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This school any good abroad?
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(07-19-2021, 12:45 PM)HappyPeanut Wrote: I need a degree in anything to teach English in Asia. Will this school accredit me to work overseas? Thanks!

A Bachelors Degree from any accredited institution in the USA should work. For example, in Japan a Bachelors Degree is required to get a work visa. This work visa will require a company to sponsor you. I'm speaking strictly from an academic requirements perspective. There are loop holes and ways around these requirements (like marrying to get citizenship etc.) Let's not go down that rabbit hole.

So, there are the legal requirements and then there is what employers actually want.

As I said, a Bachelors Degree from just about anywhere in the USA will cover you legally. However, some employers in Japan and Korea will specifically want to see "University" in the title of your school. Don't let the "University" vs. "College" thing scare you. I am hearing less and less about it now. But, I recommend you get your bachelors degree from a place with "University" in the title. This might come in handy at some of the Eikaiwas and cram schools in Japan. 


Where specifically in Asia are you interested in?

(update: I see that you are interested in China and Russia, I'm going to leave my original post here if it helps anyone interested in Japan) For China, read the contract carefully, then, be prepared for them to not honor the contract once you get there. I hear that it can be rewarding to teach English in China, but it is considered to be much more difficult than Japan or Korea for a number of reasons. I have not heard anything negative about Russia other than the pay being very low. I hear the students there are very well behaved. Japan is easy mode for teachers. You can get by on just English in Tokyo and Osaka. I know because I have personally lived there when I was just starting to learn Japanese. However, for China and Russia I have been told that you need to be fluent at a high-beginner to approaching intermediate level of the language to really get by in daily life. The larger the city the better in either of those countries. Venture out into the countryside in any of these places and your chances of getting by with just using English approaches zero.
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This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-19-2021, 12:45 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by Flelm - 07-19-2021, 12:50 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-19-2021, 03:29 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by ss20ts - 07-19-2021, 07:16 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-19-2021, 09:20 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by ashkir - 07-20-2021, 01:41 AM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-20-2021, 03:02 AM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by LevelUP - 07-20-2021, 06:10 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-21-2021, 10:16 AM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by ss20ts - 07-21-2021, 10:53 AM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by bjcheung77 - 07-21-2021, 01:23 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-26-2021, 05:29 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by AwardTour - 07-25-2021, 05:29 AM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by bjcheung77 - 07-26-2021, 05:40 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-26-2021, 06:28 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by bjcheung77 - 07-26-2021, 06:41 PM
RE: This school any good abroad? - by HappyPeanut - 07-26-2021, 07:10 PM

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