 Hello. Welcome. Linda here from I-T-T-T. Back this week with another live session. Welcome, welcome. Today we're going to talk about the top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. So we're going to cover different regions, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Central America, different countries specifically in these regions and the top hiring seasons for each of those countries. So you know exactly when to apply for the job, for an English teaching job in the country that you want to teach in. So a couple of weeks ago, we talked about Teflon interviews and how to find jobs, etc. So now this is kind of part of this series. And just to give you an overview of the top hiring season so that you know exactly when you should be applying for your job in your dream destination. So that's what we're going to do today. Hi, everybody. How are you all doing? Where are you watching from right now? Please let me know in the comments. Let me know if there's any issues with audio or video. 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We have Anthony, Anthony from Australia. Hi, how are you doing? And Australia is real hot. Oh my God, I bet. I bet. I hope you're hanging in there, get some ice water or a cocktail maybe. It's a cool down. Then we have Amitava here. Good morning. How are you? I'm doing very well. Good morning Amitava. How are you doing? Oh, we also have Eliseo. Eliseo? I have been saying that right. Uru, Uruapan. Oh my God. I'm not even going to pronounce that. I'm so sorry, but for Mexico and it is spring weather. Cool. I need to look up on that place that sounds very nice. Spring weather is nice. We're also almost into spring now here in Korea, which is my favorite season because of all the cherry blossoms. I'm so excited. They're not there yet. It's going to take probably six weeks more for them to bloom, but it's very exciting. We have Kashab. Hi, Kashab. How are you doing? Nice meeting. Then we have somebody here from Morocco. Unfortunately, I kind of read Arabic. I'm sorry. But I hope you're doing well. The weather is nice here in Morocco. That's good. Amitava says it is slightly cool early in the morning in Kolkata, India. Very nice. Yeah, it's cool here too. Anthony's asking, I want to know if I can upgrade my ITTT 60 hours to master TESOL. Cool. Yes, we do have upgrade options. What I recommend, just email us. You can email us here at courses at TESOL minus TEFL. This goes for everybody. If you have any questions about our courses, about ITTT, anything like that, email us courses at TESOL minus TEFL.com. Anthony, you can email us and let us know, hey, I have a 60 hour TEFL and I want to upgrade to this and this and this, and then we will, my team, my colleagues, they will let you know what the options are. Okay. Good. We also have Nisha here from Sri Lanka. Nice to meet you. How are you? Hi, Nisha teacher. I'm doing well. How are you? And Anthony says, I've been teaching with that over four years now. Oh, amazing. Are you teaching in Australia? 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Yeah, congratulations. You're being granted a 30% discount on every online course and on every in-class course deposit. So you know you have the right link if it says that at the top in like orange. So make sure you do that. If you're not yet TEFL or TESOL certified and you want to get going, you want to start that journey, this is a great time to do so. And Anthony says he's been teaching for four years in Vietnam. Oh, nice. Vietnam. I love Vietnam. We went there actually before COVID, right? Before COVID, me and my husband went to Vietnam. We had a great time and we're going back there again soon. I'm so excited. All right. Awesome. Awesome. Oh, Daniel is here. Hi. Hi, Daniel. How are you doing? Good to see you. Okay. So then if there's somebody here who's watching for the first time, let me just give a quick introduction, who I am, et cetera. So you know, like who you're dealing with. So, oh, I think I like those better. My name is Linda. I am a travel writer and content creator. I'm a language teacher. I'm a TEFL and TESOL marketing professional. I do many different things. And that's why that's why I love what I do. I'm able to do so many different things. I really enjoy it. But these are the two main things. So I'm a travel writer, content creator. This is sort of my passion under the name Linda Goes East because I've been living in Asia for pretty much 10 years. So I started out living in China. I studied Chinese. I was super interested in Asia. And then I moved to China. I moved back to the States and finished my university degree. And that's where I actually met my now husband who turned out to be from Korea. And that's why I then also decided to, I still went back to China for another year. And then I went and moved over to South Korea. And I've been here for nearly eight years. It's going to be eight years this May. So if you're interested in traveling in Asia, what it's like living in Korea, traveling to China, with all that teaching English in Asia, go ahead and check out Linda Goes East.com. A lot of information there. And also on Instagram, I like to share some content also at Linda Goes East. You can check that out. And I'm originally from Germany in the US. So my mom is actually German and my dad is American. But I am like I said, based in South Korea. I'm also a Teflon TESOL marketing professional for ITTT. And I've been also doing that for quite a while. It's going to be seven years, I believe, full time. And then before that, I was also involved kind of part time with them. So already a very long time with ITTT as well. You can find ITTT at tefloncourse.net. And we're also on social media, of course, and you many of you are watching this on social media. So no introduction needed there. What is ITTT? If you're just stumbling upon this live, and you're like, what is going on? What is this? What's ITTT? So we are a leading Teflon TESOL course provider worldwide. This is teacher training, English teacher training. So people who want to become English teachers, teaching English as a foreign language, typically in other countries, okay, around the world. Then you can take one of our courses and you will be certified and accredited to pursue that career abroad. So that's what we do. Because sometimes people get confused with TEFL, which is an English proficiency certificate. So this is not what we're doing. We are training you to become English teachers, not learn English, but teach English. All right, good. I think this should be all good now. Oh, Daniel says, Linda, please share something a little bit about your experience with the elephant, beautiful place. Yeah. So what Daniel is referring to is on my Instagram, and you can check this out if you want later, but at Linda goes east. So I have a couple of like reels and content about that. We went to Thailand last summer and we stayed in. So first we went to Bangkok and then went to Chiang Mai in the north. And in Chiang Mai, outside of Chiang Mai city, there is a beautiful echo lodge slash elephant sanctuary. And it's really not one of those places which still exist in Thailand a lot. These like elephant riding places and just horrible conditions for the animals. So this is not that they actually at this echo lodge rescue elephants from these conditions and basically give them a safe place to live and care for them for the rest of their lives. So they have many elephants there and the elephants, they just wander and roam around freely. And it's all based on positive reinforcement. So the not trainers, actually the people, the caretakers there, they're all pretty much they grew up with elephants. Many of them, I spoke with many of them and they, that's like their passion. They love these animals, you know, and they just basically communicate with these animals with positive reinforcement. They give them like snacks and little treats and feed them. There's no like poking. There are no chains even the elephants. They don't wear any chains. Like it's really, really nice. So we went there and it was an amazing experience. I cannot recommend this enough. So if you're interested in doing something like that and experiencing that, you can check that out on my Instagram. I tagged the place there. It was really, really nice. So and Nisha, I'm sure you also have a lot of elephants in Sri Lanka, right? It's actually one of the places I also wanted to visit and I hope I will be able to subday. I have not been to Sri Lanka. I actually had planned that with one of my friends, but then COVID hit so we could not go. So it is on my list for sure. It looks amazing and I really want to visit. Eliseo says, I've done three of your certificates, very good quality courses. Thank you so much. Eliseo, that's really nice. Thank you so much. Cool. Which courses did you take? Let me know. Okay. So this is what we're going to talk about today. The top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. Like I said, we're going to go over certain regions in the world. So we're going to talk about Europe. We're going to talk about Latin America, South America, Central America. We're going to talk about Asia and the Middle East. So stay tuned for that. And then different specific countries and when the best hiring seasons are for getting a job, an English teaching job in those places. And a little bit about how to find jobs and how to apply an interview and stuff like that. So that's what we're going to do. Let's jump in. Yeah, we talked about that. I'm going to mention the discount again. Oh, and I wanted to ask you before we jump into this, where would you like to teach? Where would you like to teach? I see there's a lot of new people here. So Anthony, Nisha, Eliseo, also Daniel, like please feel free. Daniela. Hi. I missed your comment. I'm sorry. Hi Daniela. How are you doing? Amitava, Kashab, everybody. Where would you like to teach? If you could just pick any place, nothing like no requirements or anything like that. No, just don't think about any of that. Just what's your dream teaching destination? And Daniela says Spain. Oh, nice. Yes, Spain. Okay, cool. I love Spain too. I've only been to Spain once, unfortunately. I really want to go back. There's so much to see, amazing culture, amazing food, right? So yeah, I would really like to go and teach there as well. And actually Spain also has a teaching program, which might be of interest. It's called the Nelcap program. Nelcap. So that's really good for trying to get a job in Spain through a program. They have a few programs actually, but I think Nelcap is the biggest one and the most established one, I believe. So that might be of interest, Daniela. Daniela says Thailand. Oh, because of the elephants? Absolutely. Thailand is also a really good place for English teachers. They have a great demand. English teaching, teaching English as a foreign language in Thailand has been a big thing for many, many years, many decades even. It's a very popular place. So they are very, the demand is very high there, very good there. So that's really good. Nice. And Eliseo says the kids course, the business English course and teaching English to speakers of foreign languages. Yeah. So that's the courses you took with us. Very good. Awesome. I actually also took these courses. They're super useful. I agree. Okay. And Eliseo, where would you like to teach English? What country? Cool. Actually, if I could just pick and choose, I would probably teach somewhere in South America. I know I say that every time, but like Peru, I don't know what it is. I really want to go to Peru. That's like on my list, my dream destination. I've not yet been to South America at all. Like I told you guys, I'm all about Asia. So I've been to many places around Asia, but I have not yet been to South America. And I just love, love that. I would love to go. Eliseo says Germany sounds fun. Cool. Yeah. So I am like, yeah, like I said, I'm from Germany and somebody else said, could you please tell about your country? So Germany. I also went to certain like foreign language schools in Germany. Actually, as a student, I'm, I've always been super interested in learning languages. So I went to different training centers. I have like degrees in French. This is usually like a foreign language correspondent. It was called at the time, it might have a different title now, but it's basically you do like, yeah, writing business letters in different languages, interpreting for business meetings and things like that. That's what I trained to do. And that was in French and English versus German, like into German. And then I also did Spanish. And then later on, I did Chinese as well. So from my experience in Germany, you can also find English teaching jobs. But it's definitely not like that big of a thing as it is like in certain Asian countries, for example. So there aren't many language schools. But usually the thing is like with visas, right? So they usually prefer hiring somebody who is already in Europe or who is, you know, from the UK or Ireland, they have a EU passport. So it's not impossible to find an English teaching job in Germany, but it is probably going to require a little bit more time and effort to find a good job there that would bring you there. But it's not impossible. There are jobs. Elise Sayles says, Asia definitely love their food. Yes, absolutely, absolutely. Asia's great. Come here. Oh heck, Matula. Hi, how are you doing from Afghanistan? Long time no see. How are you doing? Good to see you. All right, good. So pretty much, yeah, we all want to teach like all over the world. So that's great. And that's the beauty of a Teflor T-Soll certificate. You don't have to just stay in one place, right? You can move, you can go to a different place. You could even start teaching English online and live wherever you want. So it's very, very good. So let's have a look at the top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. And we're going to start with Asia. And I believe I've started that alphabetically, I think. So with Asia, we're going to start with Asia hiring seasons for teaching English in Asia. And I'm going to make myself smaller so you can read the slides that is going to work better. So Asia is great because the demand is really big and they really hire year round. So there are no specific hiring seasons except for in Taiwan and in Thailand and for certain English teaching programs, like in Korea, the EPIC program, and in Japan, the famous JET program. So you can find English teaching jobs in Asia really year round, which is great. You don't have to worry about, you know, is this the right timing? You can really apply and find positions any time of the year. If you are keen on entering the EPIC program for teaching English in Korea, which is a really famous and big and well-established English teaching program, they hire spring and early summer for the August and September start dates and they recruit in the fall for positions in January, February, or March. So keep that in mind. Those are the hiring seasons. So as you can see, they hire what's that spring and early summer for August. Probably spring, early summer, not quite sure, but so they hire like what is that four months in advance. Keep that in mind. EPIC program, spring and fall is the hiring season, business season for the EPIC program. Then moving just on to the Japan program, because there are two programs to just talk about them. The JET program is kind of the same thing. So this is the English teaching in Japan program. And they hire first of December for positions beginning the following autumn. So they hire really, really far in advance, as you can see, the first of December. And then you would you would apply, you would get recruited, hired the first of December. That's when their application starts. And then you start teaching the following autumn. So that's like nine months in advance, maybe eight, nine months in advance. Okay, or 10 months in advance. Oh, many months in advance. I am a language teacher. I always say that I'm not a math teacher, but it's about nine months, right? So very far in advance. Keep that in mind. If you're interested in the JET program, you need to apply on the first of December. So now it's already over. They do not hire anymore through the JET program. You can find other positions for teaching English in Japan, just not the JET program. And then we have Thailand, where their biggest hiring season is May, and then again in November. So keep that in mind. The biggest season for teaching English in Thailand is May. So somebody earlier said Thailand, Daniel, if you want to go and see those elephants, you need to apply in May. Okay, interview in May. And then again in November. So twice a year are your biggest chances. And Taiwan, also the biggest hiring season is right after your Chinese New Year. So kind of now is a good time. It's after Lunar New Year now. Maybe already too late, but this time of year you can find positions. And then again in July and August for Taiwan. Just keep that in mind. Not to say again that you can find positions there throughout the rest of the year. You can, but you're definitely going to see a lot more positions during these times of the year. And all the other countries are fair game year round. You can find positions there all the time. Oh, Nisha teacher saying something in Japanese. Actually funny thing. I started learning Japanese. So, but I'm not sure about that yet. Well, Konnichiwa, I know. And is that where you from or something? I'm sorry. I'm not that advanced yet in Japanese. And then I'm going to take a question here from Eliseo who says or asks, do you know of schools that you can recommend? Yeah. So actually at ITTT, we partner with several schools and also TEFL recruiters. And then if you take a course with us, and I believe you have, right? You said you took three courses with us. You actually have access to lifetime job support, which means you can contact us. You can let us know. Hey, I really want to teach English in Asia. Can you help me? So that's us again, this email address that I shared earlier. You can just email us courses at tso minus TEFL.com and every ITTT course graduate has access to lifetime job support. So anytime throughout your life after taking the TEFL course, you can contact us and you have access to these resources. We also have on our website when you go to TEFL course.net and you go like the header here and it says jobs. It says home about ITTT courses and then jobs and you click on jobs. We have a big database of jobs that we regularly update and add to. And it also says here, please email jobs at TEFL.ac for finding employers. ITTT graduates receive free lifetime job assistance. So besides this courses at email, you can also email us here specifically for job support, jobs at TEFL.ac. This is the email address for jobs support. Daniels is all right, Linda, duly noted. Thank you for letting me know. Thailand, here we go. Yes, yeah, oh, and then I'm going to come visit you when you're in Thailand. Nisha teaches. I'm from Sri Lanka, but I learned Japanese. Okay, nice. Eliseo says I will definitely be in contact. I forgot about that. That's why I was all in for them again. I definitely recommend these courses. Yeah. So a lot of people, they take the courses and then they're done, but then they forget they actually get lifetime job support. So don't forget about that. We all of course always email you as well at the end of the course, but then maybe you have something going on and you forget, I get it. But just email us here jobs at TEFL.ac for your job support after you graduate from your course. All right, good. So this is Asia. Again, year round, you can find positions in Asia, except for Taiwan and Thailand, and then those two special things like the Epic program has specific hiring seasons and the Japan Jet program has specific intake seasons. So keep that in mind if you want to apply for either of those. Good. Then we're moving over to the Middle East and here also they have a primary hiring season. Again, this is year round except for public schools and public schools, they sometimes obviously vary depending on the country. Okay. So for the UAE United Emirates, for Qatar and Saudi Arabia and throughout the Arab world during the spring and early summer for August and September start dates, they hire during the spring and early summer for August and September. And then again in the fall for positions that begin in January, February, February or March. So two hiring seasons. This is for the public schools. If you want to work for a private school and international school, something like that, you don't have to worry about these hiring seasons. And here it also says Morocco, Egypt and Jordan, some language schools hire in advance, but most jobs will be found locally in the country. So for Morocco, Egypt and Jordan, if you want to teach English there, you might have to come and be on the ground and be in the country to interview in person for UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the other countries in this region. You can usually find positions through online interviews, online applications. So and usually in this part of the world, a bad season to look for jobs is the Ramadan season, right? So and that I believe varies every year, right? It has different dates. So check that out during Ramadan season. There's no hiring going on. So don't waste your time going over there during that season. You're not going to find a job, places are closed, people are not working during that time. So avoid that. But spring and early summer and in the fall is a good time, especially for public schools. And again, private language schools, all that, like private language institutes, all that they hire year round. You can find positions there. Cool. Then we have Sanjay here. Hi Sanjay. Namaste. Thank you. Awesome. How are you doing Sanjay? Thanks for being here. Good. So this is the Middle East. Oh, and I just love this photograph here with the pyramids in Egypt. I've been to Egypt. I went there. Oh my gosh. So many years ago, I believe was probably like, oh, maybe, oh, over 10 years ago, over 10 years ago, I was there. It was amazing. I really want to go back there so much. I'm, that's why I'm super interested in, in history and all that stuff. So Egypt is a great place to go to. I want to go back. All right. Middle East, done. Now we're going to look at hiring seasons for teaching English in Europe, right? Another beautiful picture here from Rome. Also been there. This is a beautiful place in Rome. Forget what's called, but it's like all the ruins and stuff. It's really, really nice. Anyway, so there, primarily we have two hiring seasons. The, the busiest hiring season is September and October. And then the secondary hiring season would be in January. What's great about Europe and what you should know in Europe, actually, there are a lot of summer camp positions, which is great. So they hire English teachers locally, but also in some cases, hire in advance from the US and also elsewhere during the winter and spring for the following summer. And what I really think is really great about summer camp positions, they're usually just like a month or maybe two months. So very short period of time. If you're looking for just like a quick, not really like a one-year contract, you're like, you're not sure yet if this is what you want to do. You're not committed to like a full year, but you just want to try it out. If teaching English is really your thing, a summer camp position is just great. It's really short. I think sometimes you could even go for just two weeks. Usually I believe it's like a month or six, six weeks, two months, something like that, a summer camp. Italy does those a lot and I believe France does that a lot, Spain, you can find summer camp positions. So that might be a really good option for somebody who's just getting started with teaching English and get some experience before then committing to like a full year in a different country. Also note that these primary and secondary hiring seasons here for Europe do not do not apply it to Turkey, Russia, and Georgia. They actually hire a year round. You can find positions there year round in Turkey, Russia, and Georgia. Georgia also has a really good government funded program. I didn't put that on here now. I regret that, but it's called TLG teaching, what is called TLG Georgia. Speech and Learn with Georgia. It's a really good program. These kinds of teaching programs are not that common, especially in Eastern Europe. The fact that Georgia has one I think is really good and the benefits and everything that they offer here is really, really, really good. So go ahead and check that out TLG.gov.ge for Georgia in Eastern Europe. However, I see right now here on their website, they might not be doing this program at the moment. So I'll keep an eye on that, but it says we are currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 academic school year. So that's already in the past, but email them. There is an email and see what they say if you're interested. Maybe I'll email them and see what they say. Because I always, I like to promote this program, but is it still running? That's actually interesting. Okay. Anyway, I also mentioned that there are government assistant programs in Spain and France, the Nelcap program in Spain, and then the Taepiff program in France. And they both require that applications be filed by March for positions in September. So March coming up soon. If you want to teach English in Spain or France through those two programs, Nelcap and Taepiff, you better look for that and fill out your application by March to begin in September. All right. Good. This is Europe. And again, really, really like those summer camps. If you can get a position like that, that'd be really awesome. And also want to mention that Turkey is a really popular place for teaching English at the moment. It's a booming country for teaching English. You can find a lot of positions, especially in Istanbul. And because Turkey is between Europe and Asia, so that makes it a very attractive destination for English teachers, a lot of business English going on there. So that's really good. And it's one of the newer ones that we recommend. Okay. Let me know if there are any questions throughout this. Let me know and I'll answer them. But I'm just going to move on now to Central America hiring seasons for teaching English in Central America. Again, a place I really, really, really, really want to go to. Here we have two hiring seasons. The primary hiring season for this part of the world is June and July. So coming up in a couple of months, if you want to work in Central America, apply in June or July and then the secondary hiring season is now January and February. So you can find a lot of positions for this part of the world at the moment. Costa Rica, you need to interview in December for positions beginning in January. So in Costa Rica, their main hiring season is actually earlier. It's December and then you start in January. Mexico language schools are hiring year round. Mexico is one of those places where the demand for English language teachers is really, really one of the highest in this region because of their closeness and proximity to the US. You see a lot of business English there because of those business business relationships with the US. So you can find positions there year round, really. Also Dominican Republic, they hire year round is another very popular place also because of those close relationships with the US. They have a high demand for English teachers and they hire year round, but they have a dominant hiring season from January to March. So also right now is a good time and then again from May to August. So you can find a lot of positions there during this time and what I have to say for this region, Central America, most of the time to interview, you need to be on the ground with your TEFL certification and all of your documents during these hiring seasons to interview in person. They really like in-person interviews in most of these countries. So if you really want to go there, you really need to be there in person. So head there. If you want to be in Costa Rica, you need to head there in November, December to be ready to interview all the other countries, June, July, January, February, and then yeah, interview in person. Excuse me. Sanjay says I'm a primary school permanent teacher in Nepal. Nice. What city do you work in? I've been to Kathmandu, only Kathmandu unfortunately, but I loved that. I really, really, really want to go back to Nepal. It is such a vibrant place. I loved seeing like the people are so colorfully dressed and there's so many festivals and like things going on every day. It's really amazing. It's so nice. It's like a photographer's dream. I also went on a street photographer tour there with this amazing guy, AJ, and he, I still follow him today, but it's just a photographer's paradise. There's something happening everywhere at all times and you can get amazing photographs. All right. Eliseo says have a great night, morning, evening. I must go. I wish you all the best. Thank you, Eliseo. Thanks for being here and you can always watch the replay. Even if you have to leave now, you can come back later tomorrow, whatever. It will be on our Facebook page so you can see that later as well and you can watch the rest of this. Thank you and have a good night. All right. Good. Then we are moving over to South America. Again, this is where I really want to be here in the picture. I want to be this guy. I want to be with all the llamas at Machu Picchu. That's like my dream. I love it. So here, many of the countries have very different hiring seasons, but most of them are February, March. So right now is a very good time to find positions for South America, secondary July and August. And again, for most of these, you should be on the ground. You should be there and interview in person during this hiring season. So let's go over the different countries here. As you can see, Argentina, March, April, July and August. Then we have Brazil, middle of February, March and August. Ecuador, February, March, July and August. Colombia, middle of January, February, July and August. Bolivia, middle of February, middle of March, July and August. And Chile, March, April, July, July and August. So similar, slightly different. So if there's one country that you're interested in, or maybe you're interested in several, you could, which one was January? There was one. Oh, you could start in Colombia, middle of January, start applying there and then you could move your way through the countries until you end up like in Argentina or Chile in April, basically. Or you just go July and August seems to be consistent everywhere, August. So that's what it looks like for South America. So we know when we need to go now. I need to go right away. Oh, it doesn't say Peru. Why did I not put Peru on there? It's like my favorite. Well, anyway, probably similar. However, again, this doesn't mean that you cannot find teaching positions there at any other time of the year. You can. These are just the main hiring seasons where you will find the most job offers out there, right? Still throughout the year, you will be able to find positions here and there. And also it says here, you should be on the ground. You should interview in person there. However, there are also schools that interview online and you can secure a job from outside of the country. But in this part of the world, most commonly, and it's preferred to interview in person. Okay. Is that all? Is there one more? I forget. Yeah. Okay. So these are all the regions that I wanted to mention today in all the different countries. And now I have a list of the best or the highest demand, the best countries to teach in 2023. And then I'm going to look at your questions. Okay. So number one here, South Korea for 2023. We have Spain, we have the Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Kuwait, Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic. So these are the top 10 countries for 2023 with the highest demand for teaching English as a foreign language. And out of those 10, out of those 10 now, where would you like to teach out of those 10? If you could just pick one of these 10. One of those 10, which one would it be? Let me know in the comments. Please let me know. Where would you like to teach out of those 10 countries? Would you like to teach in South Korea, in Spain, in the Czech Republic, in Costa Rica, in Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Kuwait, Taiwan, or the Dominican Republic? This is a really hard decision. Where would I like to teach? I know I like, I really like Asia. So my first pick would probably be Taiwan. I really like Taiwan, but also the Dominican region. Nice beaches. That'd be really good. Let me know. Guys, out of these 10, where would you like to teach? What would be your number one pick? An econ? I'm going to answer econ's question real quick. Celt S certification is acceptable for English teaching jobs now, a days or not. Celt S. Okay, I need to check what is Celt S. Celt S certification. I think somebody said that before. Celt S is a fully online teacher training course for teachers of English to secondary level students. Oh, for teachers of English to secondary level students from 11 to 18 years old. Interesting. That's a very specific age range. So I am not particularly familiar with the Celt S. So I cannot give you any information about that, unfortunately. We do not offer that. We offer Tefal, TESOL. We also have some CELTA and DELTA options. We also have a diploma in TESOL. And you can also do a bachelor's, I think, and a master's, even also through, yeah, bachelor's of education and master's of education through our, through ITTT. But we don't have the Celt S. So if that's something that interests you, and I think this is something that who was it in the beginning? Yeah, Anthony, maybe that is what he was interested in as well. So Anthony, maybe this is also good for you some information about the upgrade qualifications to the bachelor's and master's of education through ITTT. You can check that out here. Here are some options. All right. Good. And then we are heading into Q&A now. So let me know, guys, your questions. It's open now and I'm still waiting for answers. Which of these countries you would like to teach in if you had to pick just one? Let me know. But yeah, Q&A is open. So ask away, ask me your questions. I hope you learned something today. You can always watch this as a replay, go back and take screenshots or notes of all the individual hiring seasons. So do that if there's one place or two or three or four that you're interested in teaching in. And then yeah, you can do that. Again, don't forget to like and subscribe. And again, we do have the 30% off opportunity if you want to get Teflor TESOL certified with ITTT this year. I have also the link for you again, which looks like this. So ends with fblive minus linda. This code will get you 30% off any Teflor TESOL course from ITTT. Great incentive to get started with your Teflor certification now so that you are ready to apply for these positions during those hot hiring seasons that we just talked about today. Okay. And then let me see, did I skip anybody's question? I don't think I did, but let me know. Oh heck, Matalya says I like teaching in Japan. Yeah. And the great thing about teaching English in Japan, they do not have any restrictions on non-native English teachers. So the JET program too, you can work and apply for the JET program. If you are a non-native English teacher, that is no problem. So they don't have that requirement or regulation. Like for example, in Korea you have that, you have to be from one of seven English speaking countries only to get that English teaching visa, but in Japan you don't have that. So Japan is a great place for anyone, native English teachers and non-native English teachers. So definitely worth looking into. So again, Japan would be, if you're interested in the JET program, let me just pull that up one more time. Here, JET program first of December. So in December, they hire for the JET program. So you could get ready this year and then apply for the JET program in December 2023 to then start in the autumn in September, I believe, or October of 2024, actually. So as you can see, sometimes, and we talked about this I think in a previous live, I don't know if it was last time, but you just want to be ready because yeah, maybe somebody wanted to teach English in Japan this year with the JET program, but now they find out, oh my god, the hiring season is December and December for the following year. So they missed that deadline. So yeah, you just need, that's why you're here, right? That's why you guys are here, to get all the information so that you know exactly when to apply and how it all works because you got to be, for some of these destinations, you have to be early. So the earlier you get started with your TEFL with everything, the better. So you are ready and you're good to go. You are finished with everything when the application deadline is, etc. That's what I wanted you to take away from today's live session. I hope that I helped somebody here today. Good stuff. Okay, I'm still going to take your questions. So ask away, ask me your questions about TEFL, TESOL, anything you want to know. It is Q&A and I still have a couple of minutes, even though my throat is kind of getting dry, so it's okay. I have some tea right here. So let me know what you're curious about. And I always say this, there are no stupid questions. We're all at different parts, different places in our TEFL, TESOL journey. I've been working with this for almost 10 years. So I know a lot about this, obviously, if somebody's just getting started and just looking into it, they don't know all of these things yet. So we all have to be patient. You know, we're all at different, like I said, different places in our journey. Somebody's at the beginning of the journey and they don't know yet how it all works. And that's why I'm here. I want to explain to you exactly, you know, what you need to know. And that's why at ICTT we're also completely transparent. We will let you know exactly like, oh, sorry, but you know, you want to teach English in Korea, but you're not from one of those seven countries. So it's probably not going to work out for you. But here's where you could go instead, right? We're 100% transparent with that. That's why we don't offer 100% job placement like some other TEFL providers, because we just don't think that's very realistic. We have lifetime job support. We will help you find a job in the country where you would like to go. But at the same time, if that country just doesn't work out because of some their requirements, regulations, and you just don't fit that profile, we will let you know. And we'll be like, Hey, I'm sorry, but would you consider, you know, going there instead, going there instead, these are your options. We're not making any promises that then will not work out for you in the future. So that's very important to us. All right. I'm still waiting for you guys's questions. Don't be shy. I don't buy or maybe I just answered all of your questions and you're completely satisfied. I know there's some people watching. So I know you're out there. I see you. I see you. So please ask me your questions or maybe you're like, yo, you know, you answered everything all good. Then that's fine too. That's fine too. You can leave a comment with whatever's on your mind. I'll take it. I'll take it. Yeah, I'll take it. Let me know maybe is somebody already teaching abroad and where are you teaching? I know that. Who was it teaching in Vietnam earlier? Who was it? Where is it? Oh here, Anthony, Anthony from Australia teaching in Vietnam. Who else is already teaching? Daniel wants to go to Thailand. That's very nice. Okay. Econ, Tefal or TESOL, which one is more accepted for teaching jobs? Great question. So Tefal and TESOL, I always mentioned that in our Q&A life sessions last week, for example. So every first Friday of the month we do a casual Q&A and I go over like the basic like Tefal, TESOL things and the difference between Tefal and TESOL is one of those things I always mention because if you're new to this, you have no idea, right? Tefal, TESOL, what's the difference, which one should I get? I feel you, I hear you. So what you need to know, Tefal and TESOL, the training involved and then the certificate that you get afterwards are exactly the same. So the only difference is where you live and what you call it. It's kind of like you know, tomato, tomato. Americans say tomato, Brits say tomato. That's like the difference. So Tefal is more commonly used in Europe. People in Europe call it Tefal and I believe also in Australia, New Zealand, whereas in North America, in Canada, well that's North America, in the US, in Canada, some other places they call it TESOL. But they're the same thing. Tefal and TESOL is the same. So you can actually decide at ITTT whether you want your certificate to say Tefal on it or TESOL on it. But the course that you take is the exact same course. It's the same units, it's the same content. So it really depends on you whether you want it to call, whether you call it Tefal or you call it TESOL. That's what you just get. They're the same and they're accepted equally. Accepted equally. So I have a Tefal because I just prefer calling a Tefal. So my colleagues, they call it TESOL but it's the same thing. That's why usually in job offers you will see Tefal slash TESOL certificate because it's the same. So it doesn't matter. Accepted equally. Accepted equally. Just your personal preference. Great question. We get the question a lot. Yeah. Awesome. Okay. Thank you so much for this question, Econ. I appreciate that. Is it Econ or Icon? Econ? Sorry if I'm saying that wrong. Yeah. Good. One more question. Maybe last question. Now is your last chance to ask me a question? Let's see. Of course, if two or more are coming in, I'm answering all of them but last question. Now is your chance. Type a question before I sign off. Let me know what you're curious about. Really anything. You can be curious about anything. This is like a big decision to teach English abroad, right? To basically give up everything and move abroad across the world. It's a big decision. So I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions, right? Especially at the beginning, if you're new to this, you're not quite sure where to go or which certificate to take or, you know, whatever. I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions. I certainly did. I had a lot of questions when I was starting up, but I kind of already knew where I wanted to go and that was kind of part of the reason why I took a TEFL certificate. Actually, at the time I was, that was 2014. I was already teaching English in China and that was kind of just a weekend part-time kind of gig. But I knew that I wanted to go to Korea after and I really wanted to go to that one specific city where my no husband at the time boyfriend lived, right? I wanted to be in his city. So I wanted to get a TEFL certificate to just enhance my chances to really get a job in that specific city. So that's what I did. And I searched, I Google searched TEFL TESOL certificates and I looked at all the providers and ITTT was one of them and I liked what I saw and the reviews were good and the people I spoke to from ITTT were nice. And so I decided to take that course with them. So that was my background and that's how I kind of, yeah, slid into ITTT and working for them and stuff. So good times. Good times. All right, this is our last minute, minute 59 now. We're going to do until one hour. So now's your last, really last chance to ask a question. All right, Amitava, perfect. And it's a long question too. Okay, Linda, I have a burning question. Okay. As to when will the discrimination end with us non-native but fluent English speakers from the so-called third world developing countries and not from those elite seven native countries? Yeah, well, I actually have that question too. That's one of my burning questions as well for the world. When will this end? You know, I think we are already seeing trends towards that. You know, this is just something, I think it will take a lot more time to completely disappear, to be honest with you. But I think we see that now. I told you before about this case, and I'm not up to date on this case right now. But like you said, so this is actually not the case in all of the countries, but it is the case in Korea where, like I said, to get this English teaching visa, the E2 visa, you need to be from one of those seven English speaking countries, right? And that is Canada, America, the US, so Canada, the US, Ireland, the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. Those are the seven recognized English speaking countries for some countries for English teaching positions. Not all the countries have this, right? Korea where I live has this, so I'm very aware of that. And there was a case last year, I believe, or the year before, I think it was last year, where there's an amazing teacher. He's from Nigeria where English is the official language also. And he really wanted to work at this English school in Korea and they wanted to hire him. But because of this regulation that you need to be from one of those seven countries, they could not hire him. So they started this legal process and they were trying to change that. And I think it's still in the process right now. But you see that people are trying to change it, and people are speaking up and things are changing. And also, I think if we look at Japan, which is very similar to Korea, and Japan does not have that regulation. So you can be a non-native English teacher and work in Japan as well and get a visa. I think that a lot of countries are changing. And Amitabha, you just added, this is because even Asian countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, they prefer those native seven countries also. Yeah. And this is really, it's just not right. It's not right. It's really, you know, it's 2023 and this is just not acceptable, right? So I think what we need to do is just collectively speak up about this more. And I'm glad you're raising this issue, right? And you talked about this before in the past. It's not right. And I think that we are definitely, it's getting better. It's getting better. But with many things like that, it just takes time. And it takes many voices and we just need to speak up more also. So thank you for that. And I completely agree. And unfortunately, I do not have an answer to that when it will end. Like I said, this is not the case in every country, right? So, yeah, not the case in every country. They're not all like that, but many countries are like that. Yeah. That's a hard one. Now we have econ, how many modules we need to complete the course and the time duration also do you guys offer? Zoom sessions. So it depends on which course you take. If you take the regular, the most common one, the 120 hour course, and let me send you the link to this course real quick. This is the most popular course option because that's the minimum tefl hours you want to have for teaching English abroad, 120. And so you can actually read this page, icon, icon, right here. But there are 20 units in this course. And you have up to six months to complete that and work through all of the units. But most people completed faster. It just depends on how much time really you need, you know, what your study style is and all that, those things. Zoom, we do have something called OTP, which is the online teaching practice, online teaching practice, observed teaching practice. There we go. Observed teaching practice, like an add on you can do. So there's a lot of options. Look at our course options you can have add ons, you know, for teaching practice and those things. The courses are not zoom, which makes it more flexible. So you don't have to be online at like a specific time, which is great. So you can study at your own pace whenever and wherever you want. So that makes it really great. And yeah, check out this page for more details about the specific course. Yeah, Amitabha says how much more time will it require as it is almost close to four years since I got Tefl certified in close to two years since I got T-cell certified. Yeah, I understand. I get that. But Amitabha, you know, you can look for jobs in countries where they don't have this stupid regulation, you know, maybe be a bit more flexible, go to a place where they just don't care about that, where they also hire native and non-native English teachers, there are countries like that in schools like that. So and please, you've probably done that before, but reach out to us again if you have jobs at tefl.ac and we will really help you and try our best to find a position for you. Because Amitabha, I know you're more than qualified, you have the in-class Tefl course and all of those things. So, okay, Atia says, how about the online Tefl level five is the course difficult? Okay, let's have a look. Level five. Yeah. So level five, we have two level five courses. One is the 170 hour course with online specialization. This is specifically good for you if you want to teach English online as well. So this is the 120 hour course plus the 50 hour teaching English online specialization. And then the other level five course that we have is the 220 hour master package. And this one is 120 hours plus 50 hours teaching English to young learners, plus 50 hours teaching business English. And this is actually my favorite course. This is the course that I took. So I first, first you have to take the 120 hour course. For this, you have six months to do that, to complete the course like normal. And this is really more than enough time. You know, you can take your time working through the units and all that. And then after you completed that first part, you can decide, Hey, I want to do the English to young learners first, or I want to do the business English one first, you can decide. And then you have, I think also six months per course to finish that. But you can finish that much faster. And the 50 hour courses, they are really short, not really super short, but like shorter than the 120 hour course. I think it's eight units, or 10 units, the short ones. So half of that, you can work through those. And, you know, from my experience, your question is, is it, is the course difficult? Personally, I didn't find it that difficult. Of course, you need to read through the material, you know, you shouldn't rush through that. So it takes time, you know, working through the units and all that, but I passed all of the courses, no problem. And I was at the time also like new to all of that. So don't worry, you can definitely do it. And you can always have a tutor support, right? If you do the tutor support option, you get a tutor and you can ask the tutor questions if you don't understand something. So, yeah, Amitava says time is also running out fast as COVID-19 robbed us of two years from our lives. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Yeah, please email us, Amitava. Please. My colleagues over at the jobs department, they will help you out. Okay. Okay. I feel, yeah. Kasara, I can't see your comment. It's empty here. I'm not sure. Is it an emoticon or what? I'm not sure. If you can maybe type it again. I don't know. Can't see it. I'm sorry. Okay. All right. Last question now. I'm glad. Once I said law last question and everybody put their question in the comments. That's great. Good. But now really the last question, one more question. And then I'm going to really say goodbye. And then you can come back again next week, same place, same time. And I'm going to be answering more questions. And we're going to talk about another really useful topic. So please, please check it out and like and subscribe so you're notified for next week. Um, you don't want to miss it. Like and subscribe and take advantage of this 30% off. If you're thinking about getting Teflor tea, so certified, please do that. Yeah, that's about it. I'm just giving it a few seconds now to see if somebody has a last question. And then I'm going to say goodbye to you all. And I wish you all a happy weekend. I hope you're doing something fun. You're staying safe out there and okay. There's a lot of stuff going on in the world. We all know it's, it's a difficult time. So stay safe out there. I think about you all. But yeah, if there's one more question, I'd be happy to answer it. And if not, we can just say goodbye. And then I hope to see you and meet you all again next week here. I will be here. If you have any topic suggestions for these live sessions, let me know. Let me know. I'd be happy to, you know, talk about what you guys want to talk about, of course. So that's why I'm here. Let me know what you're interested in. And then I'll get back to you. Okay. I think no more questions coming through now. So I think we can say goodbye. And really thank you guys so much for being here. And for asking all your questions and your support. And yeah, I think that's all. Thank you guys so much. Stay safe. Have a great weekend. And thank you so much for your support and your questions for being here. And I hope to see you again next week. I will be here. And I hope I will see you there. I hope you join me again. And thank you guys so much. All right. See you later. Thank you. Bye.