{"id":14236,"date":"2018-10-04T07:12:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T11:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=14236"},"modified":"2018-10-08T10:47:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T14:47:51","slug":"how-to-teach-english-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/how-to-teach-english-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach English Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nDeciding to become <a href=\"https:\/\/americantesol.com\">TESOL certified<\/a> and teaching English abroad is an easy choice to make from the comfort of home. Here are the basics to begin when the time comes to embark on your journey.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get your passport.\u00a0 Citizens of the United States need a passport to get a working visa to enter and teach English in other countries.\u00a0 Only about 45% of Americans have their passport as compared to 70% of Canadians.<\/li>\n<li>Get a medical check-up.\u00a0 To get a long term working visa for <a href=\"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/tesol-worldwide.html\">teaching English abroad<\/a> you may need to pass a medical check-up.\u00a0 Have a copy of the completed medical examination notarized and added to any official documentation that is needed for a working visa.\u00a0 Some countries may also require vaccinations.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t ever send money to potential employers or recruiters period, and before you sign a teaching contract, do your research about the school, talk with former and current teachers, and read the fine print twice.<\/li>\n<li>When teachers arrive in a foreign country they typically go through stages of elation, home-sickness, adaptation, or flight from the new environment back home.\u00a0 Prepare yourself mentally and physically for the journey.<\/li>\n<li>Remember, it&#8217;s a job. Waking up and going to work feels about the same no matter which country you are living.<\/li>\n<li>Native English speakers only make up about 5% the world&#8217;s population. For many of your students, it may be the one and only time they will every meet an American in person.\u00a0 Making the students your number one priority will enable you to reminisce with the contentment of having put forth your best effort.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding to become TESOL certified and teaching English abroad is an easy choice to make from the comfort of home. Here are the basics to begin when the time comes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1122,1943],"tags":[2321],"class_list":["post-14236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americantesol","category-go-teach-abroad","category-teach-english-with-technology","tag-how-to-teach-english-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14236"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14245,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions\/14245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}