From the article: English Teaching Experiences
Teaching English abroad is a wonderful opportunity for many English teachers to travel and see the world. Of course, teaching English is a profession and the treatment of English teachers from contractual to cultural can vary greatly from country to country. These shared experiences will help teachers get insight into what might await them in various locations. Please make sure to provide the country and city where you taught. It's probably best not to include the name of the institution, as the purpose of this resource is to provide a general indication of conditions rather than an indictment of specific schools. Share your Experiences
Teaching in Germany
- Your comment is very interesting. I am a EFL and ESL Teacher that worked in Brazil for many years. I always want to learn more to share with my students. I am sure that my success as a teacher came after many years teaching for beginners students at the public school in Brazil. I am very glad because at the moment I am nearly to finish my TESOL course to teach overseas. It is my dream to travel to different countries to teach ESL students. I have learnt a lot with them. It is my pleasure to know English to help those learners that need English fot their future. marabrazil
- —marabrazil
Teaching English in England
- I teach immigrants and refugees in England which I find very rewarding. The students are generally keen to learn because they need English to survive in this country. Many want to enrol on mainstream courses in the future to expand their employment oppportunities. A lot of differentiation is needed because some are highly educated and some have never been to school before and are illiterate in L1. As the courses are partially government-funded the wages are good and I have a permanent contract which is fantastic. I have never taught in a private language school but I know that the work there is seasonal and lower paid. However, depending on the school you would probably have less red tape to comply with. The negative side to my job is that there is a lot of additional paper work, and meetings about irrelevant things so I put in a lot of hours each week. The best thing about my job (apart from the security) is the students. Generally speaking, they're a joy to teach.
- —Guest Jo
Teaching English in Europe
- I started 27 years ago teaching English in Switzerland with Work Nationality .I taught in Geneva and Fribourg and went to school as well . The story is long because the computer was not there yet.Language labs had about 20 seats.The English was from United Kingdom in this area but not in others American English was taught TOEIC was emerging.
- —Guest elia_mart@yahoo.com
Teaching in Germany
- I have also been an English teacher in Germany, more specifically Southern Germany: Stuttgart, and I would like to second Mr. Beare's comments about living/teaching there. The general English knowledge in Germany is good because all students learn English in school. Because of that, I found the German's to be competent in grammar knowledge. Mostly the students wanted to expand their vocabulary and practice speaking - those were the biggest demands! Life in Germany was good, and the pay I received was enough to get by on but barely. It was easy for me to get a VISA to stay in the country because I was sponsored by a company. My colleagues were very helpful in helping me get acquainted with life in Germany, although I found it difficult socially meeting people outside of work. But all in all, Germany was a great place to teach English!
- —mermaid1632
