Tag Archives: Teaching English

August 29, 2008
TEFL Survival– also tagged

Chapter 4: TEFL Survival Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is not a bad way to survive in the third world,considering local wages, local expectations of life quality and local work conditions, TEFL isn’t a bad alternative. However, if your plan is to stay and live in another country, at some point you may [...]

July 15, 2008
Teaching English Abroad: Private Classes– also tagged ,

Chapter Three: Teaching Is A Business Teaching is a service that involves varying amounts of capital in its performance. If your institute is offering a great computer lab with wonderful software, a video lounge and multimedia equipment, comfortable classrooms, break rooms, educational materials and support, then it might be hard to compete against such facilities. [...]

July 3, 2008
Teaching English Abroad: Uruguay– also tagged ,

Chapter Two: TEFL in Uruguay After my experiences teaching in Santo Domingo I imagined that teaching in Uruguay would be pretty much the same. Considering that the climate would be more temperate and that the people are known for their commitment to education, I was looking forward to an easier life. I assumed that I [...]

July 1, 2008
Teaching English Abroad: My Experience So Far– also tagged , , ,

Chapter One: Santo Domingo When I moved to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic four years ago I hadn’t really thought about what I would be doing for money. I knew that I had somehow gotten by in New York for the past thirty years or so, and figured that I would somehow get by [...]