TEFL - the greatest job in the world?
There are many reasons to why you might consider TEFL as an option. Many people become a TEFL teacher for just a year or two to travel and see the world while earning some money. Maybe you simply can’t find a job at home at the moment, or you want to do something before settling into your chosen career. Whatever the reason, the decision to become a TEFL teacher could be one of the best things you do with your life.
TEFL could well be considered the perfect global job nowadays. The skills you learn are easily transportable from country to country and there are almost no limitations as to where you can find work, even in English speaking countries. There are few job opportunities that offer such flexibility as TEFL in terms of working schedules and also conditions. You can choose to work part-time, full-time, with a large organization or a small one. Some TEFL teachers once they get a bit of experience branch out on their own, so working as a TEFL teacher offers the full array of possibilities depending on what you are looking for.
It has also been the catalyst for many to simply get out of their own country for a while and even if they decided that TEFL was not the career of a lifetime, they have found a more interesting life in a far away land, fallen in love and gotten married, opened bars, restaurants, hostels and hotels and even gone to work with multinational companies in the country where they were teaching, all of which would probably never of happened if they hadn’t taken the decision to become a TEFL teacher.
Whatever your initial motivation might be, if you do decide to become a TEFL teacher you will be joining a band of people who, maybe unlike any other, have travelled the world, had adventures, changed the lives of others and maybe even found a new life for themselves.
Become a TEFL teacher – it’s easy
Becoming a TEFL teacher is relatively simple. There are numerous short and intensive TEFL courses which can certify you as a TEFL teacher and enable you to find your first job. While some courses may be better than others, the fact remains that there are few entry barriers to becoming a fully fledged TEFL teacher and as some have said, it really is a passport to the world.TEFL could well be considered the perfect global job nowadays. The skills you learn are easily transportable from country to country and there are almost no limitations as to where you can find work, even in English speaking countries. There are few job opportunities that offer such flexibility as TEFL in terms of working schedules and also conditions. You can choose to work part-time, full-time, with a large organization or a small one. Some TEFL teachers once they get a bit of experience branch out on their own, so working as a TEFL teacher offers the full array of possibilities depending on what you are looking for.
TEFL – as serious as you want it to be
Being a TEFL teacher can seem like the greatest job in the world sometimes. As a TEFL teacher you get to travel, meet lots of different people, have an instant social life in a foreign country thanks to your curious students, and the opportunity to learn a new language and experience a different culture. Like many jobs, what you get out of it is directly related to what you put in. TEFL teachers like many other workers have their lifecycle of initial enthusiasm, being able to do it with their eyes closed and then eventual stagnation once they’ve been at it for a long time. Some do it for a year or two and then get out and do something else while others find themselves staying with TEFL for a lot longer and developing a career which can take them all over the world and offers all the usual professional development and salary rewards in the long term.Become a TEFL teacher and change lives
As in most careers, those who look for the opportunities and take them can develop a serious career based on TEFL and what may start out as a jaunt to see the world while teaching English has ended up for some as a lifetime commitment and seen them move into areas such as academic management, language assessment, teacher training, academic research and authoring and creating teaching materials.It has also been the catalyst for many to simply get out of their own country for a while and even if they decided that TEFL was not the career of a lifetime, they have found a more interesting life in a far away land, fallen in love and gotten married, opened bars, restaurants, hostels and hotels and even gone to work with multinational companies in the country where they were teaching, all of which would probably never of happened if they hadn’t taken the decision to become a TEFL teacher.
Whatever your initial motivation might be, if you do decide to become a TEFL teacher you will be joining a band of people who, maybe unlike any other, have travelled the world, had adventures, changed the lives of others and maybe even found a new life for themselves.
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