Over the years I've written about living in many countries around the world. The information has been organised in order to help you quickly find what you need. In addition to a basic info section, there are more than 60 countries that have been divided into 7 sections. You might also want to look at the best TEFL jobs in the world which has over 400 jobs in 50 countries.
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Basic Info- Age: are you too old to teach abroad?
- Camps: summer and winter camps.
- Families: bringing your kids and teaching abroad as a single parent.
- K-12 schools: international schools and teaching exchanges and fellowships.
- Learning the language: learning the local lingo, learning the local lingo while teaching ESL, free housing and language lessons, 5 reasons expats don't learn the language, do you need to learn the local language to teach abroad?
- Jobs: how to write a TEFL CV and how to write a TEFL cover letter, TEFL job sites, and TEFL interview and demo lesson.
- Masters degree: Furthering your education: TEFL certificates, diplomas, master degrees, and PhDs.
- No degree: teaching without a degree.
- Online: teach English online, all posts about teaching online, and ebook: how to teach English online and get money.
- Retirement: Where to retire and never going back home.
- Taxes: tax guide for Americans.
- TEFL certificate: choosing a TEFL course:
- Where to go: the best countries to teach English in and the 10 best countries for your next TEFL adventure.
- Working holiday visas: WHV and short-term jobs.
Africa
- See all posts about Africa and teaching in Africa.
- Ethiopia: teaching in Ethiopia without a degree.
- Sudan: teaching in Sudan without a degree.
Asia
- See all posts about Asia and teaching in Asia.
- Cambodia: retiring in Cambodia and teaching in Cambodia without a degree.
- China: teaching in China without a degree, free housing and language lessons, and how to get a Chinese work visa while in Korea.
- Hong Kong: teaching in Hong Kong without a degree.
- Indonesia: teaching in Indonesia without a degree.
- Japan: retiring in Japan.
- Kyrgyzstan: teaching in Kyrgyzstan without a degree.
- Laos: teaching in Laos without a degree.
- Malaysia: retiring in Malaysia.
- Philippines: teaching in the Philippines without a degree.
- South Korea: getting an F visa without getting married to a Korean, Korea's private school act, getting a university job in Korea, teaching in South Korea without a degree, universities vs unigwons, do you speak Korean?, is Korea still a good place to teach?, why I love working at a Korean university, and all posts about Korea.
- Taiwan: teaching in Taiwan without a degree.
- Thailand: teaching in Thailand without a degree.
- Vietnam: retiring in Vietnam, free housing and language lessons, and teaching in Vietnam without a degree.
Australia and New Zealand
- See all posts about Australia and New Zealand.
- Australia: teaching and working in Australia.
- New Zealand: teaching and working in New Zealand.
Canada and the US
- See all posts about Canada and the US.
- Canada: teaching and working in Canada.
- USA: free housing and language lessons and teaching and working in the USA.
- See all posts about Europe and EU for non-EU passport holders and National Geographic's map of non-EU workers in the EU.
- Austria: working legally in Austria without an EU passport.
- Belgium: working legally in Belgium without an EU passport.
- Bulgaria: working legally in Bulgaria without an EU passport, teaching in Bulgaria without a degree. and retiring in Bulgaria.
- Croatia: working legally in Croatia.
- Cyprus: working legally in Cyprus without an EU passport and retiring in Cyprus.
- Czech Republic: working legally in the Czech Republic without an EU passport, free housing and language lessons, and teaching in the Czech Republic without a degree.
- Denmark: working legally in Denmark without an EU passport.
- Finland: working legally in Finland without an EU passport.
- France: working legally in France without an EU passport.
- Germany: working legally in Germany without an EU passport
- Hungary: working legally in Hungary without an EU passport.
- Ireland: working legally in Ireland without an EU passport and retiring in Ireland.
- Italy: working legally in Italy without an EU passport.
- Luxembourg: working legally in Luxembourg without an EU passport.
- Malta: working legally in Malta without an EU passport and retiring in Malta.
- Netherlands: working legally in the Netherlands without an EU passport.
- Norway: working legally in Norway without an EU passport.
- Poland: working legally in Poland without an EU passport.
- Portugal: working legally in Portugal without an EU passport.
- Romania: working legally in Romania without an EU passport and teaching in Romania without a degree.
- Russia: teaching in Russia without a degree.
- Slovakia: working legally in Slovakia without an EU passport and teaching in Slovakia without a degree.
- Spain: working legally in Spain without an EU passport, free housing and language lessons, and teaching in Spain without a degree.
- Switzerland: working legally in Switzerland and teaching in Switzerland.
- Turkey: teaching in Turkey without a degree and retiring in Turkey.
- UK: working legally in the UK without an EU passport and getting a UK visa for your partner if you live abroad.
- Ukraine: teaching in Ukraine without a degree.
Latin America
- See all posts about Latin America and basic info about teaching in Latin America.
- Argentina: teaching in Argentina without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Argentina, and a list of schools in Argentina.
- Belize: retiring in Belize.
- Bolivia: teaching in Bolivia without a degree, free housing and language lessons, FAQ about teaching in Argentina, and a list of schools in Bolivia.
- Brazil: FAQ about teaching in Brazil, free housing and language lessons, and a list of schools in Bolivia.
- Chile: a list of schools in Chile and free housing and language lessons.
- Colombia: teaching in Colombia without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Argentina, and a list of schools in Colombia.
- Costa Rica: teaching in Costa Rica without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Costa Rica, and a list of schools in Colombia, free housing and language lessons
- Dominica: retiring in Dominica.
- Dominican Republic: a list of schools in the Dominican Republic.
- Ecuador: teaching in Ecuador without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Ecuador, a list of schools in Ecuador, and retiring in Ecuador.
- El Salvador: a list of schools in El Salvador.
- Guatemala: FAQ about teaching in Guatemala, free housing and language lessons, and a list of schools in Guatemala.
- Honduras: FAQ about teaching in Honduras and a list of schools in Honduras.
- Mexico: teaching in Mexico without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Mexico, a list of schools in Mexico. free housing and language lessons and retiring in Mexico
- Nicaragua: a list of schools in Nicaragua.
- Panama: FAQ about teaching in Panama, a list of schools in Panama, and retiring in Panama.
- Paraguay: a list of schools in Paraguay.
- Peru: teaching in Peru without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Peru, a list of schools in Peru, free housing and language lessons, TEFL market in Peru, Peru job info, popular cities to live in, a list of the best TEFL institutes, the ultimate guide to teaching in Peru, the top institutes in Lima, The Ultimate Peru list, and retiring in Peru.
- Puerto Rico: a list of schools in Puerto Rico.
- Uruguay: teaching in Uruguay without a degree, FAQ about teaching in Uruguay, a list of schools in Uruguay, and retiring in Uruguay.
- Venezuela: FAQ about teaching in Venezuela and a list of schools in Venezuela.
Middle East
- See all posts about the Middle East and teaching in the Middle East.
- Azerbaijan: teaching in Azerbaijan without a degree.
- Georgia: teaching in Georgia without a degree.
- Saudi Arabia (KSA): sample contract for Vinnell Arabia.
- Yemen: teaching in Yemen without a degree.
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