Best Websites for Teaching English Abroad

See Where the ESL Jobs Are: Online But Off the Beaten Path by Duncan MacLeod for an overview of the top websites and TransitionsAbroad.com's huge archive of articles on teaching English abroad by experts and participants alike to see many more recommendations for regional websites...

ESL Cafe's International Job Board: www.eslcafe.com/joblist

ESL Job Feed: www.esljobfeed.com

TotalESL: www.totalesl.com

TEFL.com: www.tefl.com

TESall.com's Worldwide Job Board: www.tesall.com

TEFL.net's ESL Job Offers: www.tefl.net

ESL Job Find: www.esljobfind.com

Mark's ESL World: www.marksesl.com

TeachOverseas.ca: www.teachoverseas.ca

EL Gazette: www.elgazette.com

ET Professional: www.etprofessional.com

Guardian TEFL: www.guardianweekly.co.uk/learningenglish

ESL Cafe Teacher Training Forum: www.eslcafe.com

Free Graduate TESOL Guide: www.matesol.info

Go Teach TESOL Primer: www.goteach.ca/tesol.html

Linguistic Funland: www.tesol.net

TEFL.com's Which Course? www.whichcourse.com

Your TEFL Training Options: www.english-international.com

Cactus TEFL: www.cactustefl.com

ESL Café Job Discussion Forum: forums.eslcafe.com

TEFL.net: www.tefl.net/forums

EnglishForums.com: www.englishforums.com

ESL Space: www.eslspace.com

Bogglesworld ESL Glossary: bogglesworldesl.com

ITTO: www.teflcertificatecourses.com

Boggle's World: bogglesworldesl.com

Developing Teachers.com: developingteachers.com

ESL Article: eslarticle.com

ESL Lounge.com: www.esl-lounge.com

ESLgo.com: www.eslgo.com

english-4u.com: www.english-4u.com

Dave’s ESL Cafe, www.eslcafe.com. This website has information about teaching English as a second language, either abroad or in the U.S., as well as job databases. A recommended resource for anyone interested in teaching English abroad.

English International, www.english-international.com, features information and advice on teaching English overseas by author Jeff Mohammed.

EnglishClub.com, www.englishclub.com, provides an excellent ESL/EFL links directory, which contains extensive collections of resources for both teachers and students alike.

ESL Job Find, www.esljobfind.com. ESL Job Find connects Employers and Job Seekers worldwide. We have ESL job listings for Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan in Asia, and other locations such as Europe and South America. .

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships, www.us.fulbrightonline.org. Program for recent university graduates to serve as English Teaching Assistants in Belgium/Luxembourg, France, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Taiwan and Turkey.

Peace Corps, www.peacecorps.gov. Sometimes overlooked because of its designation as a volunteer program, Peace Corps is one of the largest work-abroad programs for U.S. citizens. It provides some of the best-paid teaching opportunities in less-wealthy regions such as Africa, Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, and even Eastern Europe and the former USSR.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), www.tesol.org. Web site of a global association that serves the needs of 14,000 English language teaching professionals representing over 140 countries. An essential resource for both ESL and EFL educators.

TeachingTips.com offers a fine compilation of websites which address different aspects of teaching English abroad in their blog post at 100+ Tips and Resources for Teaching Abroad.

TEFL Professional Network, www.tefl.com, has a huge on-line database of ESL jobs.

TEFL.NET, www.tefl.net, offers a TEFL Course Database, TEFL Jobs Center, TEFL Help Desk, ESL lesson plans and other teaching resources to teach English as a foreign or second language.

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links, iteslj.org, is a no-nonsense compilation of links for students and teachers.

Univ. of Michigan, International Center’s Overseas Opportunities Office hosts articles on Teaching Abroad Without Certification which lists programs for teaching abroad that do not require professional TESL credentials, as well as Teaching Abroad for Qualified Teachers.

Web editor's note: See our country-by-country and regional English teaching directory for more websites and organizations.

Ajarn.com, www.ajarn.com. Job postings, resources and a discussion forum on teaching English in Thailand and issues surrounding.

Australia Academic Circle (AAC), www.aacircle.com.au, is a portal for teaching English in Taiwan, Korea, Japan or China as well as Europe. The site provides job boards and country profiles which discuss visa info, accommodations, taxes and TESL / TEFL courses.

Bogglesworldesl.com. English teaching job listings for China, Korea, and Japan.

China TEFL Network, www.chinatefl.com, is a portal for jobs teaching English in China.

ExpatriateCafe, www.expatriatecafe.com, has morphed from its focus on the ESL community in Spain towards being an excellent general expatriate community site for Spain.

Inglesnet.com, The most complete guide for EFL learners in Argentina and Latin America. It provides very useful information, interesting links, complete directories of national and international English teaching institutions and a lot more.

InternetWorks: Teach English in Mexico, www.teach-english-mexico.com, provides one-stop-shop for information and resources on  teaching English in Mexico.

Jobs in Japan, www.jobsinjapan.com, has loads of ESL job postings.

MadridTeacher.com, www.madridteacher.com. A site for teachers in Madrid, Spain, to advertise their services and to exchange information about the local teaching market on the Forum.

O-Hayo Sensei, www.ohayosensei.com. Listings of ESL and other types of teaching positions in Japan.

TEFL ASIA, www.teflasia.com, is an excellent portal for Asian ESL Jobs, Articles and Resources.

TESOL FRANCE, www.tesol-france.org, represents the interests of professionals in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in France.