Teaching English Abroad: Is it For You?

I read an interesting article a few days ago concerning teaching English abroad and thought I’d I share it with the readers of this blog. It is from the website edgewaterchamber.com and is entitled “Is Teaching English Abroad for You.” This article states a fact according to the U.S. Senate’s Year of Foreign Language Study from 2005 that said “only nine percent of Americans can speak their native language and another language fluently.”

The article suggested that you could become part of that 9% by teaching English abroad. Although my training in TESOL tells me that I don’t need to know a foreign language to teach abroad I notice many of the TESOL teachers have picked up at least a small amount of the native language in the country they teach. The article enforces the immersion type of learning a language where put yourself in a place where the native language is all you are exposed to. Also in this type of learning you try to read newspapers and magazines and listen to music in the native language. I have found this technique very effective and a fun way to learn a new language.

I suggest you read the other suggestions in the article by clicking on the following link Is Teaching English Abroad for You