TESOL

A majority of us do not know there is an organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, by the name of "Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages" (TESOL). TESOL offers an exciting way of teaching English worldwide. Established in 1994, it has several branches in places like Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Newark, Las Vegas, San Diego, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China and Taiwan. The basic aim of TESOL has been to train English teachers who can teach English to people whose mother tongues are other than English. If there are 15 or more people willing to join English classes in a place, the TESOL assigns teachers on contract basis for a particular period. Demand for English teachers has been constantly rising and presently North East Asia tops the demand chart with 29% job vacancies for English Teachers, followed by Eastern Europe with 16% and South East Asia with 14%. Even native English speaking countries have a demand of 12%!

Contracts range from one to two years and salaries depend on the country/region. But air fare and accommodation are always free, you have to teach for about four hours every day and you have a choice to opt for extra time tutoring to earn extra bucks! On an average, you could, with your hard work and controlled living expenses, end up saving about a lac a month in Indian currency. Not a bad deal.

For details visit www.tesol.org and www.tesolindia.com .