{"id":5070,"date":"2021-01-15T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2021-01-15T11:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:43:46","slug":"teaching-esl-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/teaching-esl-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching ESL Over 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the idea of teaching English abroad often conjures up images of young, recent university<br \/>\ngraduates, there are many opportunities in the ESL world for mature, experienced teachers as well.<\/p>\n<p>Latin America is a popular destination for older teachers, as countries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/chile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia<\/a>, and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a> \u2013 among others \u2013 warmly welcome teachers who can share their valuable experience in the<br \/>\nclassroom.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, our contacts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/czech-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/slovakia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slovakia<\/a> consider all qualified applicants<br \/>\nequally. If you currently reside in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/germany\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a>, or have some German language ability, age is no obstacle for<br \/>\nour contacts in Stuttgart, Munich, and Lower Saxony.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re considering teaching in Asia, several schools in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> \u2013 once considered the ESL domain of<br \/>\nyoung, adventurous travelers \u2013 have opened their doors to qualified candidates of any age. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\">China<\/a>, the<br \/>\ngovernment maintains an age limit of 59 for issuing work visas, but many of our contacts welcome<br \/>\napplications right up to that limit. This applies to our online teaching contacts based in China as well, if<br \/>\nyou\u2019d prefer to teach from the comfort of home.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the \u201cbig 3\u201d in Asia, we also have contacts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/cambodia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cambodia<\/a> (volunteer) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan<\/a> with no age<br \/>\nrestrictions, and qualified teachers between 40-59 years of age can apply for positions in Brunei,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/thailand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/vietnam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the idea of teaching English abroad often conjures up images of young, recent university graduates, there are many opportunities in the ESL world for mature, experienced teachers as well. Latin America is a popular destination for older teachers, as countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico \u2013 among others \u2013 warmly welcome teachers who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":5077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070","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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5072,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions\/5072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}