{"id":3847,"date":"2017-06-13T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog?p=3847&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=3847"},"modified":"2017-08-17T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:33:02","slug":"how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/how-i-started-my-adventure-teaching-esl-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Started My Adventure Teaching ESL Abroad &#8211; Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, ESL teacher Michael Adams shares how he started teaching ESL abroad, his first experiences\u00a0teaching and\u00a0traveling in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, and how\u00a0exploring the mountains and deserts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>\u00a0made his life an adventure he will never forget while teaching English in the country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lyBDyZNDFVw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/teaching-abroad\/where-you-can-teach\/\">Teaching English abroad<\/a>?\u00a0Visit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/teaching-abroad\/free-info-sessions\/\">free information session<\/a>\u00a0near you or download a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/course-guide\/\">free course guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Video Transcription<\/h2>\n<p>My name is Michael. I taught for about 10 years in total. I taught in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/korea\/\">South Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to what made me want to teach English abroad, a lot of it had to do with growing up in a small town, and going to university just outside of where I grew up. After I graduated I really didn\u2019t know where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do, but I saw that a lot of my friends who I grew up with were traveling overseas and I knew that that was something that I wanted to do. And my best friend who was living in Hawaii at the time suggested that we look at teaching overseas. And since both my parents were teachers it kind of seemed quite natural for me to do.<\/p>\n<p>After we made all the arrangements and went through the interview process, we ended up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\">teaching in Japan<\/a>, which was my first contract overseas. It really was my first experience with culture shock. I had traveled before but not really extensively. But having the opportunity to know that you\u2019re spending at least a year in a country, it can be very interesting for the first 3 months kind of getting your feet grounded and getting used to living overseas but that\u2019s part of what makes it so special to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to where I\u2019d like to teach next, most likely I\u2019d like to spend some time in central Asia. I do a lot of rock climbing in my free time and did a lot when I was living abroad. Not only is Central Asia an interesting part of the world but it offers some world-class climbing, so for me it seems like an excellent spot.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to what was my favorite memory from teaching abroad, I would have to say that I spent a lot of time camping in the desert and in the mountains of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>\u00a0when I was out climbing, and pretty much every time I\u2019d wake up each morning you would have camels walking through the camp site, or herds of goats, or camel herders. So when you woke up you kind of felt like you were always on this grand adventure even though it was something you were doing every other weekend. So for me that was the memory that sticks with me the most.<\/p>\n<p>[wp_social_sharing social_options=&#8217;facebook,twitter,pinterest&#8217; twitter_username=&#8217;oxford_seminars&#8217; facebook_text=&#8217;Share on Facebook&#8217; twitter_text=&#8217;Share on Twitter&#8217; googleplus_text=&#8217;Share on Google+&#8217; pinterest_text=Share on Pinterest&#8221; icon_order=&#8217;f,t,g,p&#8217; show_icons=&#8217;1&#8242; before_button_text=&#8221; text_position=&#8221; social_image=&#8217; \/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-social-sharing\/static\/socialshare.png&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Michael-Adams1-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1254\" src=\"\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Michael-Adams1-cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Adams\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Adams taught for a total of ten years in nine countries \u2013 Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/korea\/\">South Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, and Ireland. Currently settled in Canada, he still loves to spend his free time traveling, trekking &amp;\u00a0climbing abroad. He has a Bachelors Degree, a teaching degree, and is currently in his final year of his Master\u2019s degree in Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, ESL teacher Michael Adams shares how he started teaching ESL abroad, his first experiences\u00a0teaching and\u00a0traveling in Japan, and how\u00a0exploring the mountains and deserts of Oman\u00a0made his life an adventure he will never forget while teaching English in the country. Want to learn more about\u00a0Teaching English abroad?\u00a0Visit a free information session\u00a0near you or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,348,66,65,388,343,197,64],"tags":[196,133,122,90,102],"class_list":["post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-bachelors-degree","category-eastern-europe","category-middle-east","category-podcast","category-travel","category-video","category-western-europe","tag-adventure","tag-japan","tag-oman","tag-teaching-english-abroad","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3853,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions\/3853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}