| The two main ways of making money by teaching | | | | teaching privately on a tourist visa is illegal and in many |
| English overseas is either to be employed by a school | | | | it's illegal to teach privately without your employer's |
| or by teaching private lessons. Schools are often able | | | | permission. Despite this many people do so as it is |
| to arrange a work visa for you meaning you can stay | | | | fairly hard to prove you are teaching privately and |
| longer in the country without having to leave or go on | | | | private English lessons don't usually get raided! |
| a visa run (leaving the country and re-entering thereby | | | | Most who teach privately start teaching with a school |
| renewing your "tourist" visa), they also provide some | | | | and pick up a few private lessons slowly to begin with |
| stability in regards to income coming in and many will | | | | and through referrals and word of mouth |
| provide accommodation for you. Most that do not will | | | | recommendation build up a network. Sometimes it is |
| help you find accommodation that you need locally. | | | | more profitable to then stop working with the school |
| Some although not all also offer training before you | | | | and just teach privately although you do then have to |
| start and some even have lesson plans already set | | | | think about your visa situation. In an ideal world many |
| out. | | | | would try and convince the sponsoring school to let |
| Private lessons can generally make you more money, | | | | them work just a day or half a day maybe even for |
| but can't provide you with things like a work visa, | | | | free in return for the work visa while teaching privately |
| stable income or accommodation. In most countries | | | | the rest of the time. |