I’ve been working at a university here as an EFL lecturer and I am planning on doing a research to get my doctorate but I am not interested in doing it here in Japan, but I also want to continue teaching like most people, but since I teach EFL I was wondering if it would be difficult for me to get a job at a Uni outside of Japan while I do my research. Currently I’m thinking of relocating to Europe. Anyone has any information they’d like to share? Much appreciated!
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For EFL, stay in Japan … in terms of prestige, salary, job numbers
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TBH In Australia I made a fair bit more than tutors do in Japanese universities by teaching ESL at prisons and tech colleges. It wasn’t great money but I needed a Master of TESOL to deliver it.
Afterwards I took a junior IT job (while re-training in another field) because it paid better. IMO there’s a pretty low ceiling when it comes to levelling up within the ‘English teaching’ world.
Maybe someone who knows can check in, but for working in EU there’s a _huge_ difference if you hold an EU passport or not–if you do, you can work; if you don’t (US, UK) it’s extremely hard.
I’m not sure if this applies to teaching at uni or not.
Also, from what I read (no direct experience), Spain is where you go to watch your savings disappear.
How about the U.K.? EAP jobs do come up here and before the pandemic quite regularly. You can work at a university. Look at baleap.com.
The UK might be the way to go. Plenty of work there and you teach various nationalities so it’s more interesting. I’ve taught in Asia more than ten years and to this day teaching in the UK was the best experience I’ve had as a teacher.