TEFL- Teach English as a foreign language

Has anyone done one of these courses and taught English to people abroad?

I'm just thinking about my options for what I'll like to do after University. I'm looking into travelling, getting a job within the video games industry or learning a level editing tool. I looked into travelling and the options you have are round the world trip, working holiday and learning or teaching a language abroad. Out of the travelling options, I think learning or teaching a language abroad looks cheaper than the others.

I wanted to find out if anyone has done TEFL or considered doing it.

Wow three threads. You must really want to do this.

Okay so first hit on google is this: Welcome - TEFL.com

That should be a good launching point. Other opportunities include the Peace Corps and organizations like it, but I am getting that you would rather do this in a developed nation where you would have the occupational and economic freedom to roam hither and thither wherever your disposition may lead you. In that case, something like the Peace Corps would not be a good fit.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that if you want to join the Peace Corps you must be a US citizen. However, there are other international organizations that do similar activities.

Lol it was a mistake. Was editing the title and I realised it came out three times.

I'll very probably be doing it next year as part of my university degree.

I've seriously considered this as a career for myself :) You can read a lot of online testimonials of people who taught abroad. A lot of the stories are truly fascinating and touching. It seems like an experience I would really love and enjoy :3

@AceFace Yeah it does look good. It is the cheapest option for travelling. Going on a round the world trip or a working holiday seems a bit more expensive. Are you in University?

I'll never experience this myself, although i think for any ENFP who is searching and wanting to travel it would be a brilliant way of seeing the world while getting educated at the same time. I vision an ENFP being capable / adaptable and really good with this kind of teaching. In the end both the teacher and student would learn more about the world.

Yesterday I was looking around and I saw this link i-to-i TEFL Courses & TEFL Jobs: Start Teaching Abroad!

I didn't go through TEFL, but I taught abroad for a year and I loved it. I'm thinking about going back and doing it again! Got to travel, got paid, got to speak about fun topics in English (worked with middle school students, so they had a pretty decent level of English). I would definitely recommend it!

Originally Posted by Tega1

@AceFace Yeah it does look good. It is the cheapest option for travelling. Going on a round the world trip or a working holiday seems a bit more expensive. Are you in University?

I will be going back to school to finish up my psychology degree next semester :) How about you?