| Teaching English abroad is possible to do both | | | | Masters is acceptable although Masters degrees in |
| short term and long. From just a one year stint in | | | | Applied Linguistics or TESOL may be slightly |
| a country to check it out, or to keep traveling or | | | | favored. |
| teaching English if you wish. Longer term it is | | | | If you wish to get a job in an English speaking |
| possible to keep teaching indefinitely in one | | | | country at a University teaching English as a |
| country or in many, although if you don't currently | | | | Foreign Language you will require either a Masters |
| have savings you might want to think about | | | | in Linguistics or a Masters in TESOL. The best |
| retirement or when you are no longer able to | | | | teaching jobs in non English speaking countries to |
| teach. | | | | get if you wish to make a career out of TEFL |
| Obviously some of the higher paying locations | | | | would be in universities around the world (which |
| may enable you to save money and perhaps buy | | | | often require a Masters), or in schools which |
| housing or start a business in a cheaper location | | | | would require an Education degree, Masters in |
| where immigration is more lax should you choose | | | | Education or a teaching conversion degree (the |
| to stop working altogether. | | | | PCGE in the UK). |
| For those who want to carve out a career in | | | | Alternatively you could work your way up from |
| TEFL but want to get better paid jobs than most | | | | within a school to be a director (hiring teachers, |
| have to settle for then you will have to get two | | | | administrating etc) however generally those who |
| things: experience and qualifications. The better | | | | earn the most within the TEFL profession are |
| paid jobs generally require a Masters degree | | | | those who own schools which when you are a |
| (many Asian universities specify that this cannot | | | | teacher yourself and have contacts could turn out |
| be an online or distance learning degree even if it | | | | to be surprisingly easy in some locations if you |
| is from a reputable university). Most often any | | | | are business minded. |