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— Teaching opportunities in Thailand (and sometimes other countries in Asia)
Beware of several websites that are copying job ads ('stealing' is actually the correct word) from Ajarn dot com. We only post job ads that are sent DIRECTLY to us. An employer will sometimes ask us to make changes to a job description but those changes will NOT be made by the website copying the ad. Trust the info, trust Ajarn! View all the current teaching positions on the Ajarn jobs page.
— Teaching English really ain't that easy
Many people seem to think that after 12 years of schooling and observing a range of teachers—the good, the bad, and the downright awful, they’ve picked up enough to be able to teach themselves. If only it were that simple.
— Recruitment season and how to find the right teacher
To find the 'right' teacher, you first need to know what the 'right teacher' means. But how does anyone know what's 'right'? Is it written in the stars, or is there some more mundane way to know which matching is best?
— Is there a list of agencies that employ foreign teachers?
Answer - Not that we are aware of. And even we have difficulty keeping track of which teacher agencies (apart from the main, long-established ones) operate at any given time. Teacher agencies in Thailand open and fold with quite alarming regularity, especially the smaller players. Compiling a list of 'teaching agencies currently looking for teachers' would be nigh on impossible to keep up-to-date so approach any such list with great caution.
— "My standard of living is absolutely world class"
Our next cost of living survey comes from Robin, who teaches in Indonesia and earns a very nice equivalent of 286K Baht a month. He's also in a position to make comparisons with Bangkok, having taught here in the past.
— What's Phang Nga (South Thailand) like for teachers?
Get away from the tourists as much or as little as you like. Enjoy great Thai food and beautiful scenery along with an abundance of available work. Sounds like a great place for teachers.
Do you live and teach outside Bangkok? Please help us update one of our region guides if you can spare a few minutes.
— ‘Sanook’, games and the Thai EFL classroom
One would think that the Thais' love of ‘sanook' would make the EFL classroom an inviting place for new EFL teachers but one thing that I sometimes hear teachers say here is, "The school just wants me to play games with the kids!" As far as problems in the classroom go, on the face of it, this appears like a very trifling one. However, for a newbie teacher wanting to impart knowledge and language skills to her or his students, the situation can be frustrating.
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