Will the trend for ESL teachers continue?
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I am going to become a high school teacher, but I’m uncertain of what I would like to major in. History would be really fun to learn, but I hear hundreds of people compete for one job in that subject. The humanities interest me. Is there/ will there be a bunch of competition for jobs for ESL teachers? What about Spanish teachers?
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I am going to become a high school teacher, but I’m uncertain of what I would like to major in. History would be really fun to learn, but I hear hundreds of people compete for one job in that subject. The humanities interest me. Is there/ will there be a bunch of competition for jobs for ESL teachers? What about Spanish teachers?
June 9th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
It appears the trend has been fairly constant since 1996 and it does not seem to be decreasing. With the large number of people moving around throughout the world ESL teachers are in high-demand all over. In Feb. at an international school recruiting fair there were over 40 positions open for ESL teachers around the world and that did not even bring into focus the myriad of openings in the United States or Canada.
Spanish is the 3rd most spoken language in the world so it does not appear that language will be going away anytime soon, either. If you can work out an ESL/Spanish combination you will have it made.
Since learning a language also requires one know the history of the originating country then Spanish may be a good choice where you can combine your love of history with a love of a language.
Good Luck …