| Would you like to teach English to foreigners in your | | | | position to ensure you will be safe and have reliable |
| country or travel to another country to teach? Many | | | | work. You may decide to work with an agency based |
| young people consider such employment | | | | in your home country that will assist you with legal |
| advertisements with great interest since the position | | | | questions and assist you in making living arrangements. |
| offers them the opportunity to travel and often does | | | | While many foreign positions are available to individuals |
| not require any experience other than being a native | | | | without experience or certification you will likely find the |
| English speaker. | | | | education and resources of a class to be valuable |
| Foreign countries looking for English teachers greatly | | | | before taking an assignment. If you think you would like |
| desire the instructor to be a native English speaker. | | | | to try this career out you might offer your services |
| The course materials may be provided or you may be | | | | locally, as a private tutor, or take an instruction class to |
| asked to show previous teaching experience or a | | | | familiarize yourself with the responsibilities and work |
| TEFL or TESL certificate. | | | | required to teach a language. |
| Common Terms: | | | | If you choose to work in your own country there will |
| Before you excitedly answer any employment ads | | | | be various guidelines for certification, experience and |
| you should learn the meaning of commonly used terms | | | | materials as determined by the employers. If you |
| as well as recommendations for working locally or | | | | consider private tutoring you can research |
| abroad. | | | | recommended course materials and methods online or |
| TEFL: Teaching English Foreign Language; often refers | | | | at a book store or library. You can then advertise your |
| to teaching English in a foreign country. Known to | | | | services in a local paper or on college and university |
| students as EFL classes. | | | | billboards. |
| TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language; usually | | | | Teaching English can be very rewarding. However, |
| refers to teaching English to foreigners in an English | | | | English is a language that is full of rule breaking |
| speaking country. Known to students as ESL classes. | | | | nuances. Trying to explain these to a student can be |
| Teaching Locally or Abroad? | | | | difficult and a person needs to have patience and |
| For people who wish to travel TEFL can be a great | | | | good personal skills to become an effective teacher. |
| opportunity to interact with new cultures and to finance | | | | If you would like to review what types of positions are |
| traveling. It is important to investigate the country you | | | | available you can check them out online through |
| will be traveling to as well as the employer offering the | | | | employment and ESL teaching sites. |