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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.
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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
Teach English in Portugal: One of the Easiest Countries to Find ESL Work by Risa Barkan
ESL Jobs in Greece by Donna Bamford
 
The Eastern Mediterranean: English Teachers in Demand by Susan Griffith
Teaching English as a Second Language in Egypt by Jane E. Cuccia
 
Teaching English in Central and Eastern Europe by Susan Griffith
Teaching ESL in Russia by Cade White
English Teachers are need in Russia at An American Home by Charity Ryabinkin
Czech Republic Wants English Speakers by Arie Farnam
Working as an English Teacher in Prague by Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter
Teaching ESL in Prague by Mishelle Shepard
At Home in Budapest Teaching English by Sam Margolis
Opportunities for Teaching English in Slovenia by Susan Griffith
 
ESL Jobs in Asia by Susan Griffith
Japan's JET Programme: Join Japan's Leading ESL Training and Job Placement Program by Laura Mann.
Live, Learn, Teach ESL in Japan by Christopher P. Cotter.
English Teachers Needed in China by Matt Lee.
Teaching English in China by Daniel Walfish
Teaching ESL in Taiwan by Darby Cameron Doll
Teaching English in Taiwan with Hess by Gilbert Wang
The New South Korea: A New Home with an Array of Choices by Lavinia Spalding
Teaching English with ELS in Korea by David Cox
Teach English in Thailand by Dave Abernathy
Teach ESL in The Big Mango by Brian Thornton
 
Teach English in Latin America by Susan Griffith
Work Teaching English in Ecuador by Christopher Sacco
Teach English in Ecuador by Philippe Leduc
Work in Chile: ESL Teachers Needed by Edward Carpenter
Teach English in Colombia by Larry M. Lynch

ESL Job Search Engine

Transitions Abroad strongly recommends the comprehensive ESL job search engine provided by www.tesall.com to find available teaching positions abroad. You may also wish to check out their unique ESL headline ticker, and their collection of forums and blogs relating to teaching English as a second language.

Just type in the country where you wish to find or hunt for an ESL teaching job abroad below:

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Teach English Abroad with TEFL Worldwide Prague
Teach English Overseas with Oxford Seminars
Teach English at Transworld Schools
Teaching English Abroad
Tesolmax.com: Top Jobs Teaching English Abroad