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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Starting up, teaching English in France....

Hi Everybody,

I've just found this site and have registered as a member... I'm an Englishman living in France (Normandy) and am considering, as a career change, teaching English to local French people, businessmen etc.

Could anyone out there, who is already doing this in France, maybe give me the benefit of their experience? A sort of 'idiot's guide', if you will. I'm looking at the TEFL course and wondering, is that the benchmark, an essential tool to get started. And if so, are there a number of courses to choose from or is there a single, recognised, all-in-one course?

Any comments/ shared experiences would be much appreciated.

Best regards in advance,
Richard.
  

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Hi Richard There are many ways of earning a living teaching English in France, and although I am not doing this myself in France, I know a lot of our students who have done. htm Similarly there are any different courses you can do to get started, with a range of different specialist options. Hope this helps WilliamB

  • Hi Richard There are many ways of earning a living teaching English in France, and although I am not doing this myself in France, I know a lot of our students who have done.
  • htm Similarly there are any different courses you can do to get started, with a range of different specialist options.
  • Hope this helps WilliamB
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Hi Richard

There are many ways of earning a living teaching English in France, and although I am not doing this myself in France, I know a lot of our students who have done. If you visit this webpage you will see some of their experiences and it might give you a few ideas on how you can get started:
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hi,
I've recently started teaching English in Bordeaux and looked into more of the different options before going for independent one to one tuition. If you're looking for a TEFL course in France, I think they're pretty rare, I ended up doing a correspondance course and giving lessons at the same time - allowing me to put the theory into practice as I went along. That actually worked really
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Hi,
I realised you posted this about 2 years ago so the chances of you replying are slim however im trying to gather as much information as possible at the moment.

I moved to Bordeaux 3 months ago and I am just going to start teaching english to children through a company called Babylangues, which is great until the summer but I need to start gathering ideas of what I can do next y
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Hi Emmeladelyn,

I am very much interested in working in France as a teacher. I was looking into the International schools in Bordeaux since I have been a teacher for nine years as well as having my masters in Education. Is there any extra accreditation needed to be able to be employ by them?
Looking forward to your response,
Sincerely,
Berenice
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Hi,

My husband will be starting a masters degree in Bordeaux this coming fall. I am desperately looking for a job so that I can afford going with him.

Could you please tell me how you got your job in Bordeaux? How did things work out for you? And also, if you still have contacts for me to apply for a job there would be great!

Thanks in advance!

Amelia

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