Teach English in Chile, Interview with Alisha Robertson

How long did you teach English in Chile?

I taught English in Chile for one year. The summer months in Chile are November until the end of February. Therefore, students start registering and classes are in full swing by the beginning of March. I moved to Chile in January to get acclimated to the city where I would be teaching, started meeting all of my fellow teachers, and I went through some basic training sessions on how the institute I taught for organized their classes. Most…

Lisa Katerman

How long did you teach English in Costa Rica?

I taught English from September 2006 through May 2007 in Heredia, Costa Rica. I graduated college with an English degree in the spring of 2006, and wanted to spend some time abroad while working.

Please tell us about your job?

I worked for a small school in Heredia, which is a suburb of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. The school was geared towards teaching mainly adults, ages 16 and older, who wanted a job customer service job where they would be speaking…

Teach English in Italy, Interview with Sheila Marie Corwin

Please tell us a little about your English teaching background

Before coming to Italy in October 2002, I was working for a private language school in the States which had a European agent in Florence, Italy. My boss in California, who knew of my desire to teach in Italy, put in a good word for me. When I arrived in Florence, I had a job already waiting for me.

After two years in Florence, I decided to accept a job at a university in Mexico where…

Teach English in China, Interview with Roger Jones

How long have you been teaching English in China?

I’m now in my 4th year in Chengdu, Sichuan.

How did you find your first teaching job?

I found my first teaching job in China on the internet, through AbroadChina.org. I also spent two years doing research about China and about teaching abroad, reading forums such as those on Dave’s ESL Café, and finding all the information I could about various cities and universities.

How easy is it to find teaching jobs?

One of the…

Johnny Ward, Thailand English Teacher

How long did you teach English in Thailand?

I first arrived in Thailand in February 2007 and left around May 2008 but my first month or so was taken up by studying my CELTA diploma, I was employed almost immediately after completing that so I taught for around 15 months in Thailand in total

Please tell us about your job?

The job was great! The company I worked for, AUA, are a renowned language school throughout Thailand with branches in every city. The students ranged in age from around…

Teach English in Colombia, Interview with Colin Post

How long have you been teaching English in Colombia?

Almost one year.

Please tell us about your job?

I work for an institute at the high end of the English industry here in Colombia. The institute charges companies top dollar and sends us to busy professionals’ offices for classes early in the morning or after their workday. Most classes are at multinationals you’d know. My hours are very irregular, rarely keeping the same schedule from one month to the next. But it pays well and I never…

Teach English in Korea, Interview with Jordan Lunan

How long have you been teaching English in Korea?

Just over 10 months ago. My wife and I started in early March 2009.

How did you find your first teaching job?

On the internet. There are several websites (Dave’s ESL Cafe) dedicated to providing job postings for teachers from schools and recruiters.

We initially dealt with a recruiter who was helpful in explaining the process and helping us prepare all the paperwork, but we eventually found the school through another recruiter and negotiated a contract about 6…

Teach English in France, Interview with Roni Weiss

How long have you been teaching English in France?

I have two jobs currently. One is as an English language assistant in the French public schools. The other is in a school teaching Business English. I started the first job on October 1st, which is the start date for everyone for that job. I started the second job during the first week of December. My first time working in France was last summer.

Please tell us about your jobs?

Language assistant: I work in two middle schools…

Teach English in Korea, Simon and Martina Stawski from EatYourKimchi.com

How long have you been teaching English in Korea?

We’ve been teaching in Korea now for a year and a half.

Have you taught English in other countries?

We taught English in two high schools and one elementary school in Canada. This was during our practicum for our Bachelor’s of Education. It was much different than what we teach now, because here we’re teaching the basics of conversation while there we worked with students who already knew English, and were already conversationally competent. So, apart…

Teach English in Vietnam, Interview with Sherry Ott

How long did you teach English in Vietnam?

I taught English there for 1 year – all in and around Ho Chi Minh City. I held a couple of different teaching jobs – one in an English Language School and one private job at a factory teaching business English.

Have you taught English in other countries?

Sort of. I did volunteer work teaching English in Delhi, India and in a small village in Nepal. This was before I had any ‘formal’ training on how to teach English…