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Teaching English as a foreign language in NZ

  • 17-01-2016 7:19pm
    #1
    CM24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭


    Does anyone know if you could make a living doing this anywhere in New Zealand?

    I have an Arts Degree from UCD with a Major in English. However, I have not done any specific ''teacher training''. I understand I'd probably have to do one of those CELTA or TEFL courses for at least 4 weeks before I could teach.

    I had a friend in Australia who was a Law graduate with no teaching experience but then did her CELTA course and she taught English to foreign students in universities in Melbourne and she was making crazy money, like $70 per lecture or more.

    I'm planning to go to New Zealand in the coming weeks on a WHV but haven't yet decided what job I'll be looking for over there or what city to settle down in.

    I'd like to give the teaching a shot and just wanted to see if anyone could advise me on whether it's worthwhile in New Zealand?


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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Most* of Auckland are from China these days so probably a reasonable demand there

    *may contain slight exaggeration but 40% born overseas.
    http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11575305


  • #3
    kelly1992
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭kelly1992


    Have you had any luck finding teaching work of this sort in NZ? I'm thinking of doing something similar in the coming months. Any advice? Thanks.


  • #4
    cactusgal
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    Hi, I taught English as a second language in New Zealand for about 18 months, at a polytech (kind of like an IT institute in Ireland, I guess would be the equivalent). Yes, you'd definitely need a CELTA qualification, the other teachers I worked with were quite experienced.
    Money was ok, nothing to write home about. Cost of living in nz is insane, so be prepared for that. I was in Wellington.


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