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Teaching English Abroad Employment...

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So lately I've gotten it stuck in my head that I might like to be one of those people who go off an teach english in a foreign country. I have no credentials in teaching or english (other than my ability to speak it).

I know that if I look hard enough I can find a job teaching english even though I have no college education on them. So does anyone happen to know anything about it, have you dealt with these experiences. I'm far less scared of showing up and being lost in a country not knowing the local language ven a drop, than I am of just blowing the idea off without thinking about it at the least.

So anyone know where I can start to learn about this? (And yes I know google holds more knowledge than god himself... but there's too many sites and I'm not sure what is legit.)

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My sister teaches English in Japan. She heard about the oppurtunity in college and applied for it. An interview and a airplane flight later, she's in Kyoto.

You could be Spriteville, Japan.

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I'd say look into it at local universities and such. I dunno if you'd need any legitimate qualifications first but I'd sort of hope you would.
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:D Oh, that's so cool Spriteville!! :D
We can be Peace Corps buddies!
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No, seriously, join the Peace Corp. I'm going after I finish my undergraduate degree. It's a great program. They taught my mother English when she lived in Iran and she said it was one of the coolest things that had ever happened to her.

http://www.peacecorps.gov/
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I think you would be able to teach at Danish "Gymnasium" or "HF", a level of education equal to late high school to early college. Primary school requires a teacher's education.
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Actually, yes. If I hadn't been accepted into graduate school, my plan was to go to Japan to teach English. The program I applied to was the JET Program (http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/index.html). No knowledge of the Japanese language is required, since you'll sort of be an assistant teacher. They want you to speak English around the kids, anyway. They pay you around $30,000 a year. However, although they arrange housing for you, you do have to pay for it out of that salary. Also, although they do ask you if you have a prefered location in Japan to teach at, they will place you wherever they feel like it. There's a particular need in the more rural areas of Japan, so don't expect to end up in Tokyo or somewhere like that. The program lasts a year, although you might be able to extend it. I had a cousin who did this, actually, and afterwards she stuck around to make money by teaching English to businessmen.
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I remember reading an article somewhere about a program (in Spain I think it was) where they would fly you there, provide room and board, and I think pay you as well, in exchange for interacting with people at some camp, so they could get a feel for mannerisms, slang, etc.
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MixedMyth wrote:Actually, yes. If I hadn't been accepted into graduate school, my plan was to go to Japan to teach English. The program I applied to was the JET Program (http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/index.html). No knowledge of the Japanese language is required, since you'll sort of be an assistant teacher. They want you to speak English around the kids, anyway. They pay you around $30,000 a year. However, although they arrange housing for you, you do have to pay for it out of that salary. Also, although they do ask you if you have a prefered location in Japan to teach at, they will place you wherever they feel like it. There's a particular need in the more rural areas of Japan, so don't expect to end up in Tokyo or somewhere like that. The program lasts a year, although you might be able to extend it. I had a cousin who did this, actually, and afterwards she stuck around to make money by teaching English to businessmen.
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There are a lot of programs, you just have to look around. I don't have any links or I'd give them to you, but a couple of friends of mine applied to about twenty programs... None have accepted them yet. :(
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