English as a foreign language teacher

If you're fluent in English, want to travel the world and have creative planning skills, consider a career teaching English as a foreign language

As an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher, you'll teach English to adults and children whose first or main language is not English.

You'll use a range of course books and materials, plus a variety of audio-visual aids, to encourage students to communicate with each other using the structures and vocabulary they've learnt and to improve the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. A strong emphasis is placed on dialogue and role-playing, but more formal exercises language games and literature are also used.

You can work in a variety of settings, including commercial language schools, schools and institutions of further and higher education throughout the UK and overseas. You can also teach in industry or become self-employed. Classes are usually taught in English, even with beginners.