 Welcome, welcome. Linda here from ITTT. Back with another live session. And we are live on YouTube at the same time. And I think I need to fix this down. How do I do that? Yeah. Hold on one second. I'm just going to turn this off, I think, like this. I think this should work well. So, yeah, welcome, welcome. We're actually live on three different platforms today. That's why for the first time, so we're live on Facebook, we're live on YouTube, and also on Instagram. Just checking this is the first time that we're actually live on Instagram. So welcome everybody here who's watching on Instagram. I figured it out with the sound, I hope. So let me know if there's anything that's like not working or if you can hear my voice twice. I think it should be okay now. So let me know. But welcome, welcome. How is everybody doing? Just say hi or we can hear you. Everything's fine so that I know everything's okay. Because like I said, this is the first time that we're live on three different platforms today. So it's a very special day. But I think it looks good. It looks good so far. So I think it's going to continue until I hear otherwise from you. Okay, we good. Perfect. Thank you so much for letting me know. Okay, cool. I need to see how I can keep all of the comments, like, together, so that I see everybody's responses. Perfect, but exciting that it works on all three platforms. So welcome. My name is Linda. This is ITTT. And today we're going to talk about TEFL in 2024. So all the important deadlines and hiring seasons and things like that. So that when you want to teach English abroad in 2024, you know when you need to be ready, when to apply. So let me know. All right, Sam says, I can hear you but your voice sounds a little muffled. Okay, that's strange. I have my microphone here. So I hope the sound is okay now. Let me know if you can hear me well. I hope it's okay. I do have a nice, but it's kind of older. So maybe I do need to upgrade at some point. It is on highest volume. So let me know. Anyways, so yeah, that's what we're going to talk about today. Good morning, Sam. And I always ask everybody first, guys, where are you watching from today? Where are you at? Where are you right now? Everybody. Let me know so that I know kind of what to expect where you guys are at. I'm in South Korea. It's 1038 and Friday morning. So heading into the weekend, Christmas weekend, very exciting. Happy Christmas to everybody who's celebrating. Very exciting. I really appreciate you guys taking time to sit down with me today for this live session. I really, really appreciate it. My time is still in Japan. Nice. I was in Japan a month ago and it was amazing. I was in Tokyo for the first time. We had an incredible time. It was great. So I was in the rain. The weather was great. All the temples. So we just stood in Tokyo for the first time. So it was very, very exciting. So I'm in Japan. On Instagram over here we have somebody in Doha, Qatar. Nice. Okay, cool. So quite a mixed crowd today. I really, really like that. And I'm so happy that we can also now have people on Instagram watching. There's like this feature on the streaming platform. So I'm so excited. We have everybody here now. We have people from Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. So very exciting. And yeah, I appreciate you guys. Right off the bat, I want to say that we also have a 30% discount code. Very special. And we only share a 30% off discount code during our live session. So this is very special. So if you are not yet TEFL or TSOL certified, but that's something that you want to do in the future. Take advantage. This is my Christmas gift to you today. 30% off. So what you can do is you can scan this QR code, but I also have a link for you. And over on Instagram, I'm also going to paste the link in the comment section so you can find it. So I'm just going to post it here real quick. So this is what it looks like. This link. Copy paste this link. I'm going to share it here as well. Oh, somebody on Instagram said we can't hear you anymore. Oh no. Okay, that's really strange. Well, I hope it comes back. I hope you guys can hear me. Like I said, the Instagram integration is new. So I hope that it's working well. Hi, Christine. Hi, Christine. How are you doing? Welcome. Welcome. I haven't forgot about you. My mic is a little spotty. Oh no. Why? Why today? Oh, let's see. I hope that we can get that fixed so we can jump in. So Selene, I'm going to reach out to you very soon about possibly our joint live session because I'm still very interested in that, of course. And Amitavah is great. So after the holidays, Selene, I'm going to reach out to you. All right. Can you still hear me, everybody? What's the deal? Let me know before I start over on Instagram over everywhere for YouTube. I might have to turn Instagram off if it doesn't work. I'm sorry. I'm going to have to see. Let me know if you guys can hear me. And then we can hope it's okay. I'm just going to continue with my intro for everyone. So for everyone who's new, who's watching for the first time, my name is Linda. I'm a, I think I need to make this bigger too. I'm a travel writer, content creator, also language teacher. And if you're interested in teaching English or traveling to Asia in particular, you can check out LindaGhostEast.com. This is my own personal website, lots of info for people who want to travel or move to Asia. So if that's something that you're interested in, check it out. I also share a lot of content on my Instagram at LindaGhostEast. So check that out. I'm originally from Germany slash the US. I'm a dual citizen of both. My mom is German, my dad's American. But I've been based in Asia pretty much since 2012. I started out in China and I've been in South Korea now for the past eight years since like 2015. And that's where my home base is now. And I'm also a Teflon TESO marketing professional for ITTT. So that's also why I'm here obviously and why we're doing this for everybody who doesn't know ITTT stands for International Teflon and TESOL Training. And our website is TeflonCourse.net. And we are a leading Teflon TESOL course provider worldwide accredited Teflon TESOL courses for everybody who wants to teach English professionally, abroad, online, in your own home country, wherever you want to go. This is your destination. ITTT can make it happen. Okay, Amitabha says, yes, Linda, I can both hear and see you clearly on Facebook, but sometimes I'm having echo issues with your voice. Sometimes otherwise it's okay and fine. I just now saw your Snowhike in Korea film on Instagram. You were looking good and the background music was also nice. Thank you, Amitabha. Great. Thank you so much. I posted that yesterday. Yeah. And Crystalene says, and I believe in our lives, we're talking about all the different courses, best courses, I think. Yes, that's the plan, right, Crystalene? So I'm going to reach out to you like I said, and then we're going to see. I think over on Instagram, the sound might be on. I'm going to ask the people over there. And if, okay, somebody says, yes, we can hear you very well. A little better. Okay. All right. I think because this is the first time we're using Instagram on this streaming platform as well, there might be issues. I just want to try and see if I can turn the sound off for this specific tab. Is that possible? Chrome on Chrome. Can you turn off sound? Mute site. Okay. I think I got it now. Okay. I think I got it now. It should be better for everyone now. I hope. Either way, I think I made it better. I hope so. I did. All right. Good. Then let's move on. And let's talk about today's topic. So Teflon 2024 important dates, deadlines, hiring seasons, all of that good stuff. And I want to start with when the best time to apply for Tefl jobs is, and it really depends on two key factors, basically. So one is the country that you want to teach in. So every country has different hiring seasons, different academic years, different school years. So that is going to be a very big factor. And then the other factor is the type of institution that you want to work for. So do you want to work at a public school, a private school, a university, an international school? All of these schools might also have different hiring seasons or different, yeah, times the day hire. So that's the two things that you need to kind of have in or take into consideration the country that you want to go to. And the type of school, the type of institution that you want to teach at. All right. I mean, Teflon says, yes, the sound is a bit clear and louder too now. Okay, great. I think I figured it out. A little overwhelming with two, you know, I have two laptops and then I have now two windows of two different comments and whatnot. But thanks for bearing with me guys. I think we figured it out finally because I want to have, I want everybody to have the chance to watch today. Because this is the final live session of our of this year 2023, right before we jump into the new year, the next live session will be next year. So stay tuned for that. So today's very special. All right. Good. Yeah, so these are the two factors to take into consideration. Now we're going to jump into those two factors. We're going to look at the different hiring seasons in different countries. And we're also going to look at the different types of institutions and when they typically hire. So let's do that. So Tefl jobs. Let's start with that the different types of institutions and when they hire. So first, these are pretty much the most common and main types of places where you would be teaching as an English teacher abroad. So one would be a government or a public school, then a private or language school. These are the most common two types pretty much. And then we also have universities and summer camps, especially in Europe. Summer camp is very popular in Europe. So those are the four most common places where you would find a teaching job position around the world. So let's have a look at these in detail what they are, what the differences are as well. So government and public schools here you would have students aged between four to 18. And you are basically either a main teacher or an assistant teacher, the class teacher or the English teacher. So different kinds of options main teacher. You would teach your, yeah, you're the main teacher of this class, your whole class. You might not only be teaching English, but also other subjects in English. Or if you're an assistant teacher, you would be assisting the other main teacher. So in a lot of countries, there would be a main teacher that's a local teacher and you would be there to assist that person in English. For example, then we have the class teacher is similar or an English teacher where you are the English teacher in that public school and you teach every class, every level English. So different options here. Typically you teach during school hours, of course, and you're possibly also being involved with after school clubs. So a lot of people have maybe drama, drama class art or tennis or some kind of English related things too. So that's typically what we see in a government or public school. Whereas in a private language school, you teach learners really of all ages. So I think my youngest student was like two years old ever. And then of course you also would teach adults or older people in a private language school. Just depends on what this private language school is targeting or who they are targeting. And here also you can teach at any time of the day. So a lot of times in some private language schools in Asia, the working hours would be like 1pm to 9pm. A lot of times whereas public school of course is in the morning until afternoon. So these are different, but there's also private language schools that follow a similar working day as public schools. It depends on the school. But a lot of times with private schools, it's where the students go after public school, after regular school. So the day usually starts a little later there when you teach. Students, they can start at any time and stay at the school for a week or a year or anything in between. So yeah, here are pretty much they don't really have hiring seasons. We're going to get into that because students can start at any time typically or the courses are offered at any time. You have private language schools that offer intensive courses that are four weeks long or six months long. It depends. So the hiring seasons here are a little bit different than public schools. They do not follow a public school schedule typically. Then we have universities here. Of course you teach adult students during the day or evening. We also have the summer camps where you teach high school learners over a number of weeks. So typically in Europe, summer camp positions are very popular here. Okay. Great. Just checking everybody's comments. All right, good. So when do these different types of schools hire the government and public schools? Yeah, we're going to get into that because different countries have different academic years and thus also hiring seasons. Some schools they prefer to hire for the beginning of the year and to commit at least a year or sometimes two, right? With these kind of positions, it's very common that you would start at the beginning of the school year. But some positions, some teachers and sometimes because a teacher has to leave, so they would also hire someone in the middle of the school year, but it's not that common. So that's why it's very important later when we move on from this topic to understand when the hiring seasons are in the different countries. Because not every country follows the same academic year and calendar. So that's when that really is very important that you know where the country that you want to go to when is their school year and when is their hiring season. Private language schools. So some private language schools, like I said, they follow the public school year. But some have and have similar hiring seasons, but other they just hire throughout the entire year. They have courses starting all the time. So then you can pretty much apply at any time. Universities, they again follow a specific academic year and calendar, very clear when they start and end. So they typically also hire for the beginning of the year and have teachers, professors, instructors commit for at least a year, or sometimes also two. The summer camps obviously happen in the summer, typically in Europe, which is like July, August, and they recruit typically three months before. In the springtime. Brett, hey Brett, looking to teach at a summer camp again, eventually full time and relocating. Oh my gosh, great. Congratulations. That's amazing. Do you want to look for summer camp positions in Italy or different place? Let me know. Good to see you, Brett. All right, so now let's jump into the hiring seasons of the different countries that are very popular with English teaching abroad. So first off, we're going to look at some basic things to note if you want to apply for teaching positions in 2024. So schools, even if we now determine like when the school year, the academic year starts, obviously schools don't hire teachers in the month or the week before the new academic year, right? This process usually starts a few months before, so you need to be ready a few months before the academic year starts. So we're going to get into that, the different dates for the different countries. This is usually why, so why do they hire so early? Why is this happening? Usually for visa reasons and because of the fact that TEFL teachers usually need to relocate to the city of the schools. So visa process takes a long time, weeks, months, you need all the documents. It's not an easy process. So that's why schools hire early so that they make sure, you know, that you can get all the paperwork done and you are ready to start when the school year starts. So that's why. Brett says Italy is great, but also expanding where I want to live. Okay, nice. Keep us updated, Brett. Where are you going to go? Oh, it's curious. So first let's have a look at the hiring seasons for TEFL jobs in Asia and there's a primary hiring season. Well, there's actually no real hiring season because you can find teaching positions in Asia pretty much year round because Asia is the biggest region, the most full of opportunities this region in terms of TEFL teaching jobs. They're more vacant positions in Asia than positions, no, than teachers to fill them with. So huge demand in Asia. So you can find a position really year round, but some countries do have hiring seasons. So we're going to get into that. If you want to teach English in China, there is year round hiring, especially for private language schools. They really are looking for teachers at any time. There are also some public schools, but also in China, you're most likely going to be teaching at a private school. So you're definitely going to find positions there year round. You don't have to really pay attention to a specific hiring season, but there are some peak times and that is before school semesters start in February, March, and again in August and September. You're going to find positions, vacant positions in China really throughout the entire year because the demand is so big. But these are just the typical peak seasons where you see like even more positions, but you can find positions throughout the entire year in China. Korea hiring peaks are here before the new school year starts in March and April and August, September. So that's when you're going to see an upswing in positions here as well. Japan is similar, has peaks in April and in September. They again align with the academic years here. For that again, you want to be ready a month or two before because they do hire in advance. So these are the peaks, but also what happens sometimes the hiring will be, for example, if it's Korea hiring season is March, April. That's where they would hire them for the next semester most of the time, right? So that's sometimes also how it works. Thailand has also a year round demand here, but the peaks are in May, June and October, November. Vietnam, the school starts in August and also around January, February, where you see a lot of demand and more positions. And in Taiwan, it is August, September and January. So next month, if you want to go to Taiwan, you need to be ready already in January. So a lot of times, for example, Taiwan where it's January, then they would start recruiting people in January for the next term. So August, September, that's usually how it works. So just be aware of these hiring seasons in Asia. Now we're going to move on to hiring seasons in the Middle East. Here's a primary hiring season. They do have different hiring seasons for public schools, but there is really a year round demand for private schools. So looking at the UAE and Qatar, the hiring peaks here are before September and also sometimes in January. But you're definitely going to see the most positions available in September before September. In Oman, hiring often aligns also with the academic year and it starts in September. Saudi Arabia before September again and also in Egypt, Morocco and Jordan also September. So if you want to go to the Middle East, September is a hot time to go. So hiring typically starts then a couple months before that. So be ready for that if you want to go to the Middle East for teaching English abroad. Next up we have Europe. So Europe is a little bit more cohesive with their academic years. They're more similar to each other. So a primary hiring season here is again September, October where the school starts and then again in January. So France, Spain, Italy, Portugal are all very similar. They hire before September or at the beginning of the year. So next month is going to be a good time if you want to go to one of those countries. Also we have, I just forgot to mention that I think there are some teaching programs in Korea, Japan, JET program, Epic program. We have some programs like this in these European countries. I'm also going to talk, I'm also going to be talking about those programs and their hiring seasons after this. So because they're different, they also vary. So I'm going to get into that because a lot of people always ask what about the Epic program or what about the TAPIF program in France. So we're going to look at that as well after we go through these hiring seasons. Then we have Germany, Hungary and Czechia, which also peak in September and January, so also very soon. And Turkey, hiring is often before September. Turkey has a very high demand also for English teachers. It's sort of like an emerging and up-and-coming destination also because of its unique location sort of between Europe and Asia. It's a very interesting place to go. Then we have Russia, of course, also worth mentioning, recruitment before September. And there are also some other opportunities here and there. Then we have Georgia, which is another popular and up-and-coming place actually to teach English in Europe. A lot of people maybe don't think about, but it's actually a really interesting place to go. And they also start in September. Europe, September is a big time, but the secondary hiring season is coming up right now in January. So if you really want to go to Europe, you're already, you have your certificate, you have all your paperwork, you can start your application process in January, but if not, then you have to wait maybe until the summer when they hire for the September, October school year. All right, perfect. Then we have Central America. So let's look at that. So there's also a lot of different countries here worth mentioning. Primary hiring season here is June and July. So that's also going to be really good. Secondary, January, February just coming up now as well. So if you're interested in this part of the world, the secondary hiring season is coming up. Mexico wanted to mention here as well because it is very popular, especially for US citizens to go to Mexico for teaching English. So they're hiring peaks before August and September and in January. Then we have Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic here. It is also January. The peak here is January. So that's a little bit different than the other countries. January and then the secondary hiring season there is August, September. So be aware of that. Then we have Panama where they hire just before February, March and then again August and September. Guatemala. There are opportunities throughout the entire year, but especially peak again in January and June, July. And then we have Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize where hiring also happens before January. So maybe we're already a little bit late for that now. And then again in August and September, but there's also some positions here and there in between and this yellow sticker here. I hope you can actually, especially on Instagram, I hope you can read all of this info, maybe not so well, but yeah, because of the layout. But anyway, for these countries, it's important to note that you should be on the ground at interviewing in person in these places. So if you're interested in teaching English in Central America, you should be ready. You should be there actually right now. You should be there right now with your paperwork with your TEFL certificate in hand and be interviewing in person. That's just kind of more common over there. So instead of where it's in Europe or in Asia, the Middle East, they tend to really hire people via online interviews and online recruitment from abroad. But in Central and also South America, it's very common just to be on the ground that interview in person. So if that's your place that you want to go to, that's something to note. You should be there right now actually in interviewing for the secondary hiring season. And then you could go over maybe May and June again for June, July hiring season. Then let's have a look at South America here. The primary hiring season is typically February and March. And the secondary one is July and August. Then we have Argentina. So let's have a look at the different countries here. They again have different hiring seasons, but the region is similar in general. Argentina peak before March and April and then again in July and August. Then we have Brazil with February, March peak and again secondary one, July, August. Chile, similar, March, April, July, August. Ecuador, April and May and September, October, a little later than the other ones. Columbia, we have January, February. So right now and July and August. And then Bolivia, we have February, March and July, August. So the primary hiring season is coming up right now in South America and most of these countries. So February, March, April, May. So if this is a place that you want to go to, you should be, you should be there right now and interview, right? You should start moving over there. Again, as you can see with the yellow sticker here, you should be on the ground in South America and also interview in person. Have all of your stuff there, interview in person and be ready. It's just kind of how the culture is there. They prefer face to face interviews. All right, I think these are all the regions and now we're going to look at the different teaching programs who have their own application deadlines. All right, and I picked the most popular teaching programs. There are many, many more and I'm also, I'm going to link to another live session that I've done on all the different programs. But these are just the ones that I've picked today that I think are the most popular and we need to know when to do that. So Jeff program, they hire between October and January. So they're deadline. You can still apply now, but it depends also on your country. And you would start in July or August for that. So hiring season for the Jeff program is happening right now. Then we have Epic in South Korea, which is typically in August to start in February. So they're hiring for now the new year is already finished. You could, you could apply in February to start in August. That's the next one. So if you're interested in those, just Google them, Jeff program, Japan, Korea, Epic program and you'll find all the application info there. Then we have the TF ETP in Taiwan applications for the 2024 2025 academic year starts from January 1. So just next week or the week after soon is it next week or the week after the week after. Yeah, it's a Monday, January 1. There we go. So that's when that starts. If you want to go to Taiwan with this program, that's when the application start for this new academic year. Also similar in Hong Kong, they start recruiting in January from January to April, the net scheme to start in mid August. So those are that. Oh, we have somebody on Instagram saying, thank Lord, I found it TT. Thank you. That's cute. Then we have the tape if program in France, very popular and here the application submission deadline is January 15. So you still have a few days, weeks left. If you want to join the tape if program and the now cap program in Spain will open from February 9 to April 4 2024 for their intake. So keep that in mind. If one of these programs, one of these locations interests you, these are the dates. I think, yeah. So if you're interested in these government programs for teaching English abroad, so they're usually very, very good. They're very organized. They have a lot of good benefits, but they're also very competitive. So you want to know as much as possible about these, you want to be prepared. I recommend checking out this previous live session. You can find that on our in our YouTube playlist and also on our Facebook playlist. I'm going to talk about the best government programs for teaching English abroad. This was from a couple of weeks ago. So it's quite recent. And I'm going into a lot more of these programs. I love more of these programs more in depth. Yeah. Kristaline's weight. Taiwan has a program for this. I didn't know these other programs existed. Yeah. There are a lot more programs you might not know about. So check it out in this previous live session. This program is, I'm not sure when they introduced it. I haven't checked that out, but yeah, it's also a official program. A lot of people go into it. So Kristaline, maybe that's an option too. Yeah. All right. And then let's also talk a little bit about ESL online. So when, if you want to teach English online, maybe from home or while you're traveling and exploring other countries. When do you apply for these positions? So typically online platforms, they don't really have hiring seasons. You can really register and apply at any time. It depends on the platform. So some platforms, they might stop accepting new members or new teachers after a certain number of teachers. After they have like a certain amount of teachers on their platform, you know, if they have a lot of English teachers, they might stop accepting. So just check them out. They usually state that on their site. And the hiring process for these online jobs is typically quick. It is quicker obviously than a position for teaching English abroad where you have all the visa things. But it also doesn't happen overnight, right? So typically with these positions, you fill out like an initial online application. That's usually how it works. You would fill in like just your background info and your teaching experience, your educational background. And then if you pass that, then they would schedule typically an online interview with you with somebody from the company. And then if you pass that, typically you would have to teach like a mock lesson. They would give you like a topic, a topic of, you know, what you need to teach. And then you would teach that like a mock lesson. If you pass that, then usually you can start teaching. But this also again happens fairly quick. So usually within like a two week window, maybe they would schedule interviews and mock lessons. It happens very fast. Some do interview and mock lesson in one go and then it's even faster. So that can happen. It depends from platform to platform, right? But yeah, it's quite fast. And again, there are no typical hiring seasons with online teaching positions. And I do also have a complete guide to teaching English online if you're interested in that. So that is also on our YouTube playlist and on Facebook. You can find it there. It's called Complete Guide to Teaching Online. You can check it out. And you'll find a lot more info on how to get started on there. I don't want to go too much into it. We're just talking about hiring seasons today. And with online teaching, there typically are no hiring seasons. You can find positions at any time of the year and apply at any time. Okay. And this is actually all the information I wanted to share with you guys today. So let's do a quick recap for anybody who just tuned in or Sam tuned out came back. Here's what we talked about today. Just as a recap, what I want you guys to remember the most important things. So again, in the beginning, we said the best time to apply for Tefl jobs depends on two things. One is the country that you want to go to. They have different hiring seasons, different academic years. They vary from country to country. That's one thing. And also the type of school, the type of institution that you want to go to, especially public government schools versus private schools. Again, private schools typically don't have hiring seasons. You can find positions at any time during the year. Public schools obviously follow their school year, right? So you would have distinct hiring seasons there. Some private schools do that too. They follow that, but with private schools, you can really find positions throughout the entire year, typically. Yeah, that's yeah, all that I said just now, I think summer camp position. So especially in Europe, they happen in July and August and they're often filled three months in advance. So in the spring, if you want to do a summer camp situation this year in Europe in July or August and Brett might actually have more info about that or more experience. You need to be ready in the spring and apply and look out for those. That's when these positions are going to show up more. Then we have teaching programs, what we just talked about, JEP program, Epic program, Tapef, Nalcap, all of these programs. They have their own individual application deadlines. And with these programs, typically because they are competitive, they really start hiring months in advance. So we just talked about some of the hiring season or some of the deadlines for these. As you can see, they also follow really their own schedule. They hire months and months in advance. So be ready for that. Check out this other live session that I've done on the different teaching programs so you know exactly when they hire. And then online platforms, they don't have hiring seasons. You can just apply and register and typically start at any time. And I think that is all. Yeah, so the question really for you just for 2024 is, are you ready? And here's a general rule of thumb. Just start the application process and the whole teaching process as early as possible. And that also includes your TEFL TESOL training because you want to have your certificate done in hand and ready before you apply, before these hiring seasons. So the earlier you start, really the more opportunities you will have. And yeah, earlier is always better. Be prepared, be there early. Some programs, some countries, some areas are more competitive than others. So you need to really be ready, have all of your things in place and not miss any deadlines. That's very important. And yeah, so here's how to reach ITTT real quick. You can always email us courses at tesol-tefl.com for any questions you might have, right? You can also request a callback on our website where you can speak with one of our course administrators, course consultants, and then again, a website is teflacourse.net. And then again, 30% off when I mentioned that we had some people joined late who might have missed that in the beginning, but we do have a discount today, 30% off any TEFL or TESOL course from ITTT. So it's a great opportunity to get started if you're not yet TEFL TESOL certified and you really want to start teaching English in 2024. You need to get started now. We just said earlier is better. So now is a really good time to do that. And yeah, you can scan this QR code. Let's do from the beginning. This is the shapes here. Where is it? Yeah. So you can scan this QR code right here, or I'm just going to share the link one more time with all of you guys. It ends with FB live minus Linda. Then, you know, it's the right link. It will get you 30% off this link. I'm going to share it in the Instagram comments one more time. Copy pasted. If you can't find it, if you can't see it, let me know on Instagram. You can reach me at at Linda goes East, send me a DM. Hey, can you send me this discount link and I'll send it to you. But yeah, this is my Christmas gift for you guys. And I hope you are ready. And I hope you enjoyed today's session. I hope you learned something new today. You feel more prepared. Maybe there was one or two countries that you're interested in that you now kind of have more awareness of when they hire and the hiring seasons and things like that. So yeah. And Sam just asked crystalline. So where do you want to teach and crystalline wants to teach in Japan, Vietnam or Taiwan. Amazing. Awesome. Cool. And maybe let's take two, three, four more minutes, five more minutes. If you have any questions. If you want to ask anything before we turn off today. Let me know what are your questions about today's topic or about something other taffle teesaw related. I'm just going to open up the floor for you guys real quick to ask any questions before we say goodbye. So let me know what are you curious about, or anything else you want to share you want to share a win. Did anybody get like a cool teaching gig or anything else fun. Sam says I'd like to I'd like to summer camp in Europe when I get a summer break. Nice. And crystalline wants to spend some time in Japan this year probably April or May. That's like the best time to go to pan right with the cherry blossoms and everything it's going to be amazing. You should definitely do that. Do that, do that, do that. I went there in April this year and it was just beautiful to Japan. I went to Japan twice this year. It was so great. Yeah. Okay. Brett says obtaining the visa is the hard part for me right now. Yeah. Do you still want to go to Italy or Europe? Maybe you can also look into one of the programs. Italy also has a program. Spain has a bunch of programs if you're interested in Spain. What else? Or are you a US citizen or Canada I forget. But there are some other programs specifically like for US citizens, right, you could look into those. So check out the previous live session, the best government programs for teaching English abroad. There's a lot of info there, Brett. All right. Cool. Well, if there are no questions coming through, thanks so much for sharing all of your plans. Looks like a lot of you guys really have it planned out. Brett says you a citizen. Europe is ideal. Yeah. Oh, Leonor. Hi. This is Leonor from Chile. Do you know any programs for Dubai? Oh yeah. I think there was a program in the UAE. Please check out the previous live session, the best government programs for teaching English abroad. There was definitely something either specifically Dubai, but definitely the UAE where they mentioned something. Don't remember now because it's not one of the big programs. It was also the first time that I had heard of this program. But yeah, I do believe that something like this exists and especially Dubai, there are a lot of positions, a lot of people, a lot of teachers want to go to Dubai. You know, if not a program, then there's a lot of private school programs or not programs, private school positions where you could apply for. Just be aware that the Middle East, UAE and also Dubai, they typically have very strict requirements for their teachers. So only having a TEFL certificate is typically not enough. They really are looking for people with teaching experience, a bachelor's degree minimum, sometimes even a master's degree, because it's just one of the most popular regions. So the requirements tend to be strict. But check it out. Amitava says, well, what to do if I want to apply for summer camp jobs positions in Europe in the coming year 2024 on an ASAP basis? Well, so like we said, summer camps are in July and August and they typically hire three months before that. So in the spring. So what you can do is, I think you already have your stuff in order anyway. All your, you have so many certificates and things Amitava. So you can wait for spring for all of these summer camp positions to show up and then just apply to all of them. I think that's what you could do. They might start like in January, the early ones just look out for those and just apply, apply, apply. Good question. Sam says, do you all got any Christmas New Year plans? I'm staying in Korea. We're having some friends over, but not sure yet what to do exactly on Christmas Day. So if you have any suggestions, let me know. It's been pretty cold in Korea too. We had snow. The weather is good. It's like nice, but it's really, really cold. Right now it's minus 10 Celsius. Which is, let me figure out the Fahrenheit. How can I change Fahrenheit 15 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Very cold. Right now. All right. Brett. So look under past videos for programs and visa. It's called, wait, let me pull it up again. It is called, yeah, this, the best programs for teaching. Maybe I can, I don't know if I can share a link. Maybe if I click on this. It's not opening. I don't know. Well, this is what it's called the best programs for teaching English abroad. If you look for that on YouTube, on our channel, you will find it. Christine's is hiding out in my room all night on Christmas. Amitabha says, Linda here is wishing you and your extended families a very happy and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024. Thank you so much. Same to you. Amitabha and same to everybody. Merry Christmas. Thank you so much for joining today. Somebody said, where's the link on Instagram? I shared the link in the comments. Check it out. I'm going to share it one more time. Maybe didn't go through. And then somebody said anything for teaching in Turkey. Yes. Turkey also hiring like year round, but there were hiring where, where the higher, oh, no, it's starting. Hey everyone. Linda. Is that what I want? Oh, how can I go? Okay. Here, Turkey hiring often before September. So that's the advice for Turkey. Also on our website. There's a job section at the top. You click on that and you can filter by country. So go there and then look at, if you want to teach English in Turkey, go to Turkey and you'll see all the job offers for Turkey there. All right. Leonor says I have a previous university teacher degree. I'm actually a teacher of English with years of experience. Do you think that'll do? I think it sounds very good. Yes. So try, try, apply, apply, apply to all the jobs that you can find for Dubai. I'm sure that. Sounds good to me. The credentials that you have just from hearing it now. So. All right. Oh, somebody said, I mean, I said, do you know the formula to change the temperature readings from Celsius to Fahrenheit? No, I don't. I just, I know there's like a formula, but I, I can't do it. No, I just changed the setting on my phone. That's it. Oh yeah. For summer camp, usually they do not pay airfare. So that's what you would have to cover. But I think accommodation is covered. It depends on the position. All right. You guys, Merry Christmas and happy new year. I'm going to say that to everybody. Awesome. And thank you so much for joining today's live chat session. I really enjoyed that and it was fun talking to all of you and seeing all of you again. And I hope everybody has wonderful holidays and then a relaxing, relaxing time. And then I'll see you all again in the new year. Fresh and motivated, I hope to learn something new about how to chat with Christeline. I'm going to talk to you as well. We're going to do that. That's going to be very interesting. A chat with Christeline on here live. And yeah, that's, I think all I have to say today. So thank you so much for joining. For spending some time with me today. I really appreciated that. And I hope everybody has. Happy holidays. It's great food. Spending some time with me today. I really appreciate that. And I hope everybody has happy holidays. It's great food. Spend time with family or whatever you want to do. And then I'll see you again in the new year. Thank you so much everybody. And Merry Christmas. Thank you. Bye.