Teaching abroad is also almost always accompanied with a number of unique non-monetary benefits. The opportunity to become an English Teacher Abroad and work with and get to know locals, while helping them can be very rewarding to those who are passionate about teaching. Some of your students may even become lifelong friends. Teaching abroad gives you the opportunity to work with others and even choose what types of people you wish to work with. Kids, business owners, parents, locals, there are all kinds of different opportunities out there when finding a Paid Job Teaching English in Buenos Aires, Argentina or in Latin America.
Taking a TEFL course gives you the possibility for a global career full of adventure. Once you have decided that you would like to live and work abroad, be it in Latin America or maybe even Spain, you should consider studying Spanish in addition to getting your TEFL certification. Teaching in a foreign country is an immersion experience and if you do not speak the language of the country where you are living you will find yourself at a disadvantage. Especially when teaching students who have never studied English before, if you don’t speak Spanish you may find yourself literally not speaking the same language as your students. There are many benefits just to studying Spanish, not to mention the advantages knowing a foreign language will give your teaching skills.