Teaching English Abroad, 6th

ISBN: 1854582755

Author: Griffith, Susan

Condition: New

Product Description 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. Review "Your best single source for training and finding a job". --The Guardian From the Back Cover Teaching English Abroad includes a directory of more than 380 TEFL courses lasting from a weekend to three years; preparation for teaching abroad; identifies problems and how to cope. There is information on finding a job and a country by country guide that covers 87 countries with expanded sections on Germany, China, Brazil, Russia, Korea, Albania, Vietnam, Spain and many others. There is full information on: the prospects for qualified and unqualified teachers; private teaching; red tape; conditions of employment; culture shock. It features 1,150 language school addresses to contact for jobs plus firs-hand accounts from English teachers who have traveled and worked abroad. About the Author Susan Griffith is the author of many of Vacation Work's leading books including Work Your Way Around the World. Canadian born Susan now lives in Cambridge with her family.