Teaching English overseas can be the chance of a life time and an entire new chapter in your life. The rewards far outweigh the risks; which are very minimal, if at all.

Whether you decide to find a teach English job before or after you arrive in Asia is up to you. In my experience it is best to fly to the country that you want to work in first. Travel around and find a place that fits you well. Next, you would want to start to search for a place to teach English as your job. And don't be scared about finding an English teaching job. They are everywhere. Most streets will have at least one ESL school where you will be able to find work; and the reason why is because everybody wants to learn English.

And if you are having a hard time finding a job and are in need of some quick money; you could always teach English online. However, I find this way of teaching not nearly as fun. And why did you come to a new country? To work at home on your computer? Probably not. I for one love to experience the different cultures and help classrooms of ESL students learn English.

However, if you really want to be a success while you are teaching English you will need to do some training / studying to improve your teaching skills. Most schools offer a few hours of training and they will let you watch another ESL teacher's class for a few hours; some schools will even arrange for you to go to some kind of "How to Teach English Seminar."

The most effective way that I have learned to encourage ESL students to learn quickly is to incorporate fun ESL Games into my lessons. This will keep your students happy and at the same time will teach them English. And if your students aren't having fun ~ HOW CAN YOU HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE WHILE LIVING AND TEACHING ENGLISH IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?

REMEMBER: When your students are having fun in class; you are having fun in class!

If you want to keep your students happy try incorporating some of these ESL teaching games into your class. ESL TEACHING GAMES