Slovakia Poland
Teaching english: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, or somewhere else?
I'm going to be graduating university in less than a year and thinking of teaching English in central or Eastern Europe for a bit. I will have a bachelor's degree but not TEFL certification.... although if it's absolutely necessary I may do this.
I know many teach in East Asia but I've already lived in China and Taiwan. I also studied in the UK for a year and saw most of Western Europe so now I want to have a new experience.
What do you think about these countries in terms of cost/wages, ease of finding work, sentiment toward foreigners, nightlife, meeting local women, and trip opportunities?
How are the expat communities in these places? Cliquish of open?
If it matters I'm from the U.S.
You will find it almost impossible to get a work permit and without it you can not work anywhere in Europe.
For you to get a work permit, the employer needs to prove that they can not find any European to do the job, and as the English and Irish are native speakers too, you will only have a very small chance on being given one.
Only if you have a citizenship of one of the European countries you can move there and work.
I do not know about the other countries, but I happen to know that Slovakia requires every teacher to have a completed teaching education, not just an TEFL certification as far as I understand.
Besides, to live in the countries and to teach beginners levels you have to speak the local language, and the Slavic languages are not ones that you can pick up in a few weeks.
The expat communities are not very big, but as far as I understand they will welcome others to their groups, it is best though not to rely on expat communities, as they are not big.
Added:
I just saw an other question where the work permit situation is explained better, and with links: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjbenuJgWI6eTBNkz6zuFfVe7RR.;_ylv=3?qid=20090828224232AAvfM1T
 
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