will | | | | and Trinity courses, but there are many others that are |
| pay. | | | | also accepted. Just make sure you take a 120 hour |
| After earning the TEFL Certificate, I wanted the | | | | course that will last four to six weeks. |
| prestige of teaching at the university, but two Canadian | | | | Most schools prefer a TEFL course with actual in |
| class mates from the TEFL course, who had just | | | | class teaching practice instead of an online course. |
| graduated from high school and had no college degree | | | | Teaching is like riding a bike you can't really read about |
| worked at a luxury hotel making twice as much as I | | | | it. You've got a jump in a teach. Maybe I should have |
| did! I lived on campus; they lived at the hotel with all the | | | | said swimming. . . well, you get the idea. You have to |
| conveniences of the hotel: pool, spa, weight room, etc. I | | | | teach and cannot just read about it. Although you can't |
| had to do lesson plans and grade; they walked around | | | | get rich doing it, I had a blast and recommend the |
| the hotel and practiced speaking English with the hotel | | | | adventure. |