Teaching English, a career passport to world

There will always be openings for English language teachers, and the option to travel is a certainty

A CELTA or a postgraduate teaching qualification will open doors for you. Teachers don’t have to limit themselves to face-to-face teaching; they can teach online, offer proofreading services etc.

Like so many TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers, Elizabeth Shannon never envisioned herself in a classroom teaching international students. 

“The original plan was journalism and media, but I had a change of heart after graduation,” she explains on her current teaching position at the Language Dept in the Faculty of Arts Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Limerick. “While I knew I’d most likely need to do a post grad to have realistic career options, I didn’t know what in.”