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Originally Posted by Chanteuse d' Opéra
I'm interested in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) abroad.
I'm currently a college student but I'm interested in going abroad after grad school possibly. How can I go about doing this not only in the U.S. but in another country? I'm interested in Latin America (Mexico or Central America). It has crossed my mind but I have never really considered it, I have volunteered at Adult Education where I teach English to non-native speakers. Is it difficult to teach ESL in another country vs. in the United States & would you recommend it? I have only visited 3 Latin American places: Mexico, Spain, & *Puerto Rico (*US commonwealth) but would love to go if the opportunity presented itself.
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Well, it all depends on YOU ';-) do you want to get paid ??? or do you want the experience.
If you want the experience then the world is your oyster! You can go anywhere...peru, equador, cameroon, indonesia, india, france, etc, etc... there are plenty of organizations, churches, non-profits, etc that will charge you to provide help to communities that need it. For example, when I lived in France, you could create your own class and lesson plan. One thing I loved about France, is that they continuously had adult classes for little or no money. (I dont' know if that is still true.)
I personally, was looking into Chile, Peru or Equador and just searching online I saw many programs where you pay for the opportunity to work for free. ;-) They create the programs and then industrialized nations sons and daughters share what they benefit with others.
Or if you want to get paid, your ESL degree will be appreciated by the countries that are hiring and that is basically Japan and South Korea.
They come over here to the universities and interview people, sign contracts, etc...
Or you can contact the consulate of the country where you want to go and ask for goverment sanctioned/licensed schools and just write to them of your interest.
In my opinion it is better to go thru a university. For example, my university Portland State in Portland Oregon has many programs during the summer and you don't have to be a student there.
If you have already graduated there are TONS of U.S. government sponsored or acknowleged programs, where you can build a village or teach a school. Plus tons more of non-profit ones. They are all on the internet.
Or you can go on Craigs List and they constantly have private companies who will contract you out to schools or situations abroad, but with no governement or school or non-profit connection, you take a chance, unless you know someone who has worked for the particular outfit recently.
good luck
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