Hot Spots for Teaching English Abroad

Would you like to have a career teaching English abroad? It’s a great career choice because you get international exposure and the pay is quite high for such valued linguistic services. With a rise in globalization of the economy in the last decade and the advent of easy communication technologies, teaching English abroad is a rising demand. Here are the countries which will give you the best careers –

China – Globally, China’s economy has become unstoppable. It is a manufacturing giant with huge labor resources, and every company in the world is heading its manufacturing to China to cut costs and increase profit margins. But China’s growth is limited due to one single problem – the language barrier. Historically having very little exposure to the English language, most of the country is yet to understand the language well enough for business communication.

Japan – The Japanese culture and linguistic barrier is vast, but considerably lesser than China. Being the world’s most technologically advanced nation, and one of the world’s most powerful economic hubs, Japan has a great demand for teachers who are fluent in both languages. However, culturally very reserved, the Japanese people rarely adopt foreign cultures well.

Kenya – Kenya is one of the world’s most mineral rich nations, and recently, a discovery of oil fields has greatly elevated her importance. People speak Swahili in Kenya, and the language is rare for English speaking individuals to know. This is why teachers who know English and Swahili equally well are quite welcome to try for a career in this country, and the opportunities are big indeed.

Brazil – With vast natural resources, the world is looking on to Brazil for future supplies of raw materials for commercial growth. The native language here is Portuguese, which is quite diverse form English even though it has a common root in Latin. People of Brazil are quite open and friendly, and finding the right career teaching English abroad must include considering Brazil as a hot spot!

Germany – Though it is located in Eastern Europe and quite close to Britain, the history between these two nations have left a huge linguistic gap between the Germans and the English language. However, in the modern world of globalized economies, past problems cannot be allowed to hinder progress and business, thus, people teaching English abroad often seek Germany as their target country. This is also because the German language is easy to learn for a person with a strong base in English.