Introduction to Teaching Overseas
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During my first year teaching overseas, I amassed so many notes of all the things I wish I had known before heading overseas that I decided to put them all together to help others who, like me, wanted to venture overseas to teach English. These are personal insights I gained from experience. Though things change and I have updated this book over the years, most of what I originally jotted down still holds true today. For anyone thinking of teaching overseas, this book is a preparation and survival guide. It is interesting, informative and it might save them many headaches in their new role as an ESL teacher abroad.
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor was formerly Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies and Reader in Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of a number of studies and academic articles relating to Chinese business management and China’s foreign policy, including Greater China and Japan and the edited volume, International Business in China: Understanding the Global Economic Crisis. He also contributed a chapter on China to the volume, edited by H.Hasegawa and C.Noronha, Asian Business and Management: Theory, Practice and Perspectives.
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Introduction to Teaching Overseas - Robert Taylor
Introduction
When I first went overseas to teach in the mid-nineties, I had my degree, a TESOL Certificate, a few recommended textbooks and some advice from friends. Little did I realize how much I did not know!
During my first year overseas, I began making notes of all the things I wish I had known before heading overseas. I amassed so many notes that I decided to put them all together to help others who, like me, wanted to venture overseas to teach English. These are personal insights I gained from experience. Though things change and I have updated this book over the years, most of what I originally jotted down still holds true today. If you are thinking of teaching overseas, you should find this book very interesting, informative and it might save you many headaches in your new land. I encourage you to take the plunge.
Teaching overseas for me has been a wonderful experience. I met countless people, educators, politicians, thousands of students, fellow teachers from Canada, the USA, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, The Philippines, India and many wonderful families from all over the world who looked to me and my fellow teachers for the rightful education of their children in the English language (and other subjects). Teaching is a wonderful profession and you will make a difference in the lives of many, many students somewhere else in the world.
Chapter 1 Reasons to Teach Overseas
You may have just finished college or university and are wondering what to do for a year or two before getting ensconced in the business world…
You may still be in college or university and thinking about your future options…
You may want to study a foreign language as part of a future educational program, such as a Master’s degree…
You may recently have lost your job, gone through a marriage break-up, or for any number of reasons be considering a career change…
You could have a friend who just came back from a teaching position abroad with a report about how great it was, or…
You may just want to travel around, experience some foreign countries and get someone else to pay for it!
Whatever your reason for wanting to teach English (or other subjects) in a non-English speaking country, here are ten reasons why you should definitely follow through with it:
1. If you can keep an open mind, you will really enjoy the challenge.
2. You will experience new ideas, foods, culture and customs.
3. You will make a lot of new friends whom you would never have met otherwise.
4. You will increase your knowledge and understanding of a different part of the world
5. You will learn many teaching techniques that you will be able to apply later in life.
6. Your knowledge will benefit hundreds if not thousands of students who want to learn to communicate in English.
7. International teaching experience looks good on a resume (Curriculum Vitae). Companies and schools like to hire people who have worked firsthand with foreign cultures.
8. You may fall in love with the country you choose and decide to make it your home or second home.
9. You may meet that certain someone who will add a new dimension to your life.
10. You may gain a lot more respect than you would back home.
Chapter 2 Qualifications You Will Need
Let’s begin with what qualifications you already have. Then we’ll focus on what you need. It varies considerably depending on where you are willing to teach. As in most industries, the better qualified you are, the more doors that will open for you.
Fluency in English
The first prerequisite is fluency in the English language. If you are a native speaker or have been raised in an English-speaking country such as Canada, United States, England, Australia or New Zealand, you already have prerequisite number one.
People whose first language is not English and who were not brought up in an English-speaking country but who are fluent or almost fluent in the language may be considered for some positions but not for others.
Schools (and the families of the students who pay the school fees) often ask for native speakers to teach their children because these teachers can impart not only language skills but can teach the children about life in ‘America’ for instance, mannerisms,