Teaching English abroad- for my 21 year old
my 21 year old decided to take a year or two off from college and would love to travel. Someone mentioned that there are great, paid opportunities to teach English in Europe or Japan. If you have recommendations for how she could get started with his research please feel free to share them with me. Additionally, if your young adult children have ever done something like this please feel free to share with me any information that might be helpful. Thank you!
Feb 6, 2017
Parent Replies
I was a young adult child that did this. Although it was after I graduated from college. I taught English in Venezuela for room & board and hourly pay. I ended up staying over 3 years until the rising crime and increasingly unstable political and economic situation sent me home. But I did get to travel throughout an amazing country and also neighboring areas. I just decided where I wanted to go and started looking for opportunities. There are many in Asia. In Europe they tend to prefer British English. If your 21 year old wants to wait until they graduate, there are programs in the Peace Corps that teach English too. The program I used is now defunct but opportunities can be found online. It is a great experience!