TEFl in Europe

notmeagain

Hey,

Im a 19 year old student and completed a beginner TEFl course last month. My aim is to travel alone to somewhere in the EU as soon as I get enough money together and find employment in the TEFL industry for the summer. My personal preference would be France, but to be honest I'd go anywhere if I thought there was a chance I'd get a job.

Just wondering has anyone done anything similar? Basically I want to escape Ireland for a few months during the summer and sustain myself in a foreign country.

I'd really appreciate any relavent information that anybody has.

Thanks.

notmeagain

Really finding it difficult to get info on the feasability of my plans.
Any help appreciated.

Drapper

notmeagain wrote:

Hey,

Im a 19 year old student and completed a beginner TEFl course last month. My aim is to travel alone to somewhere in the EU as soon as I get enough money together and find employment in the TEFL industry for the summer. My personal preference would be France, but to be honest I'd go anywhere if I thought there was a chance I'd get a job.

Just wondering has anyone done anything similar? Basically I want to escape Ireland for a few months during the summer and sustain myself in a foreign country.

I'd really appreciate any relavent information that anybody has.

Thanks.

AS the Nike add says "Just Do it"

try www.tefl.com

lots of useful tip ect and get the lonley planet guide to whatever country you go to !! www.lonelyplanet.com

all well advised !! (and go to a country with nice weather, then again everywhere in Europe got better weather than Ireland ) :rolleyes:

FRance hard to get a job !! try Turkey, Italy or Hungary ! nice.........

esperanza

Germany is a pretty good shot for TEFL jobs. Send me a private message and I can give you some more tips, if you like. As for France, if you aren't planning on going to Paris (where there are lots of TEFL jobs), it is impossible to find work without a driving licence. Anyhow, I'll give you some leads.

notmeagain

Does you know when the best time during the summer to look for a job would be?
Anone have the names of any schools/ summer camps that employ short term inexperienced staff?
Is it advisable to do something like this alone? Having real difficultly convincing anyone else its a worthwhile venture but I'm pretty independant anyway.

ixus

Try looking back through previous threads (if you haven't already).

http://www.eslcafe.com/ - should be useful

HarryD

Lotsa people over here in Budapest doing just that