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[seantheflere]

Now that I've been teaching for around a month and it's the Christmas holidays, I suppose I'd better do a little summing up of my experiences so far. I'm working for an International House school in Koszalin, but I mainly go out to Scandinavian companies and teach English to the Polish workforce. Apart from Fridays, when I teach unemployed women as

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[trioxinaddict]

I don't do the LJ much anymore, but I am glad you are alive and well.

Do you think an American could get in on this teaching abroad stuff?

[seantheflere]

Good to hear from you. Yep, I've met tons of American teachers. The only stipulation for going on a course to get one of these qualifications is a sufficiently high level of English. The trick is getting a CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) or equivalent, meaning something that offers at least 6 hours teaching practice, and would probably last for 120 hours.

THe only complaint I've heard from an American teacher is that she's using British English textbooks, which have the wrong pronunciation for her, as well as the question form "Have you got...?" as an alternative to "Do you have...?"

[suspiria]

Glad to hear you're doing well. I hope you had a happy Christmas!