[danwalton]

Hi guys, I have always fancied teaching English abroad. I would be looking to go to Asia (possibly Japan, China, Hong Kong or Vietnam for example).

Due to renting, girlfriend and work issues I doubt it could be for any longer than 3 -4 weeks. I would also be on a fairly tight budget.

Has anyone done anything similar to this? Do you know of organisations that place people within communities/schools for short periods of time?
Any info would be gratefully received!

[oldnewbie]

Seems to be some useful info here Teaching English in Asia

[FunkyMunkey]

I work part time for a company that does this kind of thing.

It depends what you want: do you want to earn money or volunteer?

You'd be hard-pressed to find a paid placement in any of the countries you've mentioned for such a short period of time... there are so many qualified TEFL teachers out there looking for long-term contracts that no-one's gonna take you on for that short a time-frame, when it'll just disrupt their students.

There are several companies (such as the one i work for) who can also place you in volunteer positions for a fee, and it can be a very rewarding experience, maybe more rewarding 'cos u won't be working for some money-grabbibg language school! There's definitely placements in a couple of the places you mentioned, as well other countries in Asia and a whole bunch of other placs, too. Moat companies provide some sort of TEFL training as part of the fee, too.

[pandemic]

You should check out the JET programme, you to get teach in Japan. Although, I believe it's a year long programme. They pay around 50000 yen a month to cover living costs, insurance, etc plus salary is around 3500000 yen

[danwalton]

Hi, should have said I'm looking to volunteer.

Funkymonkey, do you have any further info on your organisation? Thanks a lot!

[FunkyMunkey]

danwalton, I'll send you a pm