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Re: Qualifications

Posted By: spiral78
Date: Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 5:23 a.m.

In Response To: Qualifications (Katie Cillessen)

"Hello!
I am a native English speaker, who also is fluent in Spanish. My goal is to be able to teach English here as a ESL teacher to the local community. I haven't done any collage, since I decided to travel instead."

The ESL job market quite competitive in most parts of the US (as they are in most Anglophone countries). I can only give very general advice here as you give no information about regions - so I can only address the US as a whole. You might find a job somewhere with less than what I'm going to suggest.

ESL is education, and the better jobs (the ones that will actually come with a contract, health insurance, and regular benefits) will require not only a BA from an actual COLLEGE or university, but probably a related MA as well, along with a CELTA and some experience. An online quickie BA won't get you far in most places.

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Qualifications
Katie Cillessen -- Thursday, 31 May 2012, at 5:16 p.m.
Re: Qualifications
spiral78 -- Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 5:23 a.m.
Re: Qualifications
nomad soul -- Friday, 1 June 2012, at 9:57 a.m.
Re: Qualifications
Stephen -- Friday, 1 June 2012, at 7:34 a.m.

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