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...
Websites by Category for Teachers of English Abroad
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Job Boards and Resources for Teaching English Overseas
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ESL Cafe's International Job Board: www.eslcafe.com/joblist
TEFL.com: www.tefl.com
TESall.com's Worldwide Job Board: www.tesall.com
ESL Job Feed: www.esljobfeed.com
TEFL.net's ESL Job Offers: www.tefl.net
TotalESL: www.totalesl.com
ESL Job Find: www.esljobfind.com
Linguistic Funland: www.tesol.net/jobs
Mark's ESL World: www.marksesl.com
AAC's ESL Job Circle: www.aacircle.com.au/esl-job-circle.htm
TeachOverseas.ca: www.teachoverseas.ca
English Teaching News and Commentary
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The TESall Ticker: www.tesall.com
EL Gazette: www.elgazette.com
ELT News: www.eltnews.com
ET Professional: www.etprofessional.com
Guardian TEFL: education.guardian.co.uk
English Teacher Training Information and Orientation
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TESall.com's Course Catalog: www.tesall.com
English Job Maze: www.englishjobmaze.com
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
English Teaching Discussion Forums
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ESL Café Job Discussion Forum: forums.eslcafe.com
TEFL.net: www.tefl.net/forums
TESall.com's Job Discussion Forum: www.tesall.com
EnglishForums.com: www.englishforums.com
Acronyms for Teaching English as a Second Language
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TESall.com's Newbie Primer: www.tesall.com
Bogglesworld ESL Glossary: bogglesworldesl.com
ITTO: www.teflcertificatecourses.com
English Teaching Lesson Plans and Classroom Resources
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Boggle's World: bogglesworldesl.com
Breaking News English Daily: www.breakingnewsenglish.com
Developing Teachers.com: developingteachers.com
English Raven: www.englishraven.com
ESL Lounge.com: www.esl-lounge.com
ESLgo.com: www.eslgo.com
english-4u.com: www.english-4u.com
MES English.com: www.mes-english.com
TEACHall Resource Centre: www.tesall.com
Worldwide Portals, Websites, and Resources for Teaching English Abroad
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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.
English Job Maze, www.englishjobmaze.com, lists ESL/EFL jobs and provides resources on how to become a teacher. See their excellent country-by-country breakdown of ESL trends.
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.
GlobalStudy, www.globalstudy.com, is a guide to international education, including message boards and a directory of English language school websites in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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.
T.E.F.L. Board, www.teflboard.org, a site dedicated solely to the presentation of curriculum and program details on E.S.L. teacher training certificate courses and diploma programs all over the world.
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.
Portals and Websites by Region/Country for Teaching English Abroad
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Web editor's note: See our country-by-country and regional English teaching directory for more websites and organizations.
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.
Ajarn.com, www.ajarn.com. Job postings, resources and a discussion forum on teaching English in Thailand and issues surrounding.
Asiapond.com, www.asiapond.com, is a simple online jobs pool for teaching in Asia.
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.
Mekong ESL, www.mekongesl.com, has ESL opportunities in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
O-Hayo Sensei, www.ohayosensei.com. Listings of ESL and other types of teaching positions in Japan.
Teach English in Poland, teachpoland.com, Job Boards, listing English language teaching jobs in Poland.
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.
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