TEFL course and TEFL Jobs in South Africa & Africa
South Africa is extremely popular as an English language
learning location - amongst many countries of the Southern
hemisphere, as well as those directly above it in Europe,
where an overnight flight avoids any kind of jetlag, and
the costs of English language courses are sufficiently reasonable
to cover the extra cost of the flight down under when students
stay for 8 weeks or more.
With all its intrigue and historical and political past,
South Africa is an fascinating place to be right now. As
it continues to find a new order, you would be flung into
the very heart of this eclectic, complex culture.
TEFL courses here, most frequently the Cambridge CELTA
are of a very high quality, and jobs are also accessible
at the right time of year. Whether you stay in South Africa
after your course, or venture north towards more central
areas of Africa, you are guaranteed teaching experience
like nowhere else. Jobs in Africa tend to be almost exclusively
of the voluntary kind, and any number of organisations can
help you secure work there. The most famous, probably, VSO
recruits widely for teaching jobs there, but these do tend
to go to those with a prior experience, who can train groups
of local teacher on TEFL best practice.
South Africa is a relatively new English language learning
and teaching destination. International standard English
foreign language institutes have only been operating in
South Africa for the past 10 to 15 years. The vast majority
of them are in Cape Town, but there are also very good language
institutes in Durban and in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Most
language institutes will hire South African TEFL qualified
English first language speaking teachers first, as they
don't need to organise work permits for them, although some
language institutes may hire international teachers, on
a part-time or sometimes full-time basis. Teachers may be
hired throughout the year, depending on staff needs at the
institute and most teachers are often initially taken on
on a part-time basis. After completing their CELTA course,
some international trainees offer their services with volunteer
teaching programmes. These are best researched on the internet.
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