 Linda here from ITTT back this week with another live session and I'm super excited to talk about today's topic which is something very dear to my heart of course and that is teaching English in Asia. So that's what we're gonna talk about today and specifically how to get an English teaching job in Asia. Asia is a huge continent of course so we're gonna look at different regions and also certain key countries that are very popular amongst teachers and have the highest demand and we're gonna look at those countries a little bit more closely to find out how you can go and teach there, the requirements, just the local EFL market, teaching market and how to find a job teaching English in China sort of at the end we're gonna look at that as well so a lot of good stuff coming today I'm very excited like I said because Asia is kind of my thing so I'm a bit of an expert in this I hope but I've been living in Asia since pretty much 2012 and yeah I'm very excited to talk about this today so good stuff coming as always guys please don't forget to like and subscribe we're live here on Facebook and on YouTube at the same time and also if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thank you thank you thank you for your download we really appreciate that we always turn our live sessions into 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don't pay full price but if you have any questions about which course to take you can do so at the end today in our Q&A session and then yeah Amitabha is here hi Amitabha oh and Amitabha sent me something in German Amitabha says hello Linda good morning how are you today thank you so much Amitabha I appreciate it I need to look up how to say it in your language next time if you need to let me know I would love I love learning languages that's been one of my passions for very long time so I'm all up for learning new languages all the time I started learning Japanese this year so very excited to also maybe learn a new language so I'm always interested in that all right very good very good let's have a look so again today's topic is Tefl in 2023 specifically taking a look at how to get an English teaching job in Asia what is Asia all about that's what we're gonna look at specifically in 2023 a lot of things maybe have changed staying the same are new I don't know we're gonna find out we're gonna find out I also have my coffee here so if you're staying here and watching the whole thing maybe also grab a drink grab a snack whatever you want we usually are live between 45 minutes and an hour so we'll see how it goes today depending on you know how fast we can go through the slides I always have slides here how many questions you have and just overall we'll see how long it takes but I always appreciate everybody staying on if you can stay on for that long I totally get it you don't have to I'm not gonna be mad maybe a little mad but I'm not gonna be mad but you can always watch the replay you can always watch the replay we always keep our live sessions in our playlists on Facebook and also on YouTube so you can always come back to it and rewatch also if you leave a comment after the life is finished we're still gonna get back to you no problem also before we jump in this email address is very important if you have any questions about it TT about our course options anything like that email us courses at t-sol-teffield.com reach out our team is here for you we have course consultants that sit down virtually with you and find out which course is best for you for your goal etc so that's always an option all right then maybe let's jump right in into today's topic where we talk about again teaching English in Asia in 2023 let's have a look we did that already all right and I created this new layout here and I'll show you where but if the text is too small and you can't read it very well just let me know in the comments and then I'm gonna make that bigger but I kind of like this new layout where I'm not that tiny and you guys can still kind of see me I like that so let's have a look at first the challenges of teaching English in Asia in 2023 there are three distinct challenges this year or this season basically for teaching English in Asia which is number one increased competition so increased competition for job openings because of a large or due to a large number of college graduates entering the market but also a lot of people not just college graduates but a lot of people who have postponed postponed their teaching abroad in Asia journey due to COVID and now all of the countries are pretty much back to normal in Asia and around the world so you have increased competition here a lot of people who didn't go abroad to teach for the past few years are now going so we have increased competition so we have those people who are waiting and then a whole new pool of fresh college graduates who are also ready to go and teach a broad and entered a job market so that is one big thing the increased competition here and then the second one is the global economy because there are still a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the global economy affecting job prospects because of a lot of recent situations in the world right we all know what we're talking about here but thank you Amitava I appreciate it so that is another thing right global economy we're not in the best situation around the world so there are a lot of things to consider that a lot of prices are going up a lot of other international situations right we all know what that's about so that's another thing and then varying requirements so there are a lot of different job requirements for teachers in certain industries or geographical areas so that's a bit of a challenge you can't and that's kind of the thing for today you can't just put Asia all under one umbrella right when people say oh yeah I want to go teach English in Asia it's like you need to really go a little bit more specific dig deeper what part of Asia what country they're all very different all have varying requirements so we're gonna look at that today as well it's not just oh yeah let me just go teach in Asia but that's why you're here to get more deeper information about this beautiful continent that I've called my home for the last couple of years so those are the main challenges but now let's also talk about the opportunities okay for teaching English in Asia in 2023 of course number one it is an exciting career path teaching English abroad in general is an exciting career path and it provides an alternative career path for many college graduates but also many other people I know this says college graduates a lot but also really anyone we just see a lot of college graduates going abroad to teach right but anyone it's an exciting career path also a lot of people who have worked a job the same job for many years and they want a change they want something different then teaching English abroad can also be that change and an exciting new thing to do strong EFL markets so Asia offers numerous opportunities for English teaching positions including countries like South Korea China Japan Thailand and Vietnam so those are the strongest EFL markets in Asia there are also others and they're also certain emerging markets but these one two three four five are the main strong EFL markets and we're going to do a deep dive into all of these destinations in just a little bit we're going to look at all of these countries in detail but Asia is by far the strongest destination for for English teachers it has the strongest demand the highest demand the strongest markets for English teaching and it also has competitive salaries we like to hear that so Asian countries often provide competitive salaries also benefits and opportunities of course for cultural immersion right but let's talk about the salaries and the benefits okay so salaries of course we teach and we get paid but also the great thing about Asia is that a lot of countries offer additional benefits so that is things like free airplane tickets you don't even have to spend any money to go there free housing right you don't have to pay an event it's provided by the school or you get a housing allowance also health insurance of course free health insurance in many cases bonuses year-end bonuses or end-of-contract bonuses contract completion bonuses things like that in Korea you also have a pension scheme that you pay into you pay into the national pension scheme but then when you leave you get all that money back because you're not receiving that later from the government you're not staying in Korea so that's another really great thing so a lot of good opportunities here in terms of money and then also the last point here professional development of course we all know that teaching English abroad allows you to gain international work experience and develop valuable skills so this is especially for people who want to teach English abroad for a short time a couple of years and then return back to their country and then you have this really valuable international work experience under your belt on your resume and that really stands out and that will really help you in your local job market as well so i mean i think we're all aware of these opportunities and these benefits of teaching English abroad and specifically in Asia as well so it's very very exciting an exciting place to go for sure so yeah i think we can all agree on that all right awesome oh great so we talked about the challenges we talked about the opportunities so also the benefits of course that's just kind of what we talked about but a little bit more in depth here let's have a look so we talked about this as well travel and cultural immersion especially in Asia i love it because you can travel to a lot of really inexpensive locations your salary will be good your benefits will be good you can save a lot of money and this is kind of the second point you can save a lot of money from your paycheck which you can then use for traveling for example or just to save money send money back home a lot of people also pay off their student loans with that so a lot of opportunity there then we just talked about the international work experience we talked about personal growth and skill development also great if you're if you're completely new to like teaching you you learn a lot about yourself you learn a lot about you know new life skills and things like that for me for example i was always the kind of person who i had my mom make my doctor's appointments and everything but then moving abroad to a different country and then also teaching english standing in front of people having to talk with people all the time all day long you really grow grow up and do all that so that definitely helps and then of course you're also there to make a difference in the lives of others which is so meaningful what with that's what it's kind of all about for a lot of people in terms of teaching there's really nothing better than seeing your students improve and your students get better at english improve and just grow it's it's a great feeling so these are the main benefits of teaching english abroad in general so i'm sure we can all agree on these and that's those are the main reasons why many of us want to go and teach english abroad i'm sure some benefits might be more important to us than others right all depends on what your goal is and what you want to do so good so then let's explore teffel in asia so when considering teaching english in asia you should assess your own qualifications your preferences for stricter requirements or more flexible options your cultural preferences and also desired earning potential to determine whether east asia or south east asia may be a better fit for you so that's exactly what we're going to break it down to so we're going to look at specifically we're going to look at east asia which is here on this map in orange with an orange circle and then we're also going to look at southeast asia so we're going to look at those two regions there are more regions in asia of course but east asia and southeast asia are pretty much the strongest regions for teaching english abroad and you're most likely if you're going to asia to teach you're most likely ending up in either east asia or southeast asia those they have the strongest efl markets so we're going to focus on those today and um yeah let's have a look let's jump right in so east asia versus southeast asia so maybe a little bit what are the differences and i picked some really good pictures i think that really also highlights the differences but on the left you can see east asia kind of the pictures are from east asia and then on the right side you can see southeast asia so you can kind of tell a little bit about the differences already right so east asia includes countries like china japan korea and taiwan where southeast asia includes countries like indonesia, thailand, vietnam, singapore, malaysia, the philippines and many other countries as well so just by looking at the pictures you can clearly see a difference here east asia i mean all of these countries and like i said asia is a huge continent all of the countries have different landscapes history cultures of course they also have all a shared core culture as well especially east asian countries are similar and southeast asian countries tend to be similar but then also overall there's a overall like asian of course culture in in the whole region but anyway i'm digressing so as you can see east asia more you have japan you have korea you have china you have this huge booming cities over there you also have that in southeast asia but southeast asia is kind of more laid-back nature beaches if you're looking for that kind of vibe so it really depends on you where you should go east asia or southeast asia so let's take a look at the differences and maybe this might be too small to read so i'm just gonna make myself oh not that i'm gonna make myself really a little bit smaller so you can all read the text it's a lot going on but i really think it's important that we look at the differences um we haven't really done that before because like i said most people just put asia all the countries in asia under one umbrella but i think it's really important to really make this distinction at least between east asia and southeast asia so looking at the demand we have east asia here and there is a high demand for english teachers because in this part of asia there is a high emphasis on english education and the desire to excel academically and an international business and i've been living in south korea for eight years now before that i also lived in china i also travel to japan i have a lot of students from japan so that is definitely true and just by looking at how education the education system especially the english education system is in korea this is absolutely the truth um almost all of the students they go to school and then from school they all the students go to school that was bad wording everyone goes to school and then almost all of the students they after school they go to another school so an english haguan a private language academy almost every single day until late at night then they come home then they do their homework and then they are exhausted and go to bed basically that is what being a student in east asia is like most of the time maybe a little bit exaggerated but also not so that is east asia for you huge emphasis on english education that's why the demand is really high in east asia for english teachers looking at southeast asia the focus is a little bit different so that the demand is generally not as high as in east asia but it's still high um and there's a growing need for english language skills because of the tourism but also economic development so it is high but the priorities are a little bit different so in east asia it's all about getting into that great university you know having that foreign english teacher all of that southeast asia is really more about well i need to learn english for my job and for the tourism industry etc um a little bit different just a little bit different but the demand is great everywhere but east asia is just a little bit on another level in that sense um then the earning potential and this is here in orange because that's one of the biggest differences we have the earning potential east asia just has higher salaries um countries offer competitive salaries and also a comprehensive benefit package and this allows most teachers to really save a significant amount of money so you don't have to pay rent you don't have to pay for uh what was that like health insurance all of these things airplane tickets everything is covered you don't have any expenses like that um so you can really save a lot of money off of your paycheck every month like i said in the beginning a lot of people then sent this money off back home to pay off student loans or whatever to save um i have some friends who came to korea to work as english teachers and save money so then they could go back home and buy a house or make a down payment for a house things like that or pay off student loans i have many friends who did that too when living uh while uh teaching english in asia southeast asia salaries are generally lower than in east asia but the cost of living is also lower okay the cost of living is lower east asia cost of living is quite high uh in korea and japan um almost the same as back home it kind of balances it out compared to back home but um definitely the cost of living in southeast asia is a lot lower than east asia and so teachers you can still earn a comfortable living and enjoy good quality of life so um and you don't even you don't even have to travel far to uh go to amazing beaches right it's right in front of you so that's great you can still live comfortably even though the salaries are lower but the cost of living is also lower so again depends on what you want right i'm not saying there's what east asia is better than southeast asia or southeast asia is better than east asia depends on your personally are you going abroad to teach to make the most money to send money back home to pay off student loans then yes maybe east asia might be a better choice but are you looking for a more relaxed kind of vibe you know great weather beach tropical situations um then maybe southeast asia might be better so let's look at culture and lifestyle here east asia like we just said has a strong emphasis on education and um compared to southeast asia they may have a more structured and disciplined teaching environment um which can also be a little bit stressful for you as a teacher it will be uh you know there would be curriculum you have to do this this this this this you have to get your pages done that's how it was for my haguan again schools are different but um that can be like that as well structure is good but then it might be maybe too much um at some point um but the cultures in east asia are often more modern also and developed right that's the pictures that we looked at in the beginning so you have a lot of mega cities you have great transportation systems high speed trains subway all of that it's very good everything's very fast and convenient that is east asia okay fast and convenient southeast asia rich cultural heritage and a more laid back lifestyle um you you might have seen this if you've traveled in asia before you go to korea you go to japan everybody's like always running trying to catch the train trying to catch the subway southeast asia my husband is korean we went to thailand we went to vietnam he notices that oh the people they walk so slowly here yes they have a more laid back lifestyle they walk more slowly um they're not always in a rush so that's a very big difference um it's very interesting then the teaching environment also kind of reflects that so it can vary but generally there is greater emphasis on creativity and interactive teaching methods so it's very much you you as a teacher tend to have a lot more freedom when teaching english in southeast asia and structuring your own classes generally whereas in east asia you might just get already all the material presented to you and be like hey this is what you need to teach this this this boom boom boom that's basically kind of the difference um then looking at the requirements for teachers so east asia also tends to have stricter requirements for english teachers you need to have a bachelor's degree most often and a teflora t-sol certificate and in many cases you also must be a native english speaker whereas in southeast asia a bachelor's degree is not always required a teflora t-sol certificate is is often enough and you should have flexibility and a willingness to adapt to different teaching environments that is a lot more highly valued in that region of the world so a lot of places also in southeast asia they actually hire face-to-face they like to see you first and kind of check out your vibe so it's a lot more important about are you you know do you fit in versus in east asia it's like oh these are your requirements okay great you're hired in southeast southeast asia it's a lot more a little bit more like do you fit the vibe of the school you know they don't really look at the they don't put that much emphasis on their qualifications in many cases again i'm generalizing here every school can be different every country can be different but the general vibe is that i hope that makes sense all right if anybody i know you guys are well traveled i know many of you guys maybe are from asia so if you have any thoughts any comments um let me know you know maybe what i'm saying is totally wrong please let me know let me know i'm always up for a discussion here like i said i've been living in asia for since 2012 i've lived in china and i also lived of course in korea now for eight years traveled to japan so i'm very well aware of east asian cultures and countries um i've traveled also extensively all over southeast asia but of course i haven't lived there and i haven't taught there so i can only speak from my personal experience in that uh realm of experience so yeah great so these were the differences between east asia and southeast asia and i think this really gives you a great idea of the differences between those two and which might be a better fit for you personally depending on what your vibe is what your what your goals are so so then let's have a look at these favorite destinations um basically these are the destinations with the highest demand with the biggest efl markets in east asia and southeast asia so we have picked here china japan south korea thailand and vietnam of course there are many many more countries that also have a demand for english teachers but these five are really the main ones where we see the highest demand so we're going to focus on those for the next few minutes and looking at these destinations so we're starting off with tefl in china i also started out teaching english in china i always called china my first love i started uh i i um learned studied chinese in university i've always been interested in china i'm fascinated by it so i'm very biased but um yeah we're starting off with china here why teach in china china is really one of the most one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world i think we all know this by now and that's that's why it also offers a vast demand for english education and china is in east asia so again east asia you definitely see that in china as well the high focus on education the big focus big emphasis on english education a lot of children go to after school uh after what is it extracurricular schools um private language schools after their regular school because english education is very important and emphasized in china so that's why it's really a great place to go also from my personal experience traveling in china is amazing china is huge you have beaches you have mountains you have you really have everything you have deserts you have snow you have tropical beaches snow you i mean everything forest seasons or tropics everything you have in china so um it's a great place to be for when you're when you like traveling as well um salary and benefits so you can make anywhere from 1500 to 3000 us dollars a month and you get benefits like free accommodation housing subsidies flight allowances and health insurance a degree is required to teach english in china also a teflon and a t-cell certificate is required to teach english in china you also need to be a native english speaker that was changed a couple of years ago however uh from what i've heard if you're not going to shanghai beijing guangzhou one of the like bigger cities if you're going to a smaller city um they're they still hire non-native english speakers as well so you can find positions there and the hiring season here is really year-round they don't have one main hiring season because honestly the demand is so high so they really you can find positions year-round in china i remember from living in china i used to live in guangzhou and then also in a city called Changsha which is the capital of Hunan province and really i would sit on the bus and on every corner there would be an english language school so the demand is really through the roof in china and it still is even now after all of covid and things it is still a great place to go to teach in terms of that good i was thinking of asking you guys something in comments but i forgot now but anyway if you have any comments any questions please feel free to ask i'm not i i feel like i'm talking way too much now like a lecture so please guys if you have any questions feel free to ask put them in the comments or even not a question but just a comment i would appreciate that anything you want to know anything you want to you want to go more in depth here in the con in in to those destinations let me know i'll try my best but don't be shy this is not a lecture i really like to have a conversation with you guys um but it's been a bit a little bit quiet today a little bit quiet today but it's okay too that's okay too i hope you enjoy um today's session but um feel free to comment so that was china now looking on to japan very exciting so of course why teach in japan do we really need to ask this question japan is awesome japan is amazing beautiful country culture everything but also japan provides a blend of tradition and modernity that attracts many english teachers and also the demand for english education and english teachers in japan is consistently high so it's been high for many many years even decades probably 10 15 years japan has always been a major efl destination which is great hi shila how are you doing nice to see you and the salary and benefits in japan you can make anywhere from 2200 to 2700 us dollars a month and also most typically you get accommodation flight reimbursement you get health insurance coverage paid vacation time and work visa sponsorship so you get a whole bunch of benefits here that's why it's so popular as well um and they also have the jet program maybe also want to mention that so that is the um japan english oh i always forget japan exchange i always forget what it stands for can you believe that every time the japan exchange and teaching program see it's so easy but i forget anyway they have the jet program a huge established english teaching program um that is super popular as well oh shila is from the philippines hi maybe you can give us some input about um southeast asian countries i'm going to talk about i'm not going to talk about the philippines though in detail but maybe shila can give us some input that would be great all right looking here at the requirements so you do have to have a degree a university degree to teach english in japan also a teflor tea salt certificate um what's interesting about japan though they don't have any official uh restrictions or requirements in terms of native speaker versus non-native english speakers so we actually have a lot of non-native english speakers also uh teaching english in japan which is amazing just great we love to see that main hiring season in japan is actually there's two so april is a major intake one and then also october is a major hiring season so that's really really great um so yeah teaching english in japan has been very strong we have graduated many many ittt graduates teflor course graduates who are teaching english in japan um so i'm very familiar with that and they all love it most of them are still there yeah most of them are have been there for years so love to see that and great earning potential again so if you're looking for japanese vibes go there to teach english then we have a look at korea so why teach english in korea we kind of touched on that already but again english proficiency english skills are highly valued in korean society and this has led to a strong demand for english language learning and a constant need for qualified english teachers in the country i 100% agree with that um i've been living in korea now for eight years and actually yesterday funny situation me and my husband we went out just downstairs uh at the trash area to get rid of our recycles recyclables uh through a trash and then there was this korean mom and her little kid maybe three years old i don't know and she only talked to him in english but she was korean she only talked to him in english so a lot of moms nowadays in korea do that they speak english with their kids to get them you know used to english hearing english maybe learn english from really very very young age so yes english proficiency is highly valued in korean society lots of english language academies everywhere almost every student is going to those after regular school so a lot of love a lot of opportunities here for english teachers salary you can make anywhere from 1800 to 2300 us dollars a month you also get you also get free or subsidized housing reimbursed airfare health insurance paid vacation all that good stuff you get a degree is required to teach english in korea and also you need to be an english native speaker to teach english in korea so it's not like japan unfortunately um and the hiring seasons the main hiring seasons are february and august so that is that about korea um yeah then we are going to southeast asia so thailand of course we need to talk about thailand thailand is also one of those places with the highest or with the biggest demand for english language teachers in this region so thailand has a growing economy and a strong focus on english language education there as well it is seen as a crucial skill for international communication and career advancement and of course also you're going to be teaching if you go to thailand you're going to be teaching a lot of people in the in the tourism industry there we go the tourism industry we all know tourism in thailand is booming everybody's traveling there so they need english salary between 950 to 1300 us dollars a month again as you can see now the salaries are lower compared to east asian countries china japan korea but keep in mind what we talked about earlier the cost of living in southeast asia is also a lot lower right so some schools also may offer additional benefits like accommodation health insurance and paid holidays but not as common all of this these benefit packages compared to east asia you need to have a degree to teach english in thailand there are no restrictions on whether you need to be a native english speaker or not but uh from what i've heard and seen and the people that i've talked to there is a preference for native english speakers but again i think if you're not necessarily in Bangkok and Chiang Mai in like the big cities Phuket if you're going to smaller towns and cities they would hire also non-native english speakers and then the main hiring seasons for thailand is may and then again in october so these are the two main hiring seasons and um yeah we i've been to thailand three times love it i could definitely see myself teaching there if i was if i didn't have my roots here in korea i would definitely go there to teach english it's an amazing place um you get never you never get tired of visiting thailand of seeing exploring the country there's so much to see it it's a beautiful place um and again also the beauty i think about living in thailand you have the beaches and the islands and everything in the south but then you also have the mountains and the jungle um in the north like Chiang Mai city is really great not no beach near there but it's jungle it's elephants it's it's a whole other vibe so you also have kind of two different things going on which is great so that's i i could definitely see myself going there that's all i'm saying all right and then we are looking at another destination in southeast asia asia which is vietnam vietnam and again here also english proficiency is highly valued in vietnam as it is seen as an important skill for international communication business and also academic pursuits and again also in vietnam you have the tourism as well which is why um english is very important there as well and then you have the salary and benefits a thousand to uh two thousand five hundred a month higher than thailand and you can also get sometimes accommodation assistance flight reimbursement health insurance and paid vacation time um it's also not always required for you to have a degree which is great there are no restrictions on native english speaker versus non-native english speaker which is great and to hiring season there is no hiring season you can find a job in vietnam year-round which is also great and i went to vietnam just in march for the second time i also love vietnam uh that's why i put the coffee beans here because vietnamese coffee is the best honestly it's amazing coffee culture in vietnam is superb um so i could also definitely see myself going there and live there for a while um i could see myself living in all of these five countries let me tell you i've been to all of them um love all of them definitely could my it can't see myself living in all of them and i have lived in two out of these i lived in china and in korea so there we go just my personal input but i'm curious of course to see what you guys think what you guys think um and before that before i ask you that let's talk about how to apply for jobs in east asia and southeast asia so we already talked about the hiring seasons for each country they're very different um so keep that in mind if you have one country where you like yeah i really want to go teach english in korea you need to know the hiring seasons and when most positions are coming out so that you are ready um but yes you can find a english teaching job in asia through us through ittt so all of our ittt course graduates you get access to job support services so that means you get access to unadvertised jobs and also access to schools in asia that are always looking and hiring itt graduates you also get information for teflentes or recruitment partners that we have that are specialized in asia we work with a couple of different recruitment agencies who are specializing in asia and who are always looking for itt course graduates to place into schools in asia so that's one way and then also of course online job boards are very popular so you can find positions in asia here websites like dave's eslcafe tefl.com esl employment for example they all feature job listings from various countries in asia as well so you can just do a google search one other tip if uh for example you are you already know where you want to go for example you want to go to thailand you want to go to chiang mai in the north beautiful city you want to go there open up google maps put in chiang mai and then put in english language school and then you see all the english language schools in chiang mai and you just contact them contact them apply just call the applying right you can do that too of course you can also find other recruitment agencies teflote recruiters when you google that but if you just go through us you know that these recruiters are legit they know what they're doing and we recommend them and we actually have a site up on our website with our recruitment partners let's see if i can find it real quick i forgot to where is it oh i really want to find this page for you guys give me one second if not i have to oh yeah here i think that's it yes yes yes yes okay here perfect yes that's exactly what i was looking for so i have this link for you here and this gives you this link is a link to our page with all of our recruitment partners and schools so that you can see who they are and many of them are specialized in asia so check it out if you're interested and that's how you can find a job and really then all it is you apply you send in your application and then hopefully they would contact you back and you would do an online interview and then you would get the job and then you would start your teaching a broad journey it's really that easy sounds so easy right i know so that's basically how it goes and yeah if you want to go through us and you want to take a taffle course t-sol course for teaching asian asia it's highly beneficial um contact us get in touch you can just go to tafflecourse.net to our website you can also request a callback from one of our team members so if you go to our website and then at the top it says um request a callback i think yeah right at the top it says request callback so you can do that and speak with us um speak with us or you can email us courses at tsol-taffle.com you can also if you want reach out to me personally if you're specifically interested in south korea i know a lot about that also china uh you can just send me a dm here on instagram at linda goes east i'd appreciate that and um let's see yeah we're doing q&a now so if you have any questions about anything that i've talked about today about asia teaching english in asia any comments any questions or anything else any other feedback questions about anything else i'm open to it now is your time to ask a question and i always say there are no stupid questions so just whatever whatever comes to mind just say it and again because i just want to mention this again the 30% off 30% off our taffle or tsol course so what you can do is you can scan this qr code right here or i'm just going to share our link again in the comments and that link will get you a 30% off discount off of our taffle or tsol courses all of them all of them so whichever course you pick you can get a 30% discount by choosing this link sign up via this link or scan this qr code both is possible all right awesome and then i am all ears for you guys's questions for today if it's not relating to teaching english in asia that's totally fine this q&a is for everything everything about tefal tsol teaching english abroad or online or our courses or whatever else whatever else you want to know i'll try my best in answering it whatever else you want to know and maybe actually if you maybe i need to change this really quick to okay so if you could go to any country and teach english abroad and live there for a while where would you like where would you like to go where would you like to go to teach english abroad maybe that let's start with that i'm asking you a question first my q&a i'm asking you a question first doesn't have to be asia if it's not asia that's cool just wherever where would you like to live abroad and teach english or are you like no i actually i like my country i want to stay in my country i just want to teach english online that's also an option let me know let me know in the comments like i said based on all of the five countries we just talked about china japan korea uh thailand and vietnam i can really see myself living in all of these in all of these would be fun however i do really like east asia because of the weather mainly it has a really nice spring and summer warm hot summer even too hot but then it also cools down you have fall autumn and spring um but southeast asia is just always kind of hot i don't know if i can handle that as a european you know might be too hot for me not sure i never lived in any of these places for a very long time so i'm not sure but i do like having four seasons it's really pretty having four seasons living in east asia cherry blossoms in the spring you know and then you have lotus season in the summer and all these other flowers and bamboo forests and stuff and then you have beautiful fall foliage as well and then you also get snow and you can actually ski also here so i like that i like skiing and winter sports but anyway we have a question here from learning hi hello ma'am thank you for the class well i don't want it to be a class but it's okay please mention the band score or any english proficiency requirements to register for above said courses okay great so actually you don't have to have an english proficiency uh certificate or anything like that to take our teflortesal course everything all you need to have is you need to be over 18 and you just need to be a fluent english speaker so um it's a very loose term there's no um score or anything like that a great attach to that as long as you understand the course units um you're good to go so if you go to our website and you just have a read through um the courses the course descriptions if you understand that then um you are definitely qualified so no need to provide any score or things like that for our courses however we do recommend non-native english speakers who want to teach english abroad um to definitely have an english proficiency certification when applying for jobs right but at the time of you taking a teflortesal course you do not have to have a core a certificate like that or provide show us that you don't have to do that hope that helps amitabha says i would like to live in any one of the 26 shangan countries provided i get the required visa and the requisite permission to work in the eu how do i go about doing this requirement yeah well you know depends i think do all of the shangan countries have the same requirements i don't think so right so it would depend on where you want to go right which country and then you need to figure out the requirements for that country um and i know amitabha know very well so i know you are more than qualified i know all of your qualified most of your qualifications i think i'm aware of now um so i think you're very qualified and uh i think you're at a stage now where you can really just apply apply apply to everything you see and maybe even one of the government funded teaching programs in europe maybe you should apply to one of those uh what comes to mind maybe like i this one of my favorite programs i've heard about um the hungary in hungary the program teaching program what was that called c c something c c t hungary english teaching program c t how is it called uh central european teaching program in hungary so c e t p c e t p in hungary i think that program might work for you the single largest providers provider of teachers to hungarian public schools central european teaching program maybe that's a good place to start amitabha actually how to apply oh their website looks good too program details etc etc i'm not 100% uh sure now of their requirements at the moment but uh why not check it out amitabha i'm gonna just paste that here into the comments so you can check it out that might be a good place to start just a recommendation i have also been to hungary budapest beautiful place i could see myself living there too i could see myself living on everywhere so check that out but yeah that's that all right uh anybody else have a question ask me your questions about tefal tesal teaching english abroad anything you want to know i still have a couple of minutes that i can be here we're one hour in so i'm just going to give you a couple more minutes for anybody who just joined or joined late or was too shy to ask the question so far also want to say that i will be back again next week as well there will be another live session this is a weekly thing right so if you don't have a question right now you can ask me next time as well everything's cool let's see i think i mentioned everything right oh i also just saw that i can add some background music that might be interesting to try out next time as you do that cool and there's no awkward silence how about that maybe maybe try that not sure all right uh well if there are no more questions coming through today then i think we're just going to end it here um but thank you so much for being here today and joining me because i really liked to talk about um teaching english in asia i've been living in asia for a long time i love asia and all the different cultures and countries and stuff like that so i really appreciate that you a lot way to talk about that today and that you were listening and all of your questions and input so thank you thank you so much and i hope you guys learned something new today and maybe it inspired you to go and teach english abroad in asia and now you maybe know a little bit more about all whether you should go to east asia or southeast asia or whatnot and again if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thank you again so much for the download and maybe next time if you're a listener of our podcast maybe next time you can join us live here that would be also great we're always live at this time you can check out our facebook page for event details and um yeah i will be back again next week and i hope to see you again that time as well and until then i wish you a wonderful time wonderful weekend and a wonderful next week and um yeah i will see you again and amitabha posted something again in german let's have a look maybe you should go to germany then amitabha thank you for your friendly help and suggestions linda thank you so amitabha says thank you for your friendly help and suggestions linda thank you amitabha i appreciate it all right then i'm gonna say goodbye and thank you guys again so much for joining me today and if you have any questions don't worry just reach out um that's totally fine and yeah then i will see you again next time and i'm gonna say goodbye thank you guys bye