In this category you’ll find articles on each country in the world where there are opportunities to teach English as a foreign or second language. And there are plenty!!!
For each country you’ll find some general info about the place, the kind of qualifications and visa requirements you will need to go and work there, the kind of typical teaching conditions you’re likely to find there and what it is like to live in that country with information about the cost of living, taxation, and so on.
Malta is a small group of islands about 80km south of Italy; it is one of the world’s smallest states and also one of the most densely populated with about 370,000 inhabitants. It is part of the European Union and so teachers wanting to work there stand a much better […]
Malaysia offers many employment opportunities to English teachers. The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur and this is where the majority of jobs are. The Malaysian government have recently set up a number of new initiatives to raise the overall standard of English teaching in the country and they are […]
Macedonia (FYROM or the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) became independent in 1991. It is a landlocked country bordered by Kosova, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece (with whom it has strained relations, partly due to a dispute over its name). The largest city and capital is Skopje with a population of […]
Luxembourg is a small country in Europe with just over half a million people. A large proportion of the population is foreign born and this has contributed to a strong multilingualism and a cultural pluralism which are evident not only in its customs and celebrations but also in the country’s […]
The southernmost of the three Baltic States (the others being Estonia and Latvia) Lithuania is perched between three separate European cultures and for the TEFL teacher offers a wealth of new cultures and experiences. While slightly more challenging for finding work than its near neighbor, Estonia, Lithuania offers a rewarding […]