Teaching english in Europe with no degree but TEFL certificate?

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:35:06 +0100, B wrote:

On 10 Jan 2006 14:34:55 -0800, "flyingdutchman"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering if it is feasible to teach English in Europe with only
a college diploma and a TEFL certificate. I also have a EU passport.

Any suggestions would be great!!

In Italy, those qualifications might get you a job in a private
language instruction school, but the pay is really miserable.

In your parts, how much per hour would you expect to get? Here it's 12
- 18 Euro/hr. If you can land 20 hours a week, that's not a miserable
income.
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:02:49 +0100, Earl Evleth
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Why did you change the subject?
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Mxsmanic wrote:

Martin writes:

Rubbish. We have 4 TVs in the house it certainly didn't take 40 years
to save fir them. AFAIR all four cost less than two week's net salary.

I wasn't counting 10-inch black-and-white sets.

Ooooh, Mixi's being cheeky.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Martin writes:

AFAIR he claimed that CEOs lived in similar squalor to himself.

No, I observed that some CEOs live in conditions that would be
comparable to those of a simple office worker in the U.S., although
they are naturally considered luxurious here in Europe.

You do realise that you address an audience here of people that live in
Europe, live in the US, and have lived in both- and that think you're
sounding like a bit of a ****?

Then again, maybe you don't.

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DDT Filled Mormons wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:35:06 +0100, B wrote:

On 10 Jan 2006 14:34:55 -0800, "flyingdutchman"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering if it is feasible to teach English in Europe with only
a college diploma and a TEFL certificate. I also have a EU passport.

Any suggestions would be great!!

In Italy, those qualifications might get you a job in a private
language instruction school, but the pay is really miserable.

In your parts, how much per hour would you expect to get? Here it's 12
- 18 Euro/hr. If you can land 20 hours a week, that's not a miserable
income.

Twenty hours teaching a week is essentially a full-time job, as you
have to allow time for preparation of classes and materials, for
correcting students' work, and for bits an pieces of extra involvement
with students. To me, between €240 and €360 p.w. does not seem a great
income for somebody who probably has a high level of education.

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DDT Filled Mormons wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:02:49 +0100, Earl Evleth
wrote:

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Why did you change the subject?

You ask such a question as that in usenet?

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On 11/01/06 18:34, in article ,
"Mxsmanic" wrote:

B Vaughan writes:

That depends a lot on the department. Scientific departments are much
better paid than humanities and social sciences.

Science departments serve a practical purpose.

So do social sciences. Man is a social animal.

DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Utter bull****. The in between times can be used to do other jobs,
such as translation. This can be a good combination and result in a
reasonable income if you do it right.

Translation usually pays very poorly, too, although that depends a lot
on the language and the translator's subject specialties.

If you just rely on teaching, you are just plain useless.

I'll be sure to tell all the teachers I know how useless their lives
have been.

Speaking English is a veritable cash cow if you know what you're
doing.

What's the magic word, then?

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DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Perhaps you should have had a burger instead and done something wise
with the rest.

Few French restaurants serve hamburgers.

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Martin writes:

Why do you think French aerospace engineers employed by Boeing and McD
Douglas in the USA moved back to France.

I don't know. Perhaps all the prima donna positions were made
redundant.

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