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What Organizations are the Best for Teaching Abroad?

What are some organizations that give recent college graduates the opportunity to teach the English language abroad?

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    I'm quite envious of my friend's Peace Corps experience.  She received top-notch language training, an awesome site placement (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala) and left with the possibility to attend graduate school for free and non-competition status for government jobs.  She's now completely bilingual in English and Spanish and speaks a good bit of some indigenous languages. If the Peace Corps isn't your thing, there's plenty of other ways to live and work abroad.  I was offered teaching positions in Honduras, Moscow and Ho Chi Minh City, none requiring language proficiency.  There's plenty of independent or bilingual schools around the world that you can find online; I had a great experience at Atlantic Bilingual School in Puerto Cortes, Honduras.  Friends of mine also participated in the JET program in Japan and it seems like everyone has taught in Korea as well.  I think you can pretty much just pick a dream vacation spot, or a place that has always fascinated you and find a way to work there.  There's also the Fulbright teaching awards if you apply early enough. I wouldn't bother paying for a TEFL or anything similar; there's plenty of places that value your being a native English speaker, so you might as well exploit the ability.  Also, if you know already that teaching isn't your thing, I found tons of other stuff too.  I worked for an English language newspaper in Costa Rica; Check out the Tico Times.  Apply to be a staffer or photographer on cruise ships or resorts.  Carnival Cruise and Club Med are always hiring.

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Although with a degree you can find a more first world setting China is a great place to teach and an important language that would be benificial to learn on the side. There are plenty of places that value native English speakers without degrees or experience. And it's possible to find beautiful places with little to no pollution like Hangzhou and Sanya (Hainan), with a BA you can easily work legally on a contract that will pay for your flight home after a year. Work is light at about 20hrs a week, if you want more spending money its very easy to find your own students. If you have no teaching experience you are jumping into deep water, make sure to bring books for children, read up on how to teach esl/efl and try and take some classes before you leave. The online programs are a waste, so don't throw away your money. To land a government contract job you can easily go online and search for them through Daves ESL cafe or other sites. I would try looking for a city I want to stay in and then search for an active expat site for that city. Some examples are http://tianjinexpats.com or the beijinger for Beijing. It's also worth noting that many foreigners teach in China while on F and L visa's while making the same amount and in many cases more money than those on Z visa's (if we are still talking about teaching English).

Carl Hoopingarner

As I'm typing this, I am teaching abroad with a wonderful program in Argentina called Connecting Schools to the World. You don't need to know Spanish, but you will definitely learn.

Lilibeth Rivera

If you think you need a lot of hand-holding when it comes to visa procedures, travel arrangements etc. then an organization might be a good option. Though I would personally recommend that you try yourself, browse http://www.TeacherGig.com for new jobs in Asia.

Rasmus Henriksson

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