The TEFL News Network

I’ve recently added a new resource page for new teachers. It’s a great to start with when you are thinking about a career in TEFL. Thinking about TEFL gives some great adivce on courses and looking for jobs. Check it out. Have comments? Leave them here!

According to the Korea Times, Busan education officials are now questioning the effectiveness of foreign English teachers in the classroom. Where this will lead, one doesn’t know. Is this the beginning of the end of foreign EFL teachers in Korea? Or is this symptom of a shortage of teachers.
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Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America sandwiched between Bolvia, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It’s notorious for its smuggling, fake good and lawlessness around Ciudad del Este. It’s not known as a TEFL Destination. Not very many adventurous English teachers decide to move down to Paraguay to teach English, but after researching this, I’m rather surprised they aren’t.
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TEFLers around the world is a chance to highlight blogs by TEFLers around the world. It’s a chance to get insight into countries that you may not have thought about teaching English in, but now you can read the writings and musings of teachers trying to make a go of it in a foreign country.
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Salary is a big question on the minds of many starting teachers in the TEFL profession. How much can I make? Can I afford to pay my students loans on a TEFL salary? Will I have to dip into savings to maintain my lifestyle? It’s tough getting exact figures from other TEFL teachers, especially in a country like Mexico with such a wide variation in earnings.

Mexile posted about his earnings on his blog and it’s an insight and a nice service to other teachers considering a move to Mexico. It looks like he’ll make more than 17,000 pesos in October. Good luck and I hope he’s able to do it!