Teaching English In Europe

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timusa76
timusa76

ok, so I am just looking for ideas about teaching english in Europe. I know some of you will just freak out at this broad statement. Please relax. I am just trying to get ideas, suggestions, concerns and so on. Would like to see different opinions from the general populus. I do like Eastern Europe but I am not stuck to that idea. Just checking out the thought. Heading to Europe again in January (so far Spain and Hungary) and maybe I will head somewhere else to check out things based on some of your suggestions. Thank you all in advance.

Tim :)

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zashibis
zashibis

OK, here's a "concern": What are your qualifications for teaching English? That you neglect to mention any immediately makes me suspect you don't have any.

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shuffaluff
shuffaluff

You want to teach english (sic) and you are looking for ideas from the general populus (sic). And you are not "stuck to that idea". What kind of English is that?

And there is nothing like starting a post asking about teaching English with "ok, so I am..."

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northamerican
northamerican

Is American English taught much in Europe? Most English-speaking Europeans I've met have learned British English.

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vinnyd
vinnyd

What are the rules on employment visas? OP is apparently American.

They might know more about such things over on the Europe branch, OP.

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vinnyd
vinnyd

Does the school where you studied TEFL have some kind of employment service? They would have visa and other information, probably.

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zashibis
zashibis

#3-5, Particularly within the EU, it's more difficult for Americans to find jobs because a) EU labor laws greatly favor teachers from the UK and Ireland b) there's a surplus of highly-qualified local teachers. Non-EU Eastern Europe offers many more opportunities for qualified Americans.

However, until the OP reveals his background and English teaching experience, I have to assume he has none whatsoever and was just spitballing.

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vinnyd
vinnyd

There used to be places where native speakers without qualifications could get work as English teachers, if they were willing to work for peanuts. I don't know if that was ever true in Europe. More China and Latin America, I think.

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northamerican
northamerican

I have to assume he...was just spitballing.

Spitballing? What is that?

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zashibis
zashibis

Spitballing. (Still business slang, but making its way into common parlance. You can find citations of to spitball in this sense in the NYT, for instance).

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