seven years ago , i accepted a teaching job in seoul , south. korea. it was a big impel for me as i was traveling alone and had never rightfully been anywhere....other than spain!
What was flat more scary was that i didn't own any teaching experience or tefl training under my belt. not one bit!
The director of studies assured me that teaching was easy and they would give me full training. as it turned out , i got no training at all. when i arrived the dos gave me a pile of books and told me to prepare a lesson scheme for the next day. i didn't flat know what a lesson scheme was!
Before i knew it , i was standing in front of a lesson of 25 bright faced students trying to instill them grammar. i soon realised that my lesson scheme was a speck short upon material ( around 1 hour short) and i had to believe upon my feet.
My accommodation was another fiction. the job ad promised me extricate private housing as section of my package. my apartment was a small , rustic room with a mattress upon the floor and the smallest toilet/washroon i had ever seen.
I somehow managed to stick the job and i got better at planning lessons. the veracity is , i included as a Good Deal Of games as i could believe of. i believe i spent more time in the internet cafe looking for lesson material than i did teaching. i only had to gain through each day which was extremely difficult.
When i got my original pay hamper i moved into my own apartment flat though it was relatively costly. the apartment block had around 7 other western teachers living there and i soon hooked up with the grouping and made a Good Deal Of good friends.
I can't recite you how much of a difference it made having my own space and a grouping of friends to decimate out with. my experience went from being a complete nightmare to being amazing.
I loved my students and the i eventually started to enjoy going to work. my original month nonetheless , was fierce.
Like most teachers , i soon got tired of korea and headed off to thailand. i had a Good Deal Of savings fair i decided to invest in a 4 week tefl lesson in phuket. this was an eye opener. i was totally blown absent with what i leant. if only i had known half of this stuff when i started teaching in korea , it would own been a blast. instead it was the most stressful period in my life.
I only cannot believe how anyone may go overseas to instill without original taking a tfel lesson. the dos in korea couldn't solicitude fewer. all he wanted was a western visage in front of his students , fair his covey would gain salaried by the parents. as for the kids learning english? politely what.... as far as they were concerned.
The tefl industry may be a minefield. pursue my counsel and you volition shun the 5 big mistakes most late tefl teachers create.
1/ enroll upon a recognised , 4 week tefl lesson and learn how to instill , manage a classroom , scheme lessons , and gain the reliance to march into a classroom and visage 20-50 students. create sure you gain teaching usage with local students. it's much better (and cheaper) to take a lesson overseas than at domestic.
2/ don't accept a teaching job before traveling to a country and checking out the covey , staff and local area. take a tefl lesson in or close the country of your choice and look for work while upon the lesson. you're practically guaranteed a job upon completion upon a decent tefl lesson.
3/ don't accept extricate accommodation (or flights included) deals. i own seen dozens of examples where teachers are placed in a Good Deal Of crap gap. most staff in asian schools own no idea of what westerners expect for housing. beg for an allowance instead and help in finding your own accommodation.
There's a good reason why these schools are offering flights and accommodation. they're desperate to gain teachers and the teachers they accomplish gain , don't stay too long.
4/ create sure you own a Good Deal Of other western teachers to prate to. otherwise you volition feel love the loneliest person upon the planet.
5/ believe carefully about why you lack to instill overseas. the money in korea and japan is big but the lifestyle is costly and you therefore disburse most weekends at domestic. also the people in korea are not the friendliest. thailand offers the most amazing lifestyle and it's cheap , safe & sociable. you'll gain sufficient to live upon but you usage gain affluent. you may disburse your weekends in a strand hut for next to nothing.
Teaching english overseas may be a life changing experience for the right and defective reasons.
Follow these 5 tips and you'll probably own the time of your life.
Lisa walker is the program director of the uk based grouping , instill overseas thailand. you may contact lisa via the website at http://www.TeachAbroadThailand.com
What was flat more scary was that i didn't own any teaching experience or tefl training under my belt. not one bit!
The director of studies assured me that teaching was easy and they would give me full training. as it turned out , i got no training at all. when i arrived the dos gave me a pile of books and told me to prepare a lesson scheme for the next day. i didn't flat know what a lesson scheme was!
Before i knew it , i was standing in front of a lesson of 25 bright faced students trying to instill them grammar. i soon realised that my lesson scheme was a speck short upon material ( around 1 hour short) and i had to believe upon my feet.
My accommodation was another fiction. the job ad promised me extricate private housing as section of my package. my apartment was a small , rustic room with a mattress upon the floor and the smallest toilet/washroon i had ever seen.
I somehow managed to stick the job and i got better at planning lessons. the veracity is , i included as a Good Deal Of games as i could believe of. i believe i spent more time in the internet cafe looking for lesson material than i did teaching. i only had to gain through each day which was extremely difficult.
When i got my original pay hamper i moved into my own apartment flat though it was relatively costly. the apartment block had around 7 other western teachers living there and i soon hooked up with the grouping and made a Good Deal Of good friends.
I can't recite you how much of a difference it made having my own space and a grouping of friends to decimate out with. my experience went from being a complete nightmare to being amazing.
I loved my students and the i eventually started to enjoy going to work. my original month nonetheless , was fierce.
Like most teachers , i soon got tired of korea and headed off to thailand. i had a Good Deal Of savings fair i decided to invest in a 4 week tefl lesson in phuket. this was an eye opener. i was totally blown absent with what i leant. if only i had known half of this stuff when i started teaching in korea , it would own been a blast. instead it was the most stressful period in my life.
I only cannot believe how anyone may go overseas to instill without original taking a tfel lesson. the dos in korea couldn't solicitude fewer. all he wanted was a western visage in front of his students , fair his covey would gain salaried by the parents. as for the kids learning english? politely what.... as far as they were concerned.
The tefl industry may be a minefield. pursue my counsel and you volition shun the 5 big mistakes most late tefl teachers create.
1/ enroll upon a recognised , 4 week tefl lesson and learn how to instill , manage a classroom , scheme lessons , and gain the reliance to march into a classroom and visage 20-50 students. create sure you gain teaching usage with local students. it's much better (and cheaper) to take a lesson overseas than at domestic.
2/ don't accept a teaching job before traveling to a country and checking out the covey , staff and local area. take a tefl lesson in or close the country of your choice and look for work while upon the lesson. you're practically guaranteed a job upon completion upon a decent tefl lesson.
3/ don't accept extricate accommodation (or flights included) deals. i own seen dozens of examples where teachers are placed in a Good Deal Of crap gap. most staff in asian schools own no idea of what westerners expect for housing. beg for an allowance instead and help in finding your own accommodation.
There's a good reason why these schools are offering flights and accommodation. they're desperate to gain teachers and the teachers they accomplish gain , don't stay too long.
4/ create sure you own a Good Deal Of other western teachers to prate to. otherwise you volition feel love the loneliest person upon the planet.
5/ believe carefully about why you lack to instill overseas. the money in korea and japan is big but the lifestyle is costly and you therefore disburse most weekends at domestic. also the people in korea are not the friendliest. thailand offers the most amazing lifestyle and it's cheap , safe & sociable. you'll gain sufficient to live upon but you usage gain affluent. you may disburse your weekends in a strand hut for next to nothing.
Teaching english overseas may be a life changing experience for the right and defective reasons.
Follow these 5 tips and you'll probably own the time of your life.
Lisa walker is the program director of the uk based grouping , instill overseas thailand. you may contact lisa via the website at http://www.TeachAbroadThailand.com
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