People travel overseas for many different reasons; to make more money, to travel, to learn about culture, or just to experience something new. Nowadays, more and more people are now actually travelling to teach. With millions of places to teach in the world, where are the best places to go? What countries provide the best experience, pay and/or benefits?

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2. What’s this all about?
People travel overseas for many different reasons; to make
more money, to travel, to learn about culture, or just to
experience something new. Nowadays, more and more
people are now actually travelling to teach.
With millions of places to teach in the world, where are the
best places to go? What countries provide the best
experience, pay and/or benefits?

3. 10. Craigslist
Not a destination, but a recommended place to start. This will help you
decipher if you not want a formal job or something casual and
temporary? Craigslist allows you to post adverts informing people that
you are available to teach.

4. 9. Taiwan
Taiwan is a brilliant country to teach English in, thanks to tons of job
opportunities for working with children, high salaries, and lots of other
young teachers to socialise with. The country places a very high
importance on learning English and you will easily find freelance work.

5. 8. Spain
In the last few years, Spain has become one of the exclusive places to
teach English (despite the recent economic downturn). There are plenty
of jobs to choose from, there is an active programme in place for
attracting teachers, and your visa means that you can travel freely
around Europe.

6. 7. Prague
The city has grown considerably in the last few years,
attracting a variety of technology start-ups, which has
created a lot more job opportunities for budding teachers.
While it can be hard to get a job in the public school systems,
there are plenty of language schools in the city to take your
pick from. The pay isn’t as high as other countries like the
Middle East but you are a stone’s throw away from
everywhere in Europe (making Prague the central
destination when wanting to explore the whole continent).

7. 6. China
As China rises in global stature, its need for English teachers grows as
more and more citizens need to learn the language for their jobs. You can
earn a lot of money teaching over there and many jobs offer completion
bonuses, free housing, free food and they will reimburse your flights.
China is a brave new world; it’s an excellent location for teachers of all
abilities.

8. 5. Thailand
Thailand attracts a lot of young teachers new to the job with its cheap
living costs, warm weather, beautiful food and amazing party
atmosphere. Most of the language teachers are ex-travellers looking to
save money for future travel plans.

9. 4. The Middle East
The Middle East attracts many teachers for one reason only - its salary
packages. Middle Eastern countries offer extensively large wages, lots of
benefits and 0 taxes! However, this is no place for a recent university
graduate. These places want qualified and experienced teachers. If you
didn’t teach in a public school in your home country then you have very
little chance of getting a job in this part of the world.

10. 3. Japan
While the cost of living can eat up big chunks of your wages, there are a
number of programmes that reward long term teachers with very
generous benefits and completion bonuses.

11. 2. Germany
Germany is an incredibly satisfying environment to work in. You have so
much control over what you teach, the hours that you want to work and
the learning materials you use. There is so much freedom and diversity in
this region. The school days are a lot different to the UK and the like,
their days start earlier in the morning, meaning they finish earlier in the
day.

12. 1. South Korea
South Korea is one of the top places – if not the best- to teach English.
Jobs are everywhere, the pay is considerably high, and you get awesome
benefits. As a place to live, Korea has many things in its favour such as its
gorgeous food and friendly inhabitants. Since you can earn so much
money in a place with such low living costs, most people leaving having
paid off massive amounts of their student loans!

13. What now?
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