In this category you’ll find articles on each country in the world where there are opportunities to teach English as a foreign or second language. And there are plenty!!!
For each country you’ll find some general info about the place, the kind of qualifications and visa requirements you will need to go and work there, the kind of typical teaching conditions you’re likely to find there and what it is like to live in that country with information about the cost of living, taxation, and so on.
As with many South Asian countries where the economy is poor, well paid teaching opportunities in Cambodia don’t abound. However, two classes almost at the opposite end of the social spectrum are driving the ELT market in Cambodia. The new affluent Khmers, who want to give their children more opportunities […]
Since the end of Communism Bulgaria, like its neighboring countries in the Eastern Bloc, has experienced some growth and a push towards westernization. However, the economic crises that has hit hard many of the former soviet satellite states has inevitably affected the ELT industry and teaching salaries are not high. […]
The market for English teachers is growing in Brazil. In 2012 the British Council began a major initiative to offer free materials and lessons to students wanting to take the IELTS test. Undoubtedly they hope to raise enough awareness for the test to make money out of it in Brazil […]
Bosnia (or to give it its full name, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a relatively new country in the Balkans in South-East Europe which, by all recent accounts, is looking for TEFL teachers as the demand for English grows. Although situated in Europe, Bosnia is not part of the EU yet […]
Bolivia, often referred to as the “Tibet of the Americas”, is a very poor country where education is a luxury for many of the poorer children who earn their living on the streets from a very early age. The highest concentration of Bolivians is to be found in the administrative […]