Apologies if those of you have seen my subject and thought 'not another one'! and apologies again if I sound somewhat naive at points, I'm pretty new to the whole teaching english thing.
Myself and my girlfriend from the UK have both decided to take the plunge and take a TEFL cert - one of those 120-130 hours courses that offer part classroom/on-line lessons. We do not have degrees but have work experience in the sales field (I know not helpful!) and in our early thirties. My question is do these courses (either tefl england or i-t-i) genuinely offer you a chance to find a job abroad either in asia or latin america? I fully understand that it's not a very well paid industry and that it's a big change of lifestyle, but we are actually excited about this although both slightly scared. Another question is does anyone recommend a company that I should consider for this course?
I understand we are both somewhat hindered by the fact we do not have degrees, but we are both really passionate/hungry to teach english abroad and really want to make a go of it, we hope to be flying out by the end of the year. Hopefully in the next year or two after getting some experience we will go for a celta course (we do not have a month spare to do this now).
Any suggesstions/tips/advice is greatly appreciated. Happy travels wherever you may be.
