 Hello. Hi everyone. Linda here from ITTT. Welcome to another live session this week. Thank you so much for joining, for taking some time out of your day today and to spend it with me. So I'm very happy about that. Today we have a very exciting topic. We are going to talk about teaching off the beaten path. 10 alternative TEFL destinations. So I'm very excited always when I do live sessions about destinations. It's like a little bit of a virtual tour around the world, if you will. So I really enjoy these types of live sessions and I thought we haven't had one of those in a while. So why not bring that on today? So we are live on Facebook and on YouTube as always. If you're watching this for the first time, very welcome, welcome. Join us. Maybe get a beverage, get some snacks, settle in. These live sessions usually take about 45 minutes to an hour. Of course you don't have to watch the whole thing if you have other things to do. I'm not mad about that. You can always come back and watch the replay. As always we have people coming in and coming out all the time throughout the session. So that's perfectly normal. You can also ask your questions about today's topic, about anything related to TEFL or TESOL, teaching English abroad, anything like that. And also please let me know in the comments right now if you're watching this. If you can see me well, if you can hear me clearly. And I always start off by asking you guys where are you right now? So where are you watching from today? I'm in South Korea and it is 10 a.m. Friday morning. So I already drank my coffee so I have another drink here. Which is not whiskey by the way. I know somebody asked last time. This is a Korean corn tea. So this is not alcohol. Even though it really looks like that, especially in this glass too. But no morning drinking for me, but I don't judge if you want to, you know, grab a drink. It's fine, an alcoholic beverage. It's five o'clock somewhere. But no, just kidding. So yeah, I am in South Korea. It is 10 a.m. So where are you right now and what time is it over there? Also, please don't forget to like and subscribe. I always say that. So you don't miss any of our upcoming live sessions. We go live every week and these are completely free live sessions. So why not join? If you're interested in TEFL, in TESOL, in teaching English abroad or online, there will be a topic for you at some point, right? So we have a lot of regular viewers and they really come to soak up as much information as they can. And I really love it. I'm here for it. And I really, really appreciate you obviously. So thank you so much. Oh, we have Pedro back. Hi Pedro. Nice to see you again from Costa Rica. Very nice. What city are you in over there? Not that I know any cities in Costa Rica actually. What's the capital city I forgot? Oh, I'm so bad. We do have a TEFL in-class center though in Costa Rica. I think in Manuel Antonio, if I'm not mistaken, I think that is the Costa Rica center. We do have one for sure. We also have a comment here from Marina. So Marina says, hi Linda. This is Marina. Very interesting topic. Thank you. When you go live, it's a very early morning in my city. So I usually watch the recording. Thank you so much Marina. Also hi when you're watching the recording. Feel free to leave any comments, any questions you have. Even if you're watching the recording, if you're watching the replay, we will still get back to you. We will still get back to you even after this live is over. So thank you so much for watching the replay and everyone who is also tuning in as a podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in. We always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes after. So if you enjoy podcasts or if you like the audio only format, you might want to check it out. You can search for it on any place that you watch podcasts, not watch, listen to podcasts. It's still early in the morning. So anywhere where you get your podcasts from, you can search for the Tefl and TESOL podcast for ITTT. And you'll find us there. So maybe that's something you're interested in as well. Then we have Simon here. Hi, how are you doing Simon? Where are you watching from? Pedro says San Jose is the capital. Yes, of course. I forgot. And Manuel is in the Pacific Coast. Nice. And Pedro is from the countryside called Turialba. Turialba? Is that how you say it? Nice. That's a really nice name. I like that. Turialba. Probably pronouncing that wrong, but I apologize. And then we have John Michael here from Bridgetown Barbados and it is 9pm over there. Nice. Awesome. Very, very nice. Thank you all so much for joining today. We're going, like I said in the beginning, we are going to go on a little bit of a world tour today. So we're going to cover 10 destinations that are a little bit off the beaten path. Okay. And so what that means basically when we talk about teaching English abroad, there are certain countries that are very popular, that are very common and big popular destinations for teaching English abroad like China, for example, or South Korea where I live, Japan, maybe France or Italy, Mexico. Those places are very popular destinations for teaching English abroad. So today we're going to cover 10 countries that are not so popular yet, maybe, but they should be. They should be on your radar. So definitely, maybe if there's one or two countries you're interested in, check it out and we're going to cover a bit about why these countries or what the demand in these countries is like for English teachers, the salary, a little bit about the hiring, how you can find a job there and the requirements. That was the fourth point. Great. All right. So that's what's going to happen today. And Simon is watching from South Africa. Oh, it is 3am in South Africa. That is crazy. Thank you so much for being online, Simon. I appreciate that. And Simon also has a question, do you need a degree to teach English abroad? So for some countries, you need to have a degree. And for some other countries, you don't need to have a degree. So it depends on the country where you want to go to. And today for those 10 countries that I mentioned today that we're going to talk about today, I will mention if you need a degree or not. So if you don't have a degree, don't worry. There are still a lot of destinations where you can go to and teach, especially also because you are from South Africa. If you have South African citizenship, that is also good because some countries are a little bit picky about their candidates. And there are some countries that only accept people from seven so-called native English speaking countries. And South Africa is one of them. So you already have a bit of an advantage there. So we're going to talk about that also in this section about the requirements. So stay tuned for that. And thank you for your question. And then we have CB here watching from the UK. Hi, CB. What time is it there? Also 2 a.m. or something? 2 a.m. in the UK or something like that. Or 1 a.m. Either way, thank you so much for being here with us today. And let's start off with a gift, right? Shall we? It is not Christmas yet, but I have a gift for you. And that is a 30% off discount code. So what you can do, you can scan this QR code right here with your phone or any other device. Or I also have a link for you. So if you are not yet TEFL or T-SOL certified, you can use this link. You can sign up and you can get a 30% discount. So take advantage. If you are not yet TEFL or T-SOL certified, you might want to get started with that. We always kind of recommend if you want to teach English abroad to start about one year before your desired start date with your TEFL journey. Because it takes a couple of months to finish the course, especially if you are already working. You don't have that much time to study. For me, when I took the course, I was already teaching. And it took me about three to four months to complete the course. So it really depends on you. A lot of people also finish it much faster. It just depends. But a general rule of thumb is to start about one year before your desired start date abroad with your TEFL course. Because that's one of the first steps that you need to take before you can move abroad and teach. So just as a timeline here. Hey, we have Laverne from South Africa. Staying in South Africa. Great. Awesome. Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate that Laverne. All right. Awesome. And then let me just introduce myself real quick. Because I feel like we have a lot of new people here today. A lot of new names. And I really, really appreciate that. So my name is Linda. I am a travel writer and content creator. And I'm also a TEFL and TESOL marketing professional for ITTT. I'm also an English teacher. I also teach German. I've taught in class online. I do many different things. So, but these are the two main things that I do. And my travel writing and content creating. I'm very passionate about that. I love sharing my experience living in Korea, living in Asia, teaching English abroad. And if you like that, if you want to learn more about that, I recommend checking out lindegosest.com or also on Instagram at lindegosest. East because I live in Asia and I'm very interested in Asia and Asian countries. So that's why Linda goes East. I'm originally from Germany and the USA. So my mom is German. My dad is American. That's why I teach both German and English. And yeah, I am based in South Korea. I've been here for seven and a half years, but I also lived in China before and I taught English there and it was a great experience. And yeah, so that's a little bit about me. And then the other side, the Teflentesal marketing side that I do for ITTT, which is why I am here for you today, which is why I am here for these live sessions. So if you don't know, if you're completely new to this, ITTT stands for International Teflentesal. Teflentesal Training. And our website is Teflentesal.net and you can find us also on social media at International Teflentesal Training. And what is ITTT? If you're asking, we are a leading Teflentesal course provider worldwide. So we offer a wide variety of different Teflentesal courses, online courses, in-class courses, also combined courses. And these are courses for people who want to teach English professionally. So if you take a Teflentesal course from us, you can go abroad to teach English. You can also teach English online. Or you can also teach English in your home country. It is a certification that certifies you, that you are an English teacher. You know how to teach English, basically. That's what we do. And I know that many of you watching are already Teflentesal certified by ITTT or also maybe a different company, no problem. And if you are not, again, I recommend taking advantage of the 30% off deal that we have, which is here in the comments, this link. You can just click on that copy, paste, fill out your application, and you get a 30% discount. All right. Okay, Laverne from South Africa, staying in South Korea. Okay, nice. I also live in South Korea. Where do you live in South Korea? Awesome. All right, then we have Chandra here. Good morning all. Hello, how are you doing? What city are you in? Is that Prakash Chandon? Is that the city? Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari Bihar India, or is that the city? I don't know many cities in India. I apologize, but okay. India, Chandra. Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate that. Good. Oh, I'm in Gwangyang-shi. Oh, nice. Gwangyang. Yeah, I've been there. Nice. Very nice. I am in Cheongju-shi. That's near Daejeon, if you know. Maybe you know, maybe you probably know Daejeon. Might not know Cheongju, but anyway. So let's get back to today's business. As always, feel free to leave comments throughout this live session. You're very welcome to do so. And we also have a Q&A section at the end that is dedicated for only questions. So let's just kind of get into it. This is what we're going to talk about today. So teaching off the beaten path, 10 alternative Tefal destinations. So we're going to go on a little bit of a journey, a trip to 10 different countries today. So. Daniel says, hola, Linda, hola. The fact you shared about the Ginkgo trees is just mind-blowing. Yeah. So this is on my Instagram because it is, or it's kind of ending now, but is fall autumn season in Korea. And we have a lot of Ginkgo trees and the Ginkgo tree. This is what I shared on my social media. What Daniel is referring to is actually a living fossil considered a living fossil. So they have been around for millions of years and these trees have never really changed or evolved. So that's one of the only one. Only trees that have never really changed and evolved. So they are the same today as they were when they were dinosaurs, for example. So I think that's what Daniel is referring to. If you also want to learn more about that, go to my Instagram at Linda goes East and you can find that out. Thank you, Daniel. All right. Good. Let's have a look at these destinations. And I think we're jumping right into number one. Yes. Okay. So we're going to jump right into number one. Before we talk about Kazakhstan, just one more minute. Like I said, so what this means, if you just join and you don't know what I'm talking about, 10 alternative death, deathful destinations. Basically, when we talk about deathful destinations, countries that are very common for teaching English as a foreign language are considered to be like China and Korea. And also maybe France or Italy in Europe and Mexico in North America. These are very common places. A lot of people go there. Also Japan. And the competition is very fierce there, but they also have good salaries typically and really good benefit packages. That's why they are so popular. Some of them also have teaching programs like the Epic Program in Korea, the Jet Program in Japan and so on. But today we're really going to focus on some less or known destinations that are still worth talking about. And if you're someone who is kind of looking for something a little bit different, then I recommend you checking out these 10 destinations. All right. And as we just saw a couple of seconds ago, the first one we're going to talk about is actually Kazakhstan. And I'm going to make myself smaller here so we can read better what's on the slides. And Laverne says, I'm interested in your courses. Yeah, please check out the link I shared this one, because this will also get you 30% off. And at the end in the Q&A section, you can also ask more questions about the courses. If you're interested in a specific course, I can answer that for you there. So that will be at the end after we talked about all of these places first. So Kazakhstan is the first one on the list. Again, these are 10 countries that I've picked, and they are in no particular order. They're also not alphabetically sorted or organized. This is just a random order and no particular reason for that. So first off Kazakhstan and the demand in Kazakhstan, let's have a look at that. So actually a lot of people don't know that Kazakhstan is the largest and richest country in Central Asia, right? So that's why this country should be definitely on our list. And also the government in Kazakhstan is investing heavily into private language schools. So they're currently pushing English language education, which is really, really great for us English teachers. The demand is definitely the biggest, usually in the biggest cities, but I named them right under the country for every slide. So, and sometimes the cities are hard to pronounce. So please don't judge me. I'm trying my best. So the biggest cities for Kazakhstan are Almaty, which is I believe the capital city, or it is Astana. Almaty, Astana, and Shemkent, I believe is how you say it. So those are the three largest cities in Kazakhstan and they have usually the biggest amount of language schools with the highest or the most opportunities. The requirements for teaching in Kazakhstan, you need to have a tether certificate of at least 120 hours. That's very important. But a university degree is not required to teach English in Kazakhstan. So this is good news because in the beginning, who asked, here, Simon asked about the degree. So Kazakhstan, for example, need to have a degree to teach in Kazakhstan. Celery and benefits. So this really is a big range here. I know that 350 to $1,250 US dollars per month, big range. I think it depends on, you know, the type of school you work at, which city you work at, and also how many teaching hours you have per month, or per week, per month also. And they also provide free accommodation and paid airfare in many cases. So that's also really, really great news. Then about the job hunt a little bit. You can never go wrong. And this is a theme throughout these slides with recruitment companies and online job boards and other teaching related websites. So these are usually the standard things for a job hunt for teaching English abroad. And they're just recommended either you use a recruiter, you use online job boards, your own search, or other teaching related websites. So, yeah, that is Kazakhstan, the first one. And a lot of questions are coming in right now. And I'm just going to answer that. Basically, Simon is asking how much is the TEFL course. So this depends on the TEFL course. So please go to, please click the link that I shared and see the different options there. You're going to see, so the 120 hour, this one is usually the one that we recommend for people who are completely new to this. And this one starts at $249. But if you pick up the link that I shared, and let me just share it again one more time, you actually get 30% off. So with this link, how do we apply then Simon says, do you perhaps have the links to apply Kazakhstan? So what you can also do, yes, we have a jobs section on our website. Let me share that with you too. And you can filter by country. And then you can just pick Kazakhstan, for example, and look for jobs. And for everyone who's not aware, so if you are, if you take an ITTT TEFL course and TESOL course at the end, you will have access to lifetime job support. So at the end, we will help you find a job in the country where you want to go to. So Simon, if you sign up for one of our courses at the end, you will receive that support. You can let us know, hey, for example, I want to teach in Kazakhstan or hey, I am from South Africa, but I don't have a bachelor's degree, for example, but so where can I teach? Let me know where I can teach. And we will help you with that. So that is also included and free of charge and lifetime jobs assistance. But anyway, this is the jobs link that I shared. So this goes for all of the countries. You can go here, TEFL minus jobs on our website and filter for the country you're interested in and check out the most recent jobs. And then we have Laverne asking about how about a university degree in South Africa? Yes, that also counts. Some countries are a little bit more picky about the degree needing to be in English. So if you have a degree from South Korea and it's all in Korean, some countries might not accept that. It depends on the country. So what you're going to notice with teaching English abroad, there's no one answer for the question, for all of the questions. It really depends on the country. Different countries have different regulations, different laws, they do things differently. So it all depends on the country where you want to go to and also where you are from. All right, Simon says, basically we won't receive any job support if maybe you use a different TEFL from another company. Yeah, I mean, so you can do your research and check out other TEFL providers and see what they offer. Some TEFL providers, they actually make you pay for job support. ITTT does not do that. It is completely free for all of us. But yes, if you basically didn't take a course with us, we will not provide that lifetime job support to you. This is only for ITTT course graduates. But the information on our website, what I just shared with you, the job section is completely free, right? That is free to access for anybody. So even if you don't take a TEFL course with us, you can look at that and you can see the job offers and you can apply for that. That makes any sense. I hope it makes sense. Okay, so Kazakhstan. Let's move on to the next destination we have on here, which is Brazil, all right? Brazil is actually more of an up and coming destination, for sure, especially in recent years. So Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. It's actually one of the largest countries in the world. So there are a wide range of opportunities for TEFL qualified teachers. The demand for teachers in Brazil is especially high in major cities like Sao Paulo, Rio, and Salvador, many other cities as well. And popular tourist destinations. So thanks to the rapidly growing tourism industry and a booming economy, that's why Brazil is also investing heavily in English education, which again is really great news for us English teachers. And you can find a lot of opportunities there. The requirements for teaching English in Brazil is, you need to have a bachelor's degree. So that is a four-year degree or a three-year degree in the UK. It depends. So a university degree. You also need to have a TEFL certificate of at least 120 hours. And you need to be, you don't need to be a native English speaker, but they are preferred. And it's even better if you have Portuguese language skills. That is a huge plus. But again, that is not necessary. So anybody can apply. And I think with any of these really large countries, I think in the larger cities, the requirements are maybe more strict compared to if you move further out of the city. So if you're interested in Brazil and you are not a native English speaker, perhaps you can find a position outside of one of those bigger cities in like a smaller city where the competition is certainly much, much lower. But still it's a great experience. As for the salary, you can expect to make between 800 and 1500 US dollars per month. And usually in Brazil, actually teachers are paid on an hourly rate most of the time and you will get between 10 to $15 per hour for first time teachers. And then if you have a couple of years experience or a Tefl certificate, you can expect to earn between 20 to $25 per hour. As for the job hunt, usually in Brazil it is done in person in the country. So you should be in Brazil during the peak hiring seasons, which are in March and August. And you should avoid January and February because they are traditional vacation months in Brazil. So that is about Brazil and I think definitely a great destination to look into for sure. All right, let me have a look at more comments here. Chandra says, Linda, I invite you to visit my place in India. You can also call it Incredible India. Nice. I would love to visit India because what I mentioned in the beginning, I love Asia, so my plan is to visit all of the countries in Asia. I hope I can make it. Definitely India is on my list for sure. So thank you so much for inviting Chandra. Okay, Simon says, yes, it does make sense. So can we pay the money for the course in installments maybe or we are required to pay the full fee when taking the course? Yes, so we actually have installment payment options. So what I recommend, please reach out to us via email for the installment things and how that all works because the courses, administration team, they know all about that. So please email courses at tiso-tefal.com and they will let you know about the installments. It is possible, so reach out. All right, here we have, is it Shanay or Shane Shanay? Maybe Shanay because of the accent. I'm sorry if I butcher your name has a big comment here. So she says, China now requires all degrees and certificates to be authenticated before it can be used in China. Usually with degrees, the authentication process is done in the country it was obtained. I was wondering how you would go through the authentication process with an online ITTT certificate. Yeah, so we know that with China. It's been like that for a while already and it's also like that for Vietnam, I believe. And many countries are kind of doing that now more and more. We see that with the authentication, notarization, all these things. So we offer that as an additional service. So that is an option you can let us know when you sign up for the course and then throughout your course you will be in touch with us. We will send your emails and we have designated course consultations and so on and people you can reach out to that will be in touch with you throughout your course experience and you can let us know, hey, I am going to teach in China so I need that authentication and then we will do that for you right away before you even get your certificate. So that's all done before they are sent out. And we never had any issues with that. They have all been accepted by China because we have a lot of people who take our courses and move to China to teach so no problem there. Great. Thank you so much for all your comments. It's really, really good. You're so active today. I love that. So thank you. So we talked about Kazakhstan and now we are in Brazil. Now we're moving on to another country that is sort of off the beaten path, a little bit an alternative country, Teflotestination and that is Malaysia. So another place in Asia and here the demand is also pretty good. The country actually has a large population and a fast developing economy and there are a lot of opportunities at private language schools and kindergarten and also high schools and universities. So you can really find jobs at all different types of schools in Malaysia. The biggest cities in Malaysia are Kuala Lumpur which is the capital and then we have, I think it's Khajong and Sebarang Paray. Those are the three most populous cities but there are also others like Penang or what's the other one, Kohor or Kota Kanabalu. All of those places are very touristy so there's also a demand for English teaching there. The requirements for teaching English in Malaysia are a little bit more strict so you do need to have a bachelor's degree and you also need to be a native English speaker and have a passport from one of those countries which are USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. And you also need to have a Tefl certification. Thank you, Shanae. The pronunciation with the A is correct. Awesome, thank you. Back to Malaysia, the salary and the benefits are also pretty decent. It's between 1,200 and 2,300 a month and again Malaysia's cost of living is lower and also free accommodation and paid airfare are sometimes available so you can negotiate that with your contract and as for Job Hunt, again, you can go with recruitment companies. You can also go with online job boards and other teaching related websites. You can also take advantage of ITTT's Lifetime Job Support and we will help you find a job in Malaysia. Malaysia, I have been before. I've been to Kuala Lumpur, very nice. I really enjoyed it there. What I really loved about Malaysia was how multicultural it is. It's very international there. This is what surprised me the most what I remember from being in Kuala Lumpur. There's this street and they have a mosque, a Hindu temple and a Buddhist temple all in the same street, all next to each other and it's not a problem. It works. Everyone is just, lives together. It's just great. It's very international. The food is great. There's a lot of people from different countries. It's a really great atmosphere and especially Kuala Lumpur. The picture is from there. It's a very big city, famous for these twin towers. Yeah, it's really great. The weather is good. It's very colorful, welcoming. I really loved it there. I would definitely go there and teach. I'm really surprised it is more of an alternative destination really, it's very nice. I really had a great time there and I can recommend it to anyone. So that is Malaysia. I think I mentioned everything. Yeah. All right. Let's go on to the next place. Peru. Yay. Okay. So Peru, I think I mentioned that before but that is one place where I am dying to go. So I have never been to Latin America before and for some reason Peru, I don't know if I live there, if I'm from there, from like a past life or something, but something really draws me to Peru and this is a place where I'm dying to go. So I'm super excited to have it on this list. The biggest cities are Lima, Arequipa I think and Trujillo. If you say that correctly, I think. And also the demand for Tefl has risen in Peru in recent years. They experienced a growing economy since 1993. So definitely really good and especially business English is growing in popularity there. And also the tourist industry means that a lot of locals want to brush up on their language skills. So business and tourism really drives the English language education market there and there are a lot of opportunities in these bigger cities. Salaries as with many countries in Latin America in this region are not really great. So it's just between 500 and 700 a month. That's why a lot of people actually also take on freelance work where either they teach or tutor additional students in their free time or you can always do online teaching of course and then you can make between $5 and $20 per hour. But the cost of living of course in Peru is a lot lower compared to the US or European countries. So you're not going to die with a salary of 500 to 700. You're not going to starve but obviously you might not be able to save as much. And so that's another thing. The requirements. 120 hour TEFL qualification certification is also required for most positions in Peru and having a degree is preferred but it is also not required for all jobs. So this is really great news. All you need to really have to teach English in Peru and have an awesome time checking out Machu Picchu where I'm dying to go is to have a TEFL certificate. And it's not even going to cost you that much if you use today's code or today's link which is this one ends with Facebook Live minus Linda. You get 30% off and then it's really not going to cost you that much to go and teach English in Peru. For the job hunt a lot of in-person interviewing actually in Peru. So however what we've seen especially since the pandemic a lot of countries where it was traditionally more in-person interviewing have also switched to online interviews because of the pandemic. So I imagine that also a lot of companies in Peru or schools in Peru are doing that now too or you might already be able to schedule some initial interviews online and then go there and interview in person. Yeah and then again just recruitment companies are available online job boards are available in-person other teaching related websites. What I always like to mention again are Facebook groups I know I mentioned that a lot but they're very helpful so you can find English teachers in Peru you can join this group you can talk to people they share links you might be able to a lot of these groups so what happens is when someone's teaching and then for example they are leaving they go back home or they are going to a different school or whatever they usually post they help find a replacement for themselves for that school so they will post in a group like this on Facebook I'm leaving my position at this in the school in Peru in Lima for example and they are looking for a replacement so you can apply here. These groups are really useful so I really recommend joining if there is a city or a country you're most interested in teaching in go on Facebook and look for English teachers in blank and insert that country or even that city and you can make connections you can get access to people who are there and also recruiters use this a lot and schools also they post about jobs there so I think that's a really good idea. Thank you Daniel he says yes you got it right Linda I also learned some Spanish and I think I really like Spanish I think it's the most beautiful language one of the most beautiful languages it just sounds very nice I really like Spanish and I'm dying to take a refresher Spanish course so that when I finally go to Peru that I am ready and I can get the basics done so anyway this is Peru so we covered Kazakhstan, Brazil we covered what was before this I forgot already Malaysia we covered Peru which is number four then let's move on to the next one which is Morocco so this is really off the beaten path we really don't see Morocco a lot in when we talk about English teaching destinations so this is really off the beaten path and I really wanted to include it because actually I have a friend from university and she she studied French in Morocco she went to university in Morocco she loved Morocco so much so it's really a great place she had a great time it's also very international you have a lot of people from different countries in Morocco because of Blanca Rabat Fizz those are like the biggest cities and especially Morocco is a big tourist destination so a lot of people need to learn English and they also need to learn business English to engage with the students and also do business and Morocco is actually one of the largest teaching English markets in North Africa so if you're interested in that part of the world Morocco might be a great destination to go to and to start the requirements to teach English in Morocco are again a bachelor's degree a university degree and you also need to be a native English speaker from again one of those seven countries we mentioned and you need to have a TEFL certification the salary between $500 and $1,000 a month which is not too bad but there are no extra benefits so you're not gonna have free flights you're not gonna have housing you're not gonna have any housing stipend or anything like that so that might make it a little bit more difficult but you can always tutor students in your free time you can always supplement your income by teaching online all of these things and again the cost of living in Morocco is a lot lower than in America or Europe interview again in Morocco they do a lot of in-person interview interviews so you need to go there first and interview but you can actually find jobs there year round but there is a downtime around Islamic holidays so just keep that in mind avoid if you go and interview in person just avoid going there during that time hi we have Chiyo here hello how are you doing thanks for being here good so this is Morocco let's see what we have next next up we're gonna talk about Georgia the country the Republic of Georgia not the US state and here especially popular the capital city of Tbilisi then we also have Potumi and Kutaisi so the demand is very high in Georgia oh this one is a mistake more than 100,000 foreign teachers working in China that you can scratch that that is not for Georgia but actually Tbilisi is a very up and coming destination in Europe especially for also digital nomads Georgia is very open for digital nomads they have a remote working visa so it's a really good destination very modern up and coming so really really nice there are a lot of opportunities for teaching as well at public schools and kindergartens, boarding schools universities, international schools really everything they're really also pushing the English agenda there so that is really really good the salary you can also expect to make between 1000 and 2500 US dollars a month and many cases they also provide free accommodation, paid airfare and an end of contract bonus and especially in the TLG program this is where you get all of these really great benefits this is the teach what is it teach language Georgia oh I forget TLG Georgia let me google real quick I don't want to say anything wrong teach and learn teach and learn with Georgia so this is actually a really really good program for people who want to teach English in Europe so if you're interested I'm just pasting this link because I just googled it you can go here TLG.gov.ge for teaching English in Georgia you do need to have a bachelor's degree you also should have some years of experience but they are not required even first time teachers can also go and a TEFL certificate is also recommended and the job hunt again I think it's really good if you go through this program because they provide a lot of support for you so go through that I think most of these positions are filled through this teaching program but you can also find positions on online job boards and also for example on our website when you go to the jobs section in the header we also have Georgia or if we don't have Georgia where would it be in Europe with a section other Europe so it would be probably in there yeah so there you have positions in other countries around Europe great alright moving on this is the Czech Republic and we have mentioned the Czech Republic a lot in the past it is a great destination for people who want to teach English in Europe but have a harder time because of the visa regulations for Europe it can be very hard if you're not from the EU or if you don't go through a program which is sometimes only open to Canadians or Americans it can be kind of difficult to get into Europe so the Czech Republic doesn't have these strict visa regulations so this is a great doorway into Europe if you really want to teach English in Europe good cities to go to are the capital city of Prague or the city of Ostrava or Bruno yeah so most commonly English teachers in the Czech Republic will work for private language schools and non EU citizens you should secure a position from within your home country first and then apply for a work visa through the school but if you have a EU passport you can just go of course and interview in person and you don't have to deal with any of the paperwork requirements for teaching English in the Czech Republic are a TAFL certificate and you should also have a university degree which can be in any project the salary ranges between 700 and 1200 US dollars a month but many teachers also supplement their income by taking on private students in their free time or for example by teaching English online again job hunt they really hire also year round and you can go with recruitment companies and online job boards and you can also go with a Facebook group English teachers in Prague there will be a lot of information or English teachers in the Czech Republic there will be a lot of groups and a lot of support there as well and again with anyone who takes a TAFLER TESOL course from ITTT you have access to lifetime job assistance so we will help you find a job for example if you want to go to the Czech Republic we will help you find a job in the Czech Republic or any other country go to provided you meet the requirements of course for those countries but that is completely free oh we also have Liturg I almost skipped your comment Liturg says hello Linda nice topic for today thank you for sharing thank you for being here Liturg nice to see you again and we also have Parkash here who is nice thank you Parkash I appreciate that alright let's say next country we are going to talk about is Turkey Turkey is also sort of an off the beaten path destination for teaching even though it is a very famous country we see it a lot especially for tourism also and that is also really why the demand is very high for English language education the biggest cities in Turkey are Istanbul Ankara and Izmir and why the demand is really so high or why Turkey is so interesting as a teaching destination is that it sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia so part of the country is in Europe the other part of the country is in Asia so it is a very important place for business between Europe and Asia and it is a booming market for foreign English language teachers at the moment demand is very high in all of the big cities and also in tourist resort areas so you really have both you have the business side and you also have the tourist side and all of the tourist destinations that require English you need to have a Teflor TESOL certification to teach English in Turkey and some schools they might also ask for a degree or previous experience but it is not a must as for the salary you can expect to earn between 800 and 1800 US dollars a month so again this is a very big big gap here big spectrum but it depends on your qualifications the type of school you work for you know do you have experience do you have a degree, do you have a Teflor etc and then if you have your qualifications you get a higher salary obviously and here also a lot of teachers supplement their income by teaching private students or teaching online and as for the job search for Turkey what you can remember is that you should start your job search during the summer months that's when a lot of schools recruit for the new year that starts in like September and you can go with again companies or online job boards or Facebook groups or ITTT's lifetime job support so you can see it's a little bit of a theme here but that is Turkey I think that's also a very very interesting place definitely to spend some time in to live and work in I also here Istanbul is a very super super intercultural place so I think that would be really interesting to also spend some time there definitely great and then we have Argentina Argentina also should be on this list it is a big big country in Latin America so the biggest cities here are Buenos Aires Cordoba and Rosario and the demand is very strong here throughout the whole country but definitely the largest market is in the capital of Buenos Aires and those two other larger cities but most positions you will find in Buenos Aires and again here we have Cordoba, Rosario, we also have Mendoza and the beach resort of Mar del Plata where there is also a good demand so again in Argentina you have kind of like with Turkey you have a strong demand for business English but then also more tourism English requirements for teaching English in Argentina are a TEFL certificate of at least 120 hours and that is it so a university degree is not required of course it's preferred it's nice if you have it it will give you a bonus but it is not a requirement and actually with the job hunt which is really interesting so we have an in-class TEFL in Argentina in Buenos Aires and they if you go through our in-class course you spend four weeks at this in-class center in Buenos Aires you have access to job placement at the school so if you want if you do a good job if also the school likes you obviously you have the opportunity to stay in work at that school they offer you a job there or they also offer a job placement program across all of Argentina so if you're really interested in Argentina you really want to go there I highly recommend going through our in-class TEFL course in Buenos Aires and then you have access to all these good job hunt perks basically so it's great and you're already there so you spend four weeks there you do your in-class TEFL course and after that you can start working right away which is really great salary again here also like in Brazil you're mostly paid by an hourly rate as an English teacher which is between 800 and 2000 pesos which is $8.24 to $20.60 at the time of writing might be different now so do check that out you also have the option of working part-time or full-time if you go through the in-class program and you teach at least 15 hours in the beginning so which would be part-time I suppose and full-time would be 30 hours so that is really really good go check that out okay Shanae I will answer your question soon in the Q&A we're almost in the Q&A belief I think we have one more and then it's the Q&A right yes this is the last one and then we go into Q&A and then Shanae I'm going to answer your question okay so last one for today what I want to mention is Hungary Hungary so the biggest cities here are Budapest which is the capital city and then we have Debrechen I think Debrechen Hungarian is very difficult my grandma was born in Hungary she doesn't speak Hungarian so I'm not even going to try and pronounce these cities we're just going to skip that you can read them and you can google it so the demand is good Hungary is actually a growing market for teaching English in the heart of Europe so there are plenty of jobs available especially at private language schools and bilingual schools and they really seem to pop up all over the place at the moment there are a lot of language schools in these biggest cities the requirements are also a little bit more strict so you do need to have a TEFL certification you also need to have a four year university degree and unless you are from the US or Canada or the UK you need to have EU citizenship if you're not from one of these countries and they also have a really good teaching program which is the CETP program for teaching English in Hungary so if you're interested in that check it out it's actually one of the best teaching programs I've come across they give a lot of great perks there's a lot of support there they also pay a monthly stipend they give housing through this program I believe so it's really really good check it out salary in Hungary between 650 and 50 US dollars a month and if you don't go through this program there are no flight or housing benefits for Hungary they also kind of tend to interview in person unless you go through the program the CETP program and you mostly find jobs towards the beginning of September or October that's when they hire and then again in January so these are the peak hiring seasons for Hungary alright and these were 10 alternative TEFL destinations can you believe it? so guys let me know which of these countries interests you the most let me know which of these 10 that we talked about interests you the most and you're like oh yeah I never considered this country before but you know what now I'm really curious and I'm going to consider it as a teaching destination so which country interests you the most for me personally probably Peru I would love to go there and spend some time there but also hmm I'm also interested in Georgia definitely Brazil I want to go everywhere that's the problem but you guys which country interests you the most which of these so let me know guys which of these interests you the most I know there's always a delay like 30 second 20 second delay so I'm going to give you guys some time here we go Daniel says me too I want to go everywhere awesome yeah same same I want to go everywhere right everywhere and then everywhere is not enough awesome awesome all right while you guys let me know which country interests you the most I'm going to have a look at Shanae's comment here Shanae says follow up follow up question about the authentication process sorry for being off topic is it possible to have the certificates authenticated after you finish the course already and receive the certificates or can it only be arranged before you have two certificates but they were not authenticated because I didn't know it was necessary yes I believe that is possible you might have to actually then maybe get new ones I'm not sure my colleagues deal with that kind of stuff more so please Shanae email us or actually maybe yeah email courses at tso-techful.com and let them know the situation I'm sure that is possible because a lot of people have had the situation before so I'm sure that that's possible so don't worry please just email us let us know if you remember your your ID your student ID include that that would be helpful but just your email address and your full name and let them know just what you told me now and they will help you that's definitely possible I'm sure of it right Pedro says I want to go to China ok great we didn't mention that today because it is a very popular destination right and we talked about alternative destinations today something a little different yeah China is a very popular destination and I hope that you can definitely make it there awesome Pedro I did a live session not too long ago with Dan from English Global and that is a recruitment company and they actually specialize in China I don't know if you have if you've seen that I recommend you go check that out in our playlist and then you can also contact Dan and he can help you find a job in China cool then ok let's move on to Q&A we're already over one hour now so I'm not going to be able to take too many more questions but I'm going to share one more time the 30% off link just so that everyone who joined now knows what's going on so you do have access to a 30% discount code which looks like this Facebook like minus Linda you can also scan this QR code over here if you want and you get 30% off any TEFL or T-SOL course ITTT so a very special offer if you're not get certified I highly recommend you get on to that and save a bit of money don't pay full price guys don't pay full price use this code ok or link alright Shanae says awesome thanks getting on that right now yeah thank you Shanae great cool alright so I'm going to be able to take on a few more questions if there are any and then before I leave basically we're already over one hour in which is great you guys had a lot of questions today and there was a lot of information covered so I hope you enjoyed it I hope you learned something new today maybe found something a new destination that inspires you that would be great and yeah I certainly had fun very good oh Chiyo says I enjoy today's life from Japan in Peru Linda oh yay I don't know what it is about Peru I'm just so interested in it really want to go to Machu Picchu I want to see the llamas there it's just so nice and I don't know it just seems like such a vibrant interesting culture and country I really want to go I feel you Chiyo awesome alright well let me know guys if there are any more questions either about today's topic or about anything else Tefal Teesol related okay Daniel says Linda could you talk a bit about the payment options to get one of your courses yeah sure so again I'm not 100% familiar with all of these payment things that's more what my colleagues are doing the payment options let me just see if I can find that really quick you can pay in installments you don't need to pay all of the full amount hmm okay can't find it now on the website but we do offer that for sure so again I would recommend with the payment with installments please just contact courses the email address my team my colleagues at courses at teesol-tefal.com they will let you know about all of the like installment and payment options but we have very flexible payment options you can pay even if you go for example we take this link that I shared with you the discounted link you go there and we just fill out like a a test application you can just do that use like a fake email address you can just put that in or your own email address it's fine so let's just try and then you will see all of the payment options like after this page yep so you can also pay via PayPal which is great you can use your credit card you can also use WeChat to pay you can use Alipay all major credit cards wire transfer you can also use Western Union so really a lot of options and again we also have installment options but for that I believe you just have to email us and then we can set that up for you it might depend on the course you're choosing so I would recommend filling out your application and then then you get an email with the payment options and if you know there's a payment no payment option that works for you then just reply to that email and then we will take that from there I hope that helps and makes sense and first of all of course you should use the you should use the link to get 30% off right away so then you'll say yeah I basically wanted to know if it's possible to split the whole purchase into equal installments yes that is possible we offer that yeah possible please email us courses at tso-teflocom let us know which course you want and that you are asking about the installment options and then they will get back to you there with the installment plan usually I think it's depending on the course but it's like there are four payments you can do I think yep thanks Daniel just make sure you use my link right alright yeah glad I could help cool alright if there's one more question guys I can take that before I go we're already one hour and eight minutes in so I don't want to have this drag on too long but maybe one more question we can all say goodbye and I hope you have a nice weekend so if somebody has one more last question if not that's okay too we will also always get back to you if you leave comments after the life is over we will get back to you and answer your questions so don't worry if you watch this you know as later or you just think of a question later you can still leave a comment down below and we will get back to you I'm not sure if there's a new question coming through I'll just wait a couple more seconds I don't want to cut it off but um let's see couple more seconds here to see if anybody has a question okay let's wait until it's one minute ten so 30 seconds if there's no question coming in then we're gonna say bye-bye almost ten seconds left seven, six, five four, three two, one okay alright guys then I'm gonna say bye-bye thank you so much for all of your questions today and all of your comments I hope you learned something today and I was able to answer some of you guys' questions and um next week there will be no live session um I will not be here um but the week after that we will have another live session so you have a break for one week and then please join me again in two weeks from now which I think will yeah that will already be December, crazy okay alright then thank you so much Shanae thanks for all the help, appreciate it hope you have an awesome day thank you so much Shanae same for your questions and comments and I hope to see you again next in two weeks in two weeks time, same place same time as always Chio, thank you so much thank you as well, thanks and then I hope everybody has a great weekend or a good night, a good day wherever you are, whatever you're doing whatever time it is where you are and I hope to see you again next time like and subscribe so you don't miss any of our upcoming live sessions and um yeah thank you Daniel you rock as well, enjoy your weekend too thanks alright guys take care and see you next time thank you bye