Teaching Overseas: Find Teaching opportunities overseas

Teaching Overseas: A resource of teaching jobs available abroad

Of all the jobs available overseas, teaching English is the most popular and the most preferred. It is estimated the world over that about 1 billion people want to learn English. Hence, looking at the statistics, it would not be a very difficult task in getting a job teaching English overseas. If teaching and travelling are your passions, then try not to miss out on this opportunity.

Most Wanted Destinations:

Some of the likely places to look for jobs are in Eastern Europe, Turkey, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru and Venezuela.

Qualifications required:

For teaching in an international K-12 school, you would need a PhD or a professional degree. But there are some places where advanced graduate students can apply for a job.

Things to Remember:

TESOL short for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages uses many acronyms. The following table will help you in looking for jobs overseas. These are some of the acronyms which are frequently advertised.

ALM Audio	which stands for Audio Lingual Method, is a lLingual method of teaching English.
B.Ed	Bachelor of Education degree.
CALL	Computer Assisted Language Learning
CEELT	Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers.
CELTA	Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
CELTYL	Certificate in English Language Teaching to Young Learners
CV	Curriculum Vitae - In some countries it is more commonly referred to as a resume.
DOS/DoS	Director of Studies - Refers to a head administrator responsible for various aspects of school management.
DELTA	Diploma English Language Teaching to Adults DTEFLA