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T4Texas
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I want to teach english.
3-Jul-11 15:33
My plan before I met my girlfriend was to go overseas to thailand or colombia and teach english as a second language to people in those respective countries.

I am still very interested in doing that but, due to having a girlfriend I will be staying in america. Anyone have any advice on this?

I mean I guess I could go the ESL route and teach in a school district but I have no interest in being a "regular" teacher, I just want to teach english language skills.

Or I could teach at a specific language school but I heard those are hard to break into job wise... any other ideas?

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Raven2005
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3-Jul-11 18:59
Perhaps put ads about private home visits and to state American English.

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happyhumper69
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6-Jul-11 19:23
ESL would be the best route to take Ty...and seeing the number of non-English speaking students in public schools now, you're almost guaranteed a job.

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_forreal_
24-Jul-11 04:09
Yeah Ty............if you stay in the states you could teach English as a second language.

Teach Spanish as a first language and your guaranteed a job. wink

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fantasm
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24-Jul-11 09:39
II think good English teachers are in anything bit short supply.

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Raven2005
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26-Jul-11 06:52
English varies so much. try Liverpudlian or even yordie for example.
( yordie, heaven help you )

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_forreal_
27-Jul-11 01:42
I am going to learn how to speak Scottish. smile I am going to learn through Rosetta Stone. Some of my roots are in the true Motherland (Scotland) and I must learn the language. glare

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lottaCharlotte
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22-Aug-11 12:24
If you're wanting to work in a reputable language school, you really need the CELTA qualification. You can do this at a local college over a few months, or you can go on a 4 week intensive course.

A really good website for jobs and advice is TEFL.com . I would highly recommend it - when I was a TEFL teacher i got quite a few jobs through them

Charlotte
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