 Hi everyone! Linda here from ITTT back this week with another live session. Thank you so much for joining and tuning in today for our topic, the top five most underrated TEFL destinations. Super excited to do another like destination theme topic today. We talked a lot about how to find a job and how to start teaching English online and all of these kinds of things. So I thought it's time for another TEFL destination kind of live session. I always love doing these. It feels a little bit like taking a virtual vacation, a virtual trip. So join me, join me for the trip today. I do want to say I am still a little bit sick today so I apologize if my voice sounds weird, if you know sometimes I need to cough or do anything with my nose. So I apologize in advance but that's just how it is and we have to get through that. Yeah so thank you so much for tuning in and for joining and guys let me know first off where are you right now? Where are you watching from today? Let me know. As always I am in South Korea. It is 10 30 a.m. Friday morning. I'm so excited for this weekend. The weather is great. The first cherry blossoms are blooming so I'm gonna go out and enjoy spring and the cherry blossoms this weekend. I'm so excited about it. That's why I'm wearing this kind of blossom dress today for you guys. I'm all in spring mood. Let me know where you are. Are there any cherry blossoms? Any spring blossoms where you are? Is it spring where you are? What's going on? Let me know. Leave a comment in the comment section. We are live on Facebook and also on YouTube so let me know where you're watching from today. What's the weather like? What are you doing this weekend? What are your plans? Let me know guys. Also please don't forget to like and subscribe. I know I always say that but that's very important. Not only for us of course it helps us grow and reach more people like you that might be interested in teaching English abroad but it also helps you because you stay up to date on all the things that are happening at ITTT. You also get free teaching materials. We share job offers on our Facebook page. A lot of stuff going on. So do like and subscribe. You never miss any of our live sessions either. This is a weekly thing so yeah. Just like and subscribe and you're always up to date and you get notified and all of that good stuff. With Emilio from Barcelona. Hi Emilio! How's the weather in Barcelona? I'm sure it's very nice and warm isn't it? I haven't been to Barcelona yet. I really want to go super interested in that gaudi, the art, the park. I forget what it's called but you know what I'm talking about. The most famous like park or the buildings, right? I always see pictures of it and it's beautiful. Then we have Tarek from Libya. Hi how are you doing? What's the weather like over there? Thanks so much for tuning in. Exciting. Oh we have Fenix. Fenix from California but living in Brazil. Nice. What part of Brazil do you live in? And what's the weather like there? I actually have a Japanese teacher from well he's Japanese but he lives in Brazil and we have online classes and he's telling me all about the weather and how warm it is and hot and humid. So that's really cool. Very different. Super exciting. Nice. Cool. We have a very mixed crowd today. I like that. We have Barcelona. We have Libya. We have Brazil. I'm sure we have a lot more locations so guys just let me know in the comments where you are. Oh I'm in Bahia. Is it Bahia? The northeast. Okay nice. Cool. Very cool. Jealous. But yeah awesome. All right then guys keep your comments coming of where you're watching from today if you want to share and then I can also I'm also going to introduce myself very quick. I think we have a lot of new people here. I see a lot of new names so that's really really great. Thank you guys so much for tuning in and this is our topic for today so stay tuned. I'm just going to do a quick intro and Fenix says it's always hot and humid but raining a lot lately. Oh is it like rainy season or I'm sure do you guys have rainy season dry season or is it always kind of like the same? Interesting. Always hot. And then we have Liesl. Is it Liesl from Zimbabwe. It's 3 30 a.m. Oh my gosh thank you so much for tuning in. Weather here hasn't started cooling for winter yet. We still enjoy lovely hot weather. Okay very cool. Okay nice. And then we have John here from Barbados. Cool. All right very mixed crowd today. I love it. I'm here for it. All right then guys also I want to mention that we do have a 30 person off discount code off of all of ITTT's TEFL and TESOL courses. Yay. So what you can do is you can scan this QR code right here or I'm also going to share a discount link in the comment section that you can copy and paste and you can get 30% off any TEFL or TESOL course from ITTT. Super exciting. So if you're not yet TEFL or TESOL certified now is a great time to do it with this 30% off. Link don't pay full price right. Don't pay full price take advantage and you get 30% off which is a big big big discount. So you don't want to miss that. You can copy paste this link or scan this QR code and then you will see an application page and it will say the top congratulations. You get 30% off something like that. So you know it's the right link and you can apply and save a lot of money. This also is good for if you're already TEFL certified and you want a specialization course or you want to take the advanced diploma course you can also use this discount for that. So and save a bit of money. I'm all here for saving money and I'm sure you are too and also this this link does not expire. So if you're not yet sure which course you want to take you can save this link and then apply apply later. That's also good. But we only share this link during our live sessions. That's why it's so important to like and subscribe and to join us. So you see these discount codes only here during our live sessions. So that's very special. All right. Phoenix is hot. 30 degrees Celsius with 80% humidity. Okay. Wow. Interesting. Yeah, that's very hot. 30 degrees 80% humidity. Cool. That's kind of like in Korea in the summer. It's very similar, very humid and very hot and you cannot survive without air conditioning. All right. So before we start I also want to introduce myself real quick and I want to say again I said this in the beginning but I am sick. So my voice might sound a bit weird and I might have to cough sometimes and my nose is like stuffed up. So I apologize for that but I didn't want to miss out on today's live session because this topic is so exciting. But just please be kind. And this is about me first. So my name is Linda. Welcome. I'm here for ITTT. I'm a Teflon TESOL marketing professional for ITTT. But I'm also many other things. I'm also a language teacher. I teach English and German. I also am a travel writer, travel blogger, content creator. I do many different things. I have my own website at lindagoseast.com and lindagoseast also on Instagram. If you want to reach out to me via DM, you can always do that and East because I've always been super interested in Asia particularly. So I studied Mandarin Chinese. I lived in China. I also taught English in China but I also worked in marketing in China and then I ended up in South Korea. So I actually met my now husband in California at university and he happened to be from Korea and then I went back to China for another year and then I ended up going and moving to Korea to be with him and this is my eighth year now in South Korea. It's crazy. Time really goes by super fast but I'm originally from Germany and the US so my mom is German. My dad is American and yeah I also work for ITTT. So I actually took the course in 2014 because I knew I wanted to move to Korea and I wanted to move to the city where my husband was from so I wanted to get a Tefl certificate just to be able to pick and choose a job in this city and that's how I found ITTT basically and I ended up taking their courses and then I ended up working for them in the end so it all worked out. It's all good and ITTT if you don't know it stands for international Tefl and TESOL training and you can find us at teflcourse.net and we are a leading Tefl and TESOL course provider worldwide. We have a lot of different courses. I'm sure many of you are already Tefl certified from ITTT so you know but we have a wide variety of courses we have a lot of online courses we have in-class courses as well at different training centers around the world and we also have combined courses so that's about us and please guys keep your comments coming here about where you are right now while I'm going to drink some ginger tea for my throat. All right we have Martha here from Greece. Nice. Hi Martha how are you doing? I love Greece. I went to Greece a couple years ago. It was amazing and also Greek food is the best. Miss it. All right so then we are jumping right in. Excuse me. The top five most underrated Tefl destinations and before we kind of jump into this topic so today obviously we're going to talk about five underrated Tefl destinations so you're not going to hear about Korea because that's very popular. You're not going to hear about Japan. You're not going to hear about China. You're not going to hear about Spain, Italy. You're not going to hear about Mexico any of these places because they are typically very popular Tefl destinations but today is actually the opposite not unpopular but definitely underrated Tefl destinations so these are destinations that are not typically on the radar for teaching English abroad. Like I said we hear a lot about teaching English in Japan, teaching English in China, teaching English in Italy, in Spain, in France but today is a little bit different and why are we talking about underrated Tefl destinations because they have a lot of potential. The competition is usually not as great you know as in these popular destinations so you can easily find a job there and they are just a lot of people like to go to places that are kind of hidden gems or not yet super popular you know you want to be you want to do something a little bit different than other people you're looking for a more authentic destination then these places might be worth considering for you today. Okay we have a comment here from Lenin says hello I'm Tefl certified but not a native speaker and most of the countries prefer candidates with a bachelor's degree. Yeah so we're gonna also talk about the requirements for each of these locations so you are also going to hear about that as well so let's see yeah this is kind of something I already talked about and touched on Lenin I'm going to get back to you in just a second let me get through this slide and then I'm going to talk about your question so why choose an underrated destination that's kind of something I just talked about but it's definitely a more authentic experience so some people want a more immersive less structured experience and to be involved in local community culture which can be found teaching in less popular places right a lot of places like Korea or Japan are well established for English teachers and also tourism so a lot of people who speak English a lot of people are there for teaching English abroad so you will have a big foreigner community a big English teacher community but in these underrated destinations it's more it's it's much smaller you definitely have an expat community everywhere but in these underrated destinations it's much smaller which allows you a more authentic experience right it's more immersive you are much more involved in the local community if people don't really speak English if there aren't as many foreigners you are basically forced to engage with the locals more so all right and then we have the the next point here is a sense of adventure sense of adventure so the appeal of teaching in lesser known locations may be the chance to explore and discover a new place this can be a great opportunity for people who enjoy travel and are looking for a unique experience so that's something I talked about just before but if you go to an underrated destination there isn't a lot of information maybe about these places and they're still a little undiscovered unexplored so it can be quite adventurous if you're one of the you know one of the only people who's ever been there or you know there are not a lot of people going there to teach it's it can be very exciting because you can you have to basically figure out a lot on your own because not a lot of people have done that before you and there is not a lot of information about it like on blogs or internet sites so it can be very adventurous what a lot of people are looking for so that can be very exciting as well then of course it is great for your professional development a lot of these places will have fewer resources available for teachers because it's just not that common for English teaching so a lot of you guys if you move to an underrated destination you will have to be more creative and more resourceful in your teaching approach and this can help you develop new skills and approaches to teaching which can be very useful for your professional development you'll see this a lot for example like I said in in korea with uh uh with the epic program or in japan with the jet program they're very well established and they give you a lot of resources and a lot of materials a lot of schools would provide teaching materials but in these underrated destinations most of the time you are really um you have the creativity and you have you have to do everything yourself you have to you have to establish a curriculum more often than not and you have the freedom to to organize your classes and your lesson plans the way you want which can give you just um um yeah which will have you have to be more creative um nothing's really handed to you so you have to come up with all of it by yourself which is great for professional development you'll learn um how to do this stuff very quickly if you have to um and then the last point here is personal growth so teaching in a less popular location may require stepping outside of one's comfort zone of course and adapting to a new culture and way of life which can be a transformative experience for some people and this is also true you know for any country that you move to of course you have to step out of your comfort zone but especially with these underrated destinations because like I said there aren't that many foreigners may be living there there aren't that many English teachers living there yet the expat community the EFL English teacher community might be very small so um you have to step out of your comfort zone a lot more and maybe approach locals or um you know do do a lot of things that you would normally not do back home basically so yeah here are four points on why to choose an underrated destination and let me get back to Lenin here real quick so again Lenin said he is TEFL certified but not a native speaker and most of the countries prefer candidates with bachelor's degree with a bachelor degree so any suggestions so yeah of course um you are TEFL certified but you are a non-native English speaker and you don't have a bachelor's degree so it is possible to teach English abroad without a degree and also as a non-native English teacher and I think these underrated destinations especially will be really good for you and like I said today we're going to cover also the requirements so you'll see the places where you can teach without a degree and as a non-native English speaker as well you're going to see that today so I think especially these destinations will be good for you somebody like you Lenin and then also for I say this all the time but anyone who is a non-native English speaker who wants to teach English you need to get a English proficiency certificate so a TEFL an IELTS any kind of Cambridge English proficiency certificate that will really boost your application as well your resume so that they see um your English level is very high that will help you okay let me take more tea please okay yeah let's jump into it our first destination here is Cambodia very nice so Cambodia is actually some a place that's very dear to my heart I visited Cambodia in November and it was amazing so I can talk a little bit about my personal experience as well even though I didn't teach there but I got to learn the place I got to know the place a little bit a little bit while I was there so why is it underrated definitely it's often overlooked compared to popular destinations like Japan South Korea China and even Thailand so when somebody's looking to teach English in Asia a lot of times you will find yeah places like Japan Korea China and Thailand first and then Cambodia is kind of overlooked but Cambodia is a great place to go for teaching English Cambodia's EFL market is growing and also thanks to their tourism so English is used in other subjects in higher education and that provides a lot of professional practice opportunities Teflon TESOL holders they can help build the higher education curriculum shaping linguistic opportunities so if you are an English teacher in Cambodia you are very much involved in curriculum making and all of these things that's something we talked about for the reasons why you should choose an underrated destination so you are very much involved in lesson planning and setting up a curriculum so the schools will really want to hear your opinion and want to get your help on that which leads to you really getting to show your creativity and your skills so that's really great the requirements you definitely want to have a Tefl certificate then you also need to think about that they have an upper age limit for teaching which is 65 so if you're older than 65 you won't be able to teach English in Cambodia this is the local retirement age and this also applies to English teachers foreign English teachers and then schools and universities have job openings year round so they don't have really hiring seasons you can find positions year round which is great so whenever you are ready you can just go and apply and populous areas like Plum Pen and Krong CM RAP have more teaching opportunities and there's a spelling error here in CM RAP it's S I E M but anyway so those are the two biggest places actually Plum Pen is the capital city we're going to talk about that in just a second and CM RAP is basically where Angkor Wat is and Angkor Wat is this huge UNESCO temple complex and this is the most famous place in Cambodia so a lot of tourists go there and a lot of English education is required there for the tour guides right so you see a lot of opportunities there so pay here is 1000 to 1200 US dollars a month and here Lenin as you can see the requirements they only require a Tefl certificate so you are definitely qualified to teach English Cambodia if you wanted to that would be an option and for every location that I'm going to talk about today I also want to show you guys a little bit about that country to kind of get to know it a little bit better so if you choose to move there you you should know excuse me you should know these things about the country before so like I just said Angkor Wat when when people think about Cambodia the first thing they think about is Angkor Wat and this is an ancient temple complex and this is really Cambodia's most famous attraction and this is located in the city of CM RAP so that's why CM RAP you're going to have a lot of English teaching opportunities in this place for tourism however Phnom Penh is the capital city and this is also home of the Royal Palace and the National Museum and for example also the King the Killing Fields Memorial Site and Phnom Penh is the biggest city and capital city and you're going to have a lot of teaching opportunities and positions in Phnom Penh so Phnom Penh first and then CM RAP where Angkor Wat is and so Killing Fields what are the Killing Fields they are associated with the Khmer Rouge so if you choose to go to Cambodia you should know what the Khmer Rouge was and this was basically a brutal regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 79 and it really has a strong impact on Cambodia still today this was basically a genocide they killed a lot of people under this regime in only four years they killed millions of people so in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas you have things like the Killing Fields this is basically a camp where they killed many of these prisoners and also the Toul Slang genocide museum is also in Phnom Penh so these are very dark history of Cambodia of Cambodia but it still shapes Cambodians today and it was not that long ago if you think about 79 not that long ago and you can still see this in Cambodia's population today so they killed a lot of people during this time and that's why the majority of people in Cambodia the population is 25 and younger so they have a lot of young people in Cambodia I forget how much it was but it was like something crazy like 70 or 80 percent of the population is younger people between 25 and younger so that's also a huge opportunity for English education right because a lot of these people they are trying to get out of their you know poverty and they want English education so that's why you have a lot of opportunities also because of this part of history and then of course we have to talk about the nature of Cambodia so Cambodia is home to a variety of national parks and natural wonders including the Cardamom Mountains and the Ton Le Sap Lake so this is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Southeast Asia so there's a lot of travel opportunities once you're in Cambodia so much to see and do highly recommend it all right all right Phoenix says how long is a typical teaching contract I don't know if I want to stay over a year so yeah typically a teaching contract is for one year and then most of the time you can you know renew or you can change the school but usually a teaching contract is for one year in some places specifically in the Middle East it might also be two years and you can also sometimes find shorter contracts for like six months but this is more rare but I've also seen that in the past but typically I would say 75% 80% of teaching contracts are for one year and then Emilio is asking hi I'm halfway through the 550-hour course I have a C1 certificate nice congratulations a degree I'm a doctor nice and teaching experience I'm also from Spain non-native am I eligible for working in Vietnam very good okay Vietnam specifically we're not going to talk about Vietnam today because it is also another popular destination but uh so we actually have a we actually have a let's see FAQ section about this and I'm gonna forward this to you you can have a look and here it says what are the requirements for teaching English in Vietnam and for the work permit to teach English legally in Vietnam you will need to be a native English speaker so they are also more now towards native English speaker but I think in some places in Vietnam you can still find positions if you're a non-native English speaker so we have this big um job section so check out this is the link how to get a teaching job in uh Vietnam so check that out and you'll find the information there and also the job section and then just apply to every job posting in there and C1 is really great so I think C1 yeah you should be able to find a job all right so this was Cambodia super exciting I can definitely recommend it I loved Cambodia next up we have Chile so South America so why is Chile underrated so despite its awe-inspiring landscapes and beaches and incredible museums it is not as well known as other Tefl destinations which is very interesting right um a lot of people I think in South America are going towards Brazil very booming but Chile definitely not to be overlooked the Tefl EFL teaching market in Chile is actually very strong and there are many job opportunities available in cities like Santiago, Valparaiso and Concepción so these are the biggest cities in Santiago is the capital city and the requirements for teaching English in Chile are a Tefl certificate which is a must and a degree is helpful for obtaining a visa but it's not always necessary and then Santiago is a great place to start looking for jobs but there are many other cities to explore and find opportunities like the ones here we talked about Valparaiso in Concepción but also Puente Alto, Anto, Fagasta, Vina del Mar all of these places the pay is between 800 and 1200 us dollars per month so if you're looking for a place in South America to teach English Chile might be a good place to start and to consider and here's simply some interesting facts about Chile of course when we think about Chile we are thinking about the natural beauty right that is probably one of the first things that comes to mind so Chile is home to some of the world's most spectacular natural wonders such as the Atacama Desert and the Andes Mountains and the stunning Torres del Paine National Park I hope I'm saying that right um so really really great stuff to explore there a lot of good if you're into hiking and all these things I think Chile will be your paradise you're gonna love it there Santiago is the capital city so Santiago de Chile is a vibrant city and also home to some of Chile's most important landmarks the city's also surrounded by beautiful landscapes including the Andes Mountains and the Chilean coastline so you really have the best of both worlds you have the ocean and you also have the mountains so in your free time you will have so much stuff to do and places to go to and things to explore it's going to be really great um and of course Chile is Spanish speaking so if you already know some Spanish um or you want to learn Spanish it's another reason to go to Chile right they also have a booming economy and actually Chile has one of the strongest economies in South America with a rapidly growing middle class and a high demand for English language skills in the workforce so this is why Chile is really a great place to go for English teachers at the moment and then of course I also wanted to mention the Easter Islands this is probably the most famous kind of UNESCO place in Chile uh this is the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island and this is known for its mysterious Moai statues so the statues you see here in the picture maybe you've seen them before um that's also in Chile so if that's on your list of places to see then maybe you can consider Chile as your destination I would definitely love to go I want to see that and look at the picture here Santiago just looks so cool the city and then you have the Andes Mountains right there in the background it looks amazing I love it so I would love to go there definitely so again requirements a Tefl certificate and the degree is helpful but not a must so also not that strict all you need to have is a Tefl certificate and you are good to go okay Phoenix says do these places include relocation cost um oh like you mean if the schools would if the schools pay for your airfare and housing so that's a good point usually these places will not give you any airfare money or any money for housing this is what you have in places like um places like Korea Japan um China as well they usually pay for airfare they pay for an airplane ticket they pay for housing but in these underrated places normally they do not do that you can you're always free to negotiate during your interview and you might be able to get that but it's not very typical you would have to do that you would have to cover the cost for that amitava good morning I'm doing okay how about you I'm still a little bit sick but it's okay how are you doing amitava okay so we talked about Cambodia now we talked about Chile and now let's jump into the next place Honduras Honduras and Honduras we never talked about here before I don't think so this is really underrated a really really good place to go if you're looking for an underrated EFL destination um so why is it underrated Honduras is an underrated EFL teaching destination due to its growing English learning market which is great for gaining experience and starting out as a TEFL teacher so this yeah it has a growing market and it's really good if you're starting out to gain experience and to have a good time so the EFL market in Honduras is growing it's a good place to gain experience and start out as a TEFL teacher and students in Honduras are incredibly keen to learn English and TEFL teachers may not earn high salaries in Honduras so that's something to keep in mind that's the whole um South American region though so the pay the pay typically isn't that high and the EFL market in Honduras is still very new it's very new but the students are very keen they all will want to learn English for their future so you definitely see it growing but it's still very young so that's why this is a good place to start out so you can get in there and kind of help build this market so that's that's something that can be very exciting and they really welcome people to come and um help them with that the requirements are um a bachelor's degree but also not always required so um nice to have but not always required TEFL certificate for sure and then oh i wanted to check how to pronounce the city this is the capital city and i forgot how to say it um so it starts with t i'm not gonna try now just to say it i wanted to google how to pronounce this but uh this is the capital city blah blah blah is a great place to start looking for jobs capital city i never heard this capital city before um so i don't know how to say it and i don't want to embarrass myself so i'm not gonna say it anyway pay also between 800 to 1200 per month but probably more in the lower range here unless you have a bachelor's degree and teaching experience and all that and you find a really good school but it's probably more the lower range so 800 around 800 and again you're not going to get any paid airfare or bonuses here um in most of these underrated destinations all right then let's have a look at more facts about Honduras so it has UNESCO heritage sites it actually has two UNESCO heritage sites and this is the Maya site of Copan and the Rio what is it? Platano biosphere reserve so that's really cool a lot of cool stuff to explore they also have pyramids the the Mayan pyramids here and a lot of nature which is really cool and then here again the city that i can't pronounce because i forgot to look it up is the capital city and the largest city and it has a population of around 1.2 million people and it's located in the southern central part of the country and it's the political and administrative center of Honduras and so that's where most of the teaching positions can be found but also around there so not only in this city but also other places and this is another very famous place which is called Mosquitia which is the largest rainforest in Central America and one of the most biodiverse regions in the world so again if you're into hiking and exploring I guess jungle adventures and wildlife and all that this is a great place to go you can explore a lot in your free time and also if you're interested in Honduras and you want to move there you should know that coffee is very famous from Honduras so they're known for producing high quality coffee and it is grown in the mountainous regions of the country and in fact coffee is the second largest export after bananas in Honduras so I thought that was very interesting and I wanted to mention it and you might actually end up working maybe as a business English teacher at one of the coffee production companies or coffee companies there so really cool so yeah this is Honduras and Phoenix here says is Honduras safe I mean violence and natural disasters um you know what that's a good point is it safe um I have never been to Honduras so I'm not 100% sure if it's safe you would have to probably google that and maybe what I always suggest if you're interested in a place to go um find people like blogs find people English teachers um other people who live there and read their blogs and see what they say or YouTube channels you know if you want videos um so so oh it's Phoenix I'm sorry I'm sorry I apologize Phoenix okay got it so uh I cannot answer that if it is safe or not but um um I I would probably say it's okay because it's on our list all right then we have Lilia Martinez Tejada nice name hello Linda hi Lilia how are you doing okay and Amitava says it's the capital of city of Honduras it is pronounced tegu si galpa is it that tegu si pal tegu si galpa tegu si galpa yeah tegu si galpa okay thanks thanks Amitava I learned something new now tegu si galpa tegu si galpa okay thanks Amitava okay so that's the capital city we know how to say it now thank you so much all right this is about Honduras that is a mouthful isn't it great yeah and I'd never heard this name before either but it sounds like very uh like uh like from a book like a fictional like city but it's a real place cool anyway that's that all right so we talked about Cambodia we talked about Chile now we talked about Honduras and now we have place number four of the most underrated uh Tefal destinations which is Taiwan and actually Taiwan is not that underrated but I feel like it is underrated in a way because it's often overlooked as a Tefal destination because it's overshadowed by neighboring China Korea and Japan so uh Taiwan is considered east Asia and other east Asian destinations like China Korea and Japan are just so much more popular when it comes to uh teaching English uh abroad but Taiwan is really great uh and a great destination to consider and I just wanted to put it up there because I think a lot of people kind of forget that it exists and a lot of people always want to go to China or Japan or Korea but Taiwan is actually really great to consider and I wanted to put at least one Asian destination up here so Phoenix says yes surprise to see it on the list yes but I'm sure a lot of people maybe have not considered it so I wanted to put it up there uh because it's great and you can actually earn a lot of money there and I've been to Taiwan and I love it it's so great especially if you're interested in um east Asia Taiwan is a really great place to go and maybe if you uh if you're thinking about going to China but some things are holding you back and you don't want to go to China you could go to Taiwan it's a great alternative so Taiwan has a high demand for English teachers especially in private language schools and they are known bushi bans they're known as bushi bans so they're the private language schools are called bushi bans here and a lot of teachers will work for these bushi bans teaching in public schools is also an option but there's often fierce competition for these positions um so you're going to see a lot more openings for bushi bans so a lot of people they actually move to Japan uh Taiwan uh and start out working for bushi bans and then kind of get into after some networking after meeting people and then they kind of slide into these public school positions requirements here for teaching English in Taiwan you must be over 20 years old and you also must be a native English speaker with a passport from these countries here and you also must have a university degree and a TEFL certification is not a legal requirement but it is certainly preferred by most employers so compared to all of these other destinations we talked about today Taiwan definitely has the strictest requirements so it's not going to be for everyone but again if you want to go to East Asia but you don't want to go to China you don't want to go to Korea you don't want to go to Japan where everybody wants to go choose Taiwan it could be a great alternative and again pay is also not bad you can make between 1900 and 2200 per month and they often also offer some kind of bonuses like housing and airfare so it's really really good and here a little bit about Taiwan so uh they have a very interesting culture it's they have an indigenous culture so the island has a diverse and unique culture that is influenced by its indigenous population Chinese settlers and then also Japanese occupation so there's a lot of history there a lot of cool places to check out it's not boring so I highly recommend it and then Taipei 101 of course if you think about Taipei the city of Taipei which is the capital city of Taiwan the their landmark is Taipei 101 and that is one of the tallest buildings in the world and it was the tallest building in the world until 2010 and then it was um overtaken by the Burj Khalifa I believe right uh so yeah you can go there it's really cool you can go up there and have a beautiful view of Taipei it's really nice um Taiwan also has a lot of national parks it's quite small but it has a lot of national parks so for example the most famous park is Kenting national park then you also have Taroko national park and the Yangminshan national park so a lot of great places to go if you're into nature into hiking into exploring outdoors Taiwan is really good and of course they also have a ton of beaches which is really nice in the summertime um and then if you want to move to Taiwan you should know a little bit about the situation between Taiwan and China so they certainly have a complex and often uh contentious shared history marked by periods of conflict and cooperation as well as ongoing political tensions surrounding Taiwan's sovereignty so we hear about this a lot right in news and stuff so just know um that this is going on and then you can read up on this on your own I don't want to spark a controversial discussion here but just know that this is a discussion if you're not aware and if you want to move to Taiwan read up on it and get uh get some info on that before you go so you can better understand it okay cool Taiwan again love it I've been there it's a great place and the food is also really good uh okay quick comment here from Amitava uh when we were kids we used to play the game names places animals things from there we used to increase our vocabulary as well as the stock of words yeah so I we actually used to play this too in Germany we have ours was called city country rivers and then like hobbies or professions things in animals so we I used to play that too I love that but I never came across Honduras that game all right Phoenix is how close are they to travel like are there typically boats or flights um between uh China and Taiwan uh flight for for sure you can fly there I'm not sure if there are boats going between uh I think flying is a lot easier and faster it also depends on you know where you are in China of course China is huge so um from Shanghai might be like just an hour and a half flight maybe it's my guesstimation guesstimate um from I have a friend she lives in Hong Kong and her brother uh lives in Taiwan and it's a very quick flight very quick flight and also not that expensive so it's very close it's very close you can look at up on the map it's not far also Taiwan to Japan is very close Taiwan to Korea is very close um I flew from Korea from Seoul to Taiwan it's just like a two hour flight so it's similar probably to Beijing to Taiwan might be two two and a half hours so it's it's pretty close it's not far yeah they might be I don't know if their ferry is going to be honest because of conflicts but um there might be I don't know I haven't heard about ferries actually between Taiwan and China but there might be good question all right now we're moving on to uh underrated place number five which is Georgia no this was number five wasn't it because this was my extra bonus I think so Georgia is my bonus that I wanted to throw in and this is Georgia in Europe okay the country Georgia and not the state um and Georgia might not be on anybody's radar but it really should be if you want to go to um go to um if you want to go to Europe and uh some European countries are very hard to get into so Georgia might be a good place if you're looking for something underrated something different but still in Europe um so Georgia is not as well known as some other countries in the region it's very close Turkey but also Russia's they're usually very big um places in that region and that's why kind of Georgia is not really on the radar of many people but there is a growing demand for English language education in Georgia particularly in larger cities like Tbilisi and Batumi and also the Georgian government is investing heavily in English language education and is promoting the development of language schools and programs and they also have and I should have put this on there but they have an English teaching program called the TLG program teach language Georgia or is it teach learn Georgia something like that TLG we talked about this before in the past with uh English teaching programs government funded programs but they have one which is not that common in Europe especially in this part of the world um so and this program is actually pretty good TLG you can google that uh it has an official site TLG program Georgia you can just google yeah TL teach and learn with Georgia there you go that's the program so it is administered by the Georgian Ministry of Education so it's a really official uh program which is really cool and it has a lot of perks you get you get a stipend as well the requirements here are the university degree in any subject and also a Teflor TESO certification but it doesn't say anything about being a native English speaker or not and also the pay is not that great so between 400 and 1200 US dollars a month it's probably more like here in the middle so um yeah and then some facts about Georgia that I put up here so Georgia is a country located in the Caucasus region bordered by Russia to the north and Turkey Armenia and Azerbaijan to the south so kind of do you get an idea of where it is then we have Tbilisi one of its best attractions is the ancient city of Tbilisi known for its winding cobblestone straits colorful houses and thermal baths so that's very nice and that's the capital city as well nature Georgia is also known for its stunning natural beauty including the Caucasus mountains the black sea coast and semi-arid cacate what is a cacate region famous for its vineyards and wine production there we go so sounds amazing right mountains beaches and wine like sign me up sounds nice and also very interestingly uh Georgia and specifically the capital city of Tbilisi is becoming a digital nomad hub so it's very popular for digital nomads due to its affordable cost of living vibrant culture and the growing startup scene and they actually have a lot of digital nomads in Tbilisi a lot of co-working spaces so that's a very popular thing at the moment there a lot of digital nomads in Georgia in Tbilisi so if you're interested in that kind of lifestyle if you want to for example teach English online you could also go there and do that I believe they have a digital nomad visa um so a lot of options there and that is it so which of these are you most interested in where would you like to teach so we did have five I didn't did I miss anything no good so we're out of all of these we talked about Cambodia we talked about Chile we talked about Honduras we talked about Taiwan and Georgia out of these five where would you like to teach the most which one is like oh yeah I never actually considered that but sounds great I really want to go there let me know and Phoenix's fun fact Caucasus region is where we got the word Caucasian from in reference to white people nice yeah awesome oh Pedro says Taiwan and Pedro I just I saw your comment but I forgot to say hello to you hello Pedro how are you doing Pedro says Taiwan nice all right how about Phoenix Phoenix where would you like to teach Amitava how about you Lillia who else was here Emilio Lenin how about you guys Phoenix says Chile or Taiwan nice yeah okay so two people no Taiwan to Chile one how about you me I would either oh my gosh I want to go like everywhere Taiwan Chile Cambodia maybe those three those would be my top three Taiwan Chile can yeah I think Emilio says Cambodia nice so we have two Taiwan one Cambodia one Chile see Asia again is winning no no no surprise here Asia is great I'm also doing okay Pedro thank you Phoenix's is Egypt popular um yeah so there are it's not that popular like compared to other other Middle Eastern countries but the thing is with Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates those are like the big ones or Qatar in Kuwait Oman those are like the typical ones for the Middle East but their their requirements are very high actually so they usually want people with a degree native English speakers teaching experience sometimes even a master's degree so that is very difficult and Egypt doesn't have that so Egypt is a little bit more like less strict when it comes to their requirements but it's also not that popular for teaching English but you do have some jobs there let me just check on our job section uh do we have yeah we don't even have Egypt like listed by itself so there's not that much but let's see Middle East might be here Middle East yeah here Middle East we just have Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Kuwait Dubai Dubai Oman Dubai a lot of Dubai Saudi Arabia or maybe it's like in the Africa section and you can have a look oh yeah maybe here there's Morocco here's Egypt okay so it's in the Africa section Cairo English teaching positions in Egypt you can have a look on our job section um and browse the jobs and see what's popular it is located in Africa but sometimes they include it in um the Middle East depends so you can have a look here this is our job section so you can browse that and see all the jobs available and kind of also their requirements and stuff so all right and then we are jumping into Q&A now so you can ask me your questions I'm still going to be on for a couple minutes um to answer some of your questions Emilia says I asked about Vietnam before but Cambodia has always been another option for me so this was extremely helpful thank you yay I'm glad Emilia and like I said I've actually I went to Vietnam no I went to Cambodia in November and I went back to Vietnam the second time like three weeks ago four weeks ago three weeks ago and it was amazing so both places are really good Phoenix says one last question are jobs ever pet friendly so like doesn't really depend so much on your job but on your housing right if you can bring a pet or you want to bring the pet to school I have a border collie so medium dog he's a must do you want to take him like to school to work or just at home if it's at home you know it depends on your house not on the school so that would be that depends but that's something I would ask like my employer if they help you find a house you just tell them hey I have a dog so please help me find a house that is dog friendly where I can bring my dog something like that Phoenix says I like like help with housing and flights so this depends on the location so some countries some employers they will book flights for you and arrange housing and everything some other countries don't and then you have to figure it out yourself but they always obviously if they don't pay for it they will still help you organize it so you just have to tell them like hey I have a dog can you please help me find a house where dogs are allowed and stuff so just be open with them and tell them like right away nice border collie cute me too I have two cats so I would never I would always bring them with me not to school but like to where I live right nice all right any other questions guys and just a reminder here we have 30% off right so I want to share that link with you one more time 30% off any tefl or t-sol course from it so if you're not yet tefl or t-sol certified this is a great opportunity to do so and save a lot of money so we have this link here you can copy paste this link or you can also scan this QR code over here and it will lead you to an application page and you will see a thing like congratulations you get 30% off at the top so you know it's the correct link and then you can apply and you can save quite a lot of money Phoenix is how do people stay motivated to complete the courses all right well it depends probably are you which did you say you're completing 550 hour course was that Phoenix no that was Emilio um you know you just have to stay motivated if you're if you're if you're not if you're worried about that um you can always do the tutor support version so you have a tutor who would kind of kick your butt a little bit it keeps you on top of things um but yeah you just have to kind of make your own schedule so that's the thing with the online course um you're flexible to do it whenever you want so you don't have to be online at a specific time you can literally study whenever and wherever you want but of course you need to you know push yourself to do it right so you can make a schedule there are 20 units so I usually did a few hours a week and then I finished it yeah so that's uh that's what I'm saying right now if doing TESOL how long does it take so um I took the 120 hour course which is 20 units and I was working full time so I only did a couple of units per week and it took me about three to four months to complete the whole thing if you have more time you can finish it much faster so actually 20 units and you're allowed to do two units a day so if you're in a real rush you could complete the course in 10 days you can do two units a day uh 20 units so 10 days that's the 120 hour course okay let me send you a link 120 hour course that's the one that I took and 120 hours really is the international standard that's kind of the one you want to have uh which is like recognized all over the world and that's kind of the minimum you want to have everything under 120 hours is not really recognized here it is the 120 hour course coming through now this is the link uh so yeah you can have a look at that so yeah you can complete it in like 10 days but you can you have up to six months to do it you have up to six months but a lot of people completed in like three months two months again depends on how much time you have how much you study every day every week but you have up to six months here we have Benjamin thank you for sharing this message today I have enjoyed watching it in the background while working hearing about all the countries nice I've taught ESL in South Korea and I'm now back in the States loved my time overseas really enjoyed my ITTT courses as well in my case I studied them after returning from Korea I enjoyed the additional training from you all thank you nice oh cool okay cool where in Korea were you that's cool nice love it okay all right and Phoenix says sorry can you post a 30% link in the chat again yes of course let me post it again here this is it ends with fb live minus so you know it's the right one Benjamin says Wonju and Suji I know Wonju but I don't know Suji interesting Suji I need to look up where that is but I know Wonju I've been there nice cool how long were you in Korea for very nice do you think you'll come back ever or do you want to go somewhere different or you want to teach English in the States what are your plans if you want to share Suji is south of Seoul near Bundang okay cool four years all right very cool cool cool cool all right then final question final question and then I'm going to say goodbye to y'all we'll definitely visit Korea again nice awesome all right let's see if somebody has one last question that I can answer today and then I'm going to say goodbye to y'all but it was a good session a lot of new people I feel like today that's awesome really really cool thanks so much for tuning in and for all your questions I really appreciate it and I hope you guys learn something or maybe got some inspiration you know on where you can go and teach really with a teflor t-cell certificate the world really can be your oyster you can do so many things especially now in 2023 with also online teaching and this is something we talked about last time I think with the digital digital nomad and remote working kind of things a lot of countries nowadays have digital nomad visas so you can move abroad and you can even teach English online from any place in the world so a lot of options a lot of things have changed a lot of exciting opportunities now in the EFL industry online and offline Amitava says I prefer to go I prefer to go to faraway places where they offer airfare and housing accommodation as well yeah of course we all want that right we all want that and bonuses and all that of course of course that's great all right well if there are no more questions I'm gonna say goodbye it was really nice to talk to you today and thank you so much for joining everyone for watching and if you're watching this as a replay you can still leave comments and questions and we will get back to you in the comments so no problem there and if you have any questions just you want to chat one-on-one you can do that here on Instagram at Linda Ghost East just send me a DM and I will get back to you and um yeah then I will see you again soon guys thank you so much for tuning in have a great weekend stay happy stay healthy and then I'll see you again soon thank you bye