Teaching English Abroad, 6th

Teaching English Abroad is the definitive and acclaimed guide to short and long-term opportunities around the world for both trained and untrained teachers in the booming field of teaching English as a foreign language. Opportunities exist from Bordeaux to Bogota, Paris to Patras, the Mediterranean to the South China Seas and the UK to the USA.

Essential background information includes a section on training as an EFL teacher including a directory of more than 350 TEFL courses lasting from a weekend to three years, advice on the preparations to make, and on how to cope with any problems that may arise. Invaluable information on finding a job covers recruitment organizations, useful websites, setting up as a freelance teacher, and finding jobs on the spot.

Includes a country guide covering more than 70 countries where EFL is a major industry with information on the prospects for qualified and unqualified teachers, red tape, conditions of employment etc., and with over 1,500 language school addresses to contact for jobs.