ESL Jobs Forum

[Tnuzy]

I'm currently a college student, and I intend to obtain a double-major in French and English. The career that interests me is teaching ESL abroad.
I am looking for someone already in the field currently living in the San Diego area who would be willing to be interviewed for 20-30 minutes about their experiences teaching English as a second language.

I promise not to take up too much of your time, and would be happy to buy lunch.

Sincerely,

Tracy

[Solana]

Hi Tracy,

I'm currently on my third job teaching English in Japan. I have a B.A. degree from a university in Pennsylvania (though I got it many years ago). I have no TEFL cert. I was a copy editor and secretary in the States before I came over.

I'd be more than happy to interview with you, online of course. As I have more than one foreign job behind me (in addition to 3 in Japan, I tutored in Spain in the early 80s), and my jobs were not consecutive, I think I can provide you with lots of experiences and perspectives about teaching abroad. Also, I'm a woman and I'm not sure if you know it yet, but we're a numerical minority (the percentages vary between countries) so our experiences in the TEFL world may be radically different from a guy's.

If you'd be willing to teach me how to use it, I'd be glad to use Skype for our interview. We just need to keep our time zones in mind and we'll find a convenient time.

In return, if you wouldn't mind, I wonder if I could interview with you about job and living prospects in San Diego. I lived in L.A. for 16 years before coming here, this contract ends late next month, I'm definitely under the gun, and I'm feeling now that at my age (55) I need to think seriously about "settling" somewhere so I'll have a chance for a retirement when my time comes.

How about it?