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[emer]

Anyone know anything about EFL teaching jobs in Dublin. I've been in touch with a few schools, but pay seems low, considering the cost of living in Dublin.

[camelcarl]

I'd have to assume this is a pretty competitive market considering the amount of native speakers available to work. Where are you from anyway? Not that it's necessarily important but are you a native speaker?

CC

[roger mclarchuck]

Greetings everybody from the damaged, but forever fighting hurricane Katrina zone. If you want a report from my hometown on the coast of Alabama let me know and I'll post it on this forum.

I just wanted to add to this thread that there is another good discussion on Ireland, where I've spent a lot of time:

http://www.esl-jobs-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=280

right here on this board!

Happy Job Hunting

Rog (but not the one from 'What's Happening')

[jacek.frytz]

Do you mean Katrian or Rita?

Getting back to our forum here, I have a lot of opinions on non-Native Speaker teachers in London, not so much Dublin though I spent wery much time there.

I never knew any native speaker in Dublin to get a job. A lot were looking amongst my colleagues from the UK who spent time in Dublin, London, Leeds. One language school considered hiring a few of my kolleagues who were excelent teachers and spoke flawless English and were willing to work for 1/3 of the going pension, or about 6 Euro an hour. It was three total of my teacher friends, the school would have a lot of maney and high quality. The friends were from Central Europe and the school had mainly African students so these students they were not a too picky regarding non-natives. The owner really wanted to hire my friends, I convinced him very hard, but finally the native speakers at the school found out and wetoed the plan.

It was a real shame.

[Nead]

I have a BA in English, a CELTA and am living in Dublin. There are a lot of Language schools here, but there are even more teachers. The competition is high and the pay is low because of high turnover. You will not make money teaching in Dublin area....I am not sure of other areas, but Ireland is full of language schools in general and I assume it is the same in Galway or any other area where language schools are prominent. If you decide to teach in Ireland and can find work ( they definitely prefer Native Speakers) be prepared to supplement your income for a time before becoming established. Dublin is one of the most costly places to live in the world. Language schools do not pay enough to keep pace with the cost of living.

Nead
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