I would like to put in a quick plug for the opportunities that abound for native English speakers! When I said I was going to move to Italy and "capitalize on my mother-tongue," I think some of you thought I was crazy. True, when you are in the U.S.A. surrounded by fluent English speakers, it seems strange to imagine a place where that would be a novelty. But the truth is, there are so many places in the world you can go to simply capitalize on speaking English!
I have been in Naples for one month now and already have more offers for work than I can manage! Since very few people here speak English, a native English-speaker seems to be a hot commodity. Everyone wants to learn and improve their English, so I am getting paid for basically having conversations with people!
As I mentioned before, I have started teaching English at an independent school in Naples (for adults). I am doing both private lessons (basically an hour of conversation) and group instruction. In addition, once a week, I teach youngsters at an after-school program in a suburb of Naples. After posting a few advertisements online, I have had several inquiries for private lessons and just got a call this morning about teaching Business English at a company in town. I am very excited about getting some varying kinds of teaching experience, but at the moment I am trying not to overload myself too much. I want (need) to learn Italian too!
This should be encouragement to a few of you who have considered going abroad to teach English! There are so many opportunities out there that will allow you to see the world and learn more about it! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how to look into teaching English abroad.
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yay! this is very cool. don't know about france's scene, but hopefully it's similar!
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