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EFL in Mexico is OK for two groups basically and then for not more than a year or two for the first group. 1. Young college graduates looking for international experience before going to graduate school.This is a good gig for a year or two before you start graduate school or just return home to find...

I will start with the language institutes you need to stay away from. 1. Wall Street Institute. They do not pay on time if at all and many of their centers have closed due to a lack of business. 2. Instituto Hamer Sharp. They usually pay very low. Eighty pesos an hour and you DO NOT get paid for hol...

First of all, you never go to a country that will take your passport. That is rule #1. It does not matter how much they pay you, do not do it. secondly, you cannot help the kids or adults for that matter in a country like Sudan. Go to asia to teach EFL or Latin America. Third and last, forgte about ...

Of course?? CELTA is specifically designed for those with no teaching experience and the pass rate is in the high 90s for such people. Why teach crappily in a crappy job for a couple of years when you can do the CELTA straight off and two or three years later do the Delta and start applying for the...

Too bad you don't live in Mexico City. International House offers the CELTA for 1,795.00 dollars. I have been teaching ESL/EFL since January 2005, the first three years were at a community college in Texas and the last two and a half years have been here in Mexico City. So, I have six years teaching...

You could look into the marketing side if TEFL. Why wages are so low in the EFL world. Latin America comes to mind;and why in other parts of the world, EFL pays very well and also may have excellent benefits. Or a possible International Standard for people wanting to get into EFL. An example could b...