EFL teachers help students learn or improve their English in the UK and abroad.
£14,000 Starter
to£35,000 Experienced
35 to 37 variable
evenings / weekends flexibly
You can get into this job through:
Some employers may expect you to have a degree or postgraduate course that gives you qualified teacher status (QTS). Useful subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You can take Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) courses at colleges and private training providers all over the world. They vary widely in cost and length. You can do:
The most common TEFL qualifications are:
You'll usually need:
You could get experience as a paid language assistant in schools abroad. You do not need Teaching English as a Foreign Language qualifications for this, but you'll need to have completed at least 2 years in higher education.
The British Council has information about working abroad as an English language assistant.
You may need foreign language skills for some jobs.
You can work as an EFL teacher in further education. You'll usually need a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, which you can do through professional development. After the Diploma, you can get qualified teacher learning and skills status (QTLS).
To work in schools in the UK, you'll usually need to be a qualified teacher.
You can get more details on TEFL qualifications from Trinity College London and Cambridge English.
You can find out more about how to become a teacher in further education from FE Advice.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
In this role you could:
You could work at a language school, at a college or from home.
With experience, you may be able to progress to a management position in a commercial language school or a college.
You could also move into private tuition or teacher training. You could open your own language school or write EFL learning materials, online resources and apps.
We can't find any apprenticeship vacancies in England for an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher right now.
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