TEFLDaddy.com
A Practical Guide to Teaching English
Abroad
Frank and Friendly
Advice
written by a Retired Teacher-Trainer, Experienced EFL Teacher
&
Former Peace Corps Volunteer Living & Working Abroad since 1989
How to make the best
decision for you
and your life.
Wow. Tough decision to make.
Easy for some. Difficult
for others.
It was hard for me.
An Introduction to TEFL and the TEFL Lifestyle - PART
TWO
This section is meant to get you closer to a decision by
taking a look at some of the issues involved and helping
you find more information.
It
will help you find information on the Internet from
people who have nothing to sell - or where you can at
least clearly see their agenda.
This section will
also help you decide if you might need some training
before you head out to teach people who have paid their
hard-earned money for your classroom time.
It will help you take
a look at what you bring to the table. To find your
“special” skills that make you unique and desirable in
the TEFL world.
This section will
also help you decide if TEFL is appropriate for you if
you have children and/or a partner/spouse that would
accompany you.
Section Two will also
show you how to search the job market. To consider
possible jobs and potentially appropriate countries for
you. And how to decide what might be best.
We will also look at
how “safe” life overseas is for single women and
families.
And what your social
life overseas might be like? Will you be lonely?
This section will
also help you know what teaching is like. And what a
“typical day” might be like.
Health is a real
concern. We will also consider if life overseas is
healthy? What about places where you can’t drink the
water?
What if you have
special medical needs? Or need certain medicines? A
page will address those issues for you too.
Are you a vegetarian
or do you have special dietary wants and/or needs?
Might that be a problem? We'll take a look at it.
We will also
consider the cost of living and how to factor it into
your situation.
And, what if things
just don't work out? What’s the downside?
Finally, we will
consider how long it might take you to “adjust” and get
into the groove of overseas life.