Comments on: The Best Places to Teach English Abroad

By: Bitchplz

Bitchplz — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:48:43 +0000

Joseph, for all your negative commentary you don’t give one single insight that is relevant. In essence all you have done is complain about someone elses work, cry more.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:10:54 +0000

A terrible summary of the countries listed. You’ve picked your own biases and ignored everything else, plus rejected recent developments in those markets.

In Saudi the best places ARE NOT in the most rural locations, in Thailand there’s a shortage of good jobs, the Japanese are not constantly begging for English teachers, China has as many dodgy schools as South Korea and the cost of living in South Korea is not as good as you suggest.

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:51:51 +0000

if you work for a nice boss, hagwons can be excellent gigs; although, there are certainly positives and negatives to the public vs. private debate. private is less vacation but can be a better work environment. some people find that their co-workers become like family at a hagwon. public is nice because the jobs are more consistent and you know what you’re getting into. generally the english teacher is somewhat detached from the rest of the school, which can be good and bad depending on if you are a loner or not.
megan: try dave’s esl cafe for jobs!

By: megan

megan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:52:16 +0000

How do you find good employment in Saudi Arabia, I understand it can be quite difficult. Is there a website of english teachers where you can connect with other teachers who have been there, or are there currently?
Thank you,
Megan Short

By: jen

jen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:58:17 +0000

hagwons can be cool too, not as good a deal as public but still good money and security

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:02 +0000

if you teach in south korea be carefull and don;t teach for hagwons – the private schools you want to teach for public schools only!