How much would an English as a Foreign Language teach make abroad (please give a range depending on country)?
I know that it's different everywhere. I'm not really sure where I'd like to teach. I think I could be happy in Japan, maybe China, maybe Europe. I might like other places, too, I just haven't looked into those places as in depth. The amount of money I could make as compared to living expenses might help me decide.
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A quick and easy way to find out the answer to this question is to look in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which is available in most university libraries. It has job listings in ESL from many countries overseas, with salary ranges stated. You might also contact the international TESOL organization in Washington, DC (They have a website). They will be likely to have a lot of information on this topic as well.
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How about Russia. I know this girl is teaching overseas. First, Japan, now in Russia for two years teaching English.She loves her life also she save enough money to retire.
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It's pretty well impossible to answer this question accurately since there are so many variables. Firstly, what qualifications do you have? A degree or a degree plus TEFL certificate? Secondly, where do you want to teach? In a village, in a city? Where would you be happy? Thirdly, do you have experience? How many years? I would personally approach this from a different angle and look at what you can offer and then see where you would like to go. Do you want to live in a hot country? A cold country? I think you'll find that wherever you end up the money you earn (certainly in a basic teaching job) will be enough to live on reasonably well - depending on the kind of lifestyle you have of course - and be above the local wage. You'll have enough to rent a small apartment, get out a couple of times a week and save something for the holidays. If you start to take on private lessons then this obviously goes up. But the bottom line is that people don't generally get into teaching English for the money. It's not about that. Other jobs pay better but English teaching lets you see new parts of the world and travel. By the way, if you don't have a passport from a European country don't bother with Europe as visa issues will mean you don't get work.
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This post might help you. Language teaching abroad: http://babelanmicroblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/language-teaching-abroad.html
