Transitions Abroad: ESL Training and Placement Programs

ESL Training and Job Placement Programs

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If you lack experience or credentials, you may want some formal study before heading overseas in search of an English language teaching position. Virtually all positions require only a bachelor's degree. However, candidates with advanced training and either a certificate or a master's degree in TESOL will have greater flexibility and command more pay. For the most current information contact the program directors. Organizations in more than one country are listed under “Worldwide.”

ESL Training and Job Placement Programs

If you lack experience or credentials, you may want some formal study, often generically called ESL training, before heading overseas in search of an English language teaching position. Virtually all positions require only a bachelor's degree. However, candidates with advanced training and either a certificate in ESL or a master's degree in TESOL will have greater flexibility and command more pay. For the most current information contact the program directors. Organizations in more than one country are listed under Worldwide.

Worldwide	China	Taiwan
Asia	Egypt	United States
Canada	Europe
Central and Eastern Europe	Japan
Czech Republic	Latin America

Articles Covering ESL Training, Job Opportunities Abroad and First-Hand Experiences

Browse our comprehensive and web-link intensive list of feature articles on the subject of Teaching English as Second Language abroad. We are certain that you will find first-hand information here which will either be of use to you, or lead you to where you wish to go abroad. Should there be a subject about which you would like to see more information, please free to email us! Teaching English abroad has long been a subject of great attraction for our readers, especially in these days of massive unemployment amongst the educated in the United States and Worldwide.

Outstanding list of Resources and Links

A TEFLing Primer for North Americans: DOs and DON’Ts
Duncan MacLeod, host of our favorite TEFL job search web site, has written for us the ultimate practical guide to initiate potential teachers into a profession (teaching English as a foreign language) which has been rapidly growing both in demand and in popularity as a means to work and live abroad. In addition, his in-depth knowledge concerning how to maximize the use of the internet in the job search process has allowed him to provide us with a plethora of outstanding web sites where such work is researched, discussed and procured. Duncan is also the coordinator of Go Teach, www.goteach.ca, an introductory one day TESOL workshop, and founder of www.TESall.com, the Internet's first vertical search portal for TESL/TEFL job seekers.

Teaching English as Second Language Jobs Abroad: An Overview by William Nolting and Anthony Hand.

Long-Term Jobs Teaching ESL Abroad by William Nolting and Anthony Hand.

Teaching English Abroad by Randall Davis

Ten Tips for English as a Foreign Language Teachers by Juan Huizenga.

Teaching English in Europe by Susan Griffith

Teach English in France by Sara Wilson

Teach English in Italy, by Deborah Bassett

Teach English in Germany by Charles G. Hawley

ESL Teaching in Madrid by Katalyn Vidal

Teach English in Spain by Kate Doyle

Teaching English in Valencia, Spain by Susanne Eineigel

ESL Jobs in Greece by Donna Bamford