| Nowadays, many professionals are being laid off from | | | | EFL (English as a Foreign Language) jobs can be |
| their jobs because of the disaster that global | | | | applied to by anyone who is well-read and |
| recession has caused. Many companies have closed | | | | well-spoken in English. However, there are more |
| down which leave sorry employees wondering where | | | | opportunities for someone who has completed a |
| they will get the money to feed their family. For | | | | TESOL course. TESOL or Teaching English to |
| those who were used to a bountiful living, this kind of | | | | Speakers of Other Language is a type of certification |
| situation was something hard to accept. | | | | that seekers of teach English jobs need to obtain in |
| Unfortunately, this situation has no immediate solution. | | | | order for them to be able to get ESL jobs that |
| And then, the Information Superhighway arrives. | | | | require a higher level of education. Some online |
| Internet and English Language Unite Against | | | | academies that cater to the needs of big companies |
| Unemployment | | | | require this certification from their teachers. This is |
| The widespread use of the English language has | | | | not a prerequisite to all the teachers but if one is |
| posed a threat to the countries that do not use the | | | | decided to make a career out of this teach TEFL |
| language as the major mode of communication in | | | | (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) online jobs, |
| their countries. It is in this light that some companies | | | | he has to consider completing certification. |
| have created online schools that are aimed to teach | | | | English Opens Up Opportunities and a New Career |
| ESL (English as Second Language) to anyone who is | | | | Option |
| willing to learn the language. | | | | Teaching English as a second language has the |
| The creation of these online academies does not only | | | | potentials of being a very lucrative job for someone |
| help promote the language worldwide but it has | | | | who has the skill in the language. There are lots of |
| provided a steady stream of employment | | | | online English academies that are looking for qualified |
| opportunities for those who can speak the language | | | | people to teach students from all over the world to |
| well! Learning and teaching English are not enough to | | | | speak English and to train them to use the language |
| battle the problems caused by recession, but at least | | | | properly. |
| new opportunities are born. Moreover, these opened | | | | For most unemployed people, the teach-English jobs |
| the possibilities for a non-English speaking person to | | | | that have been introduced may be the answer to |
| learn the language even without leaving their homes. | | | | their needs. |