New Teaching Positions as of September 30, 2013

Here are the latest teaching jobs from around the world as of September 30 , 2013.These are from only one source. There are many such sources. When you register for our TESOL course, we will show you where to find teaching positions:

Current Database Status: country [jobs]:

Australia[1], Belgium[1], Brunei[1], Chile[1], China[40], Czech Republic[4], France[2], Germany[2], Greece[1], Hong Kong[1], Indonesia[6], Iraq[1], Ireland[1], Italy[19], Japan[3], Kazakhstan[2], Kosovo[1], Kuwait[1], Kyrgyzstan[1], Lebanon[1], Libya[1], Malaysia[2], Maldives[1], Oman[1], Peru[1], Poland[6], Portugal[1], Russian Federation[6], Saudi Arabia[15], Singapore[1], Slovakia[2], South Korea[4], Spain[50], Taiwan[1], Thailand[3], Tunisia[1], Turkey[6], United Arab Emirates[1], United Kingdom[16], Uzbekistan[1], Vietnam[6], Worldwide[20]

Wherever you want to go, teaching jobs are likely available but it is harder to get hired in some places. Western Europe is a tough place to start. Eastern Europe has many opportunities as does South America. Still atop the list of areas that desperately need many English teachers is Asia.  Competition is fierce for teaching jobs in Hong Kong and Japan but South Korea, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Vietnam offer many opportunities. Be flexible and prepared to go where the jobs are to gain experience.
 
All it takes is a degree and a TESOL certificate . Most schools will even reimburse your airfare if you apply from your home country!

Remember, these are from one source only. We can tell you there are hundreds of teaching jobs available. 

There couldn't be a better time to get started than right now! You could be teaching in one of these countries within a few weeks. Our students are often hired even before they complete the TESOL course and we are delighted to forward their certificate to their new school!Click the TESOL link above for more information.

Using Humor in English Class

Jokes are a good way to help students to extend their language learning beyond grammar. Let's face it...grammar can be boring so if you add a joke in now and then, it helps to add some fun and laughter to the class. Be careful that your jokes are in good taste and age-appropriate.  There are many sites on the Net with teacher / student / school / English jokes.  Here are some short jokes for your arsenal. Read them first just for the humor. Then read them again and think of them as a teacher. What could you tell your class about each joke? TEACHER: What are you writing? PUPIL: A letter to myself. TEACHER: What does it say? PUPIL: I don't know. I won't get it till tomorrow. *****

TEACHER: Where is your pencil, Harmon? PUPIL: I ain't got none. TEACHER: How many times have I told you not to say that, Harmon? Now listen: I do not have a pencil. You do not have a pencil. They do not have a pencil. Now, do you understand? PUPIL: Not really. What happened to all the pencils? *****

TEACHER: Want to hear the story about the broken pencil? PUPIL: No, thanks, I'm sure it has no point. *****

TEACHER: Why do they say the pen is mightier than the sword? PUPIL: Because no one has yet invented a ballpoint sword. *****

TEACHER: Dorothy, what did you write your report on? PUPIL: A piece of paper. *****

Fred did a report about the phone book. He wrote: "This book hasn't got much of a plot, but boy, what a cast!" *****

Mrs. Johnson asked the class to write a composition about what they would do if they had a million dollars. Everyone except Fannie began to write. Fannie twiddled her thumbs and looked out the window. When Mrs. Johnson collected the papers, Fannie's sheet was blank. "Fannie," said Mrs. Johnson, "everyone has written two pages or more, but you've done nothing. Why is that?" "Nothing is what I'd do," replied Fannie, "if I had a million dollars." *****

TEACHER : Fred, your ideas are like diamonds. FRED: You mean they're so valuable? TEACHER: No, I mean they're so rare. *****

TEACHER: Fred, the story you handed in called "Our Dog," is exactly like your brother's. FRED: Of course. It's the same dog. *****

TEACHER: Your poem is the worst in the class. It's not only ungrammatical, it's rude and in bad taste. I'm going to send your father a note about it. PUPIL: I don't think that would help, teacher. He wrote it. ***** The Sunbridge Institute of English TESOL Certificate Course has a whole chapter on 'Using Humor in the ESL Classroom'. It is one of more than 24 methodologies and techniques taught during the course to help aspiring new teachers prepare for a teaching career.

New Overseas Jobs Posted for Sept 23, 2013!

We receive these new teacher postings every week. There are thousands of jobs available overseas to people who are either native English speakers or who have a good knowledge of the language and who want to teach English to children or adults , and - you don't have to already be a teacher!

Below are some of the thousands of current jobs. These are from one source. There are many such sources. When you register for our TESOL course, we will show you where to find teaching positions in many countries:

Here are the latest teaching jobs from around the world as of September 23, 2013. Bear in mind that this represents only a small portion of all the jobs out there.

Current Database Status (country/jobs):

Australia[1], Bahrain[1], Belgium[1], Cambodia[1], Chile[1], China[38], Czech Republic[4], France[2], Germany[3], Greece[1], Hong Kong[1], Indonesia[7], Iraq[1], Ireland[1], Italy[15], Japan[4], Kazakhstan[2], Kosovo[1], Kuwait[1], Lebanon[1], Libya[1], Malaysia[2], Maldives[1], Mexico[1], Oman[1], Poland[7], Portugal[4], Russian Federation[9], Saudi Arabia[18], Singapore[2], Slovakia[2], South Korea[5], Spain[55], Taiwan[2], Thailand[3], Tunisia[1], Turkey[7], United Arab Emirates[2], United Kingdom[23], Vietnam[7], Worldwide[16]

Wherever you want to go, teaching jobs are likely available but it is harder to get hired in some places. Western Europe is a tough nut to crack. Eastern Europe has many opportunities as does South America. Still atop the list of areas that desperately need a huge number of English teachers is Asia.  It is tougher to get a teaching job in Hong Kong and Japan but South Korea, Thailand, China and Indonesia offer many opportunities. Be flexible and prepared to go where the jobs are to gain experience.

All it takes is a degree and a TESOL certificate . Most schools will even reimburse your airfare! WAIT! No degree? Contact us through our web site! We can help you!

There couldn't be a better time to get started than right now! You could be teaching in one of these countries within a few weeks. Some of our students are hired even before they complete their TESOL course and we are delighted to forward their certificate to their new school!

Go to our web site and get started today on a course that will change your life very quickly! Jobs are tough to get at home. Not so overseas. All you need is a willingness to accept other cultures, a degree in any discipline and our TESOL certificate.  Then you’ll be ready to start the New Year off with a new career!

Click on the TESOL Certificate link above to start on a whole new adventure and life experience!

English is a crazy language

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
 
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?

Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it...?

Big Season for New Teaching Jobs!

Ah September! The prime time when schools around the world are hiring new teachers. Some people may be thinking "Gee, I'm late! All the good jobs are probably gone." 

It's a funny thing though. There are still many positions out there that have not yet been filled. Not only that but not everyone is cut out to be a teacher. Some folks want to try it and find it's not for them. They often find out quickly and quit. Maybe they found out that teaching is not for them - or maybe they gave up on themselves. You should never give up on yourself. You have to give situations a chance. 

Here are a new set of teaching jobs posted as of September 16, 2013 - today! You can't get any fresher than that, can you? 

Australia[1], Cambodia[2], Chile[1], China[45], Czech Republic[4], France[3], Germany[2], Hong Kong[2], Indonesia[5], Iraq[1], Ireland[2], Italy[22], Japan[2], Kazakhstan[1], Kuwait[1], Lebanon[1], Libya[2], Malaysia[1], Maldives[1], Mexico[1], Oman[1], Poland[8], Portugal[4], Russian Federation[13], Saudi Arabia[14], Slovakia[1], South Korea[4], Spain[55], Taiwan[2], Thailand[1], Tunisia[1], Turkey[9], United Kingdom[24], Vietnam[4], Worldwide[19]

Remember...these represent only a tiny number of the total jobs out there.

If you want to give teaching your best shot, our TESOL course is a great place to start. Just click here to go to the Sunbridge TESOL page and get started today. We can have you registered and studying within hours and you can complete the course in 4-6 weeks.  You can also start applying for teaching jobs before you complete our course. 

If teaching or traveling the world are your goals, we are here to help you make it happen! 

New Overseas Teaching Jobs as of September 9, 2013

These newly posted teaching jobs come from only one of our many sources. Remember though...if you are new to teaching, your first job may not be your ideal one. What you need too do is go where there is a good choice of available jobs. Get some experience. Then you can shop around next year if you don't find your current position to your liking - or if you want to try a different country.  Some teachers travel around the world this way!

Find the latest jobs on our website. Here's the URL:

http://www.teachesl.org/jobs.shtml