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Wanting to Teach English in Germany

  • 09-04-2013 4:02pm
    #1
    El Inho
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    I am a current MA History student with an Undergrad in English and History.

    Ideally I want to do a PhD on German history, and because of the money involved I would like to move to Germany with my german missus in order to improve my own language skills while teaching English.

    I know Germany has very high standards, and wondering does anyone have any suggestions with first steps?

    Really appreciate any help on this one...I'm desperate to get my life sorted out.


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  • #2
    derb12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭derb12


    Do you have a TEFL qualification? If not, that'd be a first step anyway.
    Then my advice would be to go to Germany and stay there ... 2nd lowest unemployment rate in Europe, high standard of living, lots of cyclists, nice beer .... what's not to like?


  • #3
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭El Inho


    I would love to go...but can i just go and do tefl over there? Do i have to do tefl here? Can i do it during the summer to be ready for september?

    Sorry for the barrage of questions but the prospects of work in this country are slowly leading me to a breakdown :P


  • #4
    franzilein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭franzilein


    Hi, I am German and I trained as a teacher in Germany. If you want to teach adults, those TEFL or CELTA courses (or whatever they'recalled) will probably be sufficient. If you're thinking of teaching in a secondary school though, you'd have to go through the 2-year teacher training (not something you'll want to do during your PhD, but something worth considering if you want to pursue a career in teaching in the long term). For the time being, I'd focus on language schools and grind schools (such as Schülerhilfe, Studienkreis etc...they have them in most towns and cities). You might not even need any TEFL certificate for that, but better safe than sorry I'd say. Good luck with everything!


  • #5
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭El Inho


    franzilein wrote: »
    Hi, I am German and I trained as a teacher in Germany. If you want to teach adults, those TEFL or CELTA courses (or whatever they'recalled) will probably be sufficient. If you're thinking of teaching in a secondary school though, you'd have to go through the 2-year teacher training (not something you'll want to do during your PhD, but something worth considering if you want to pursue a career in teaching in the long term). For the time being, I'd focus on language schools and grind schools (such as Schülerhilfe, Studienkreis etc...they have them in most towns and cities). You might not even need any TEFL certificate for that, but better safe than sorry I'd say. Good luck with everything!

    thanks for the info! well my level if german is currently qquite low. so tefl is the way forward. but again thanks for.the info


  • #6
    kleine_schwein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭kleine_schwein


    franzilein wrote: »
    Hi, I am German and I trained as a teacher in Germany. If you want to teach adults, those TEFL or CELTA courses (or whatever they'recalled) will probably be sufficient. If you're thinking of teaching in a secondary school though, you'd have to go through the 2-year teacher training (not something you'll want to do during your PhD, but something worth considering if you want to pursue a career in teaching in the long term). For the time being, I'd focus on language schools and grind schools (such as Schülerhilfe, Studienkreis etc...they have them in most towns and cities). You might not even need any TEFL certificate for that, but better safe than sorry I'd say. Good luck with everything!

    Hi! would you have any information (websites etc) as to how to get a job teaching English in Germany? I am doing a TEFL course at the moment and Germany is where I'd like to teach. I just dont know how to go about looking for a job.


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  • #7
    franzilein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭franzilein


    Hi kleines Schwein,
    I'm not sure where is best to look for teaching jobs in language schools, but toytowngermany.com is very useful and it has a jobs section as well. Ec.europa.eu/eures/ might be worth trying as well. If you have a teaching qualification from Ireland (NOT a Tefl certificate but one that would be accepted by the teaching council here as well), you might be able to get it assessed. This would enable you to teach in primary or secondary schools. It then depends on the state how and where you apply, as the education system differs from state to state.


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