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INTRODUCTION

The British Council provides information for teachers coming to the UK: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-teaching.htm

The Department for Education and Skills produce the following guide: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachinginengland

Information about training to teach is on the Training and Development Agency for Schools website: http://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit.aspx

The Socrates-Comenius programme includes opportunities for teachers in European countries to spend a period of time teaching in the UK: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/comenius

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LANGUAGE ASSISTANT
Many schools in the UK employ language assistants to help British students to learn French, German, Spanish, Italian or Chinese. In the UK, French is the main foreign language taught in the UK, and German is the second main language.

You must apply to the office below in your home country, which must be one of: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada (Quebec), Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Venezuela

For information and contact addresses, see: http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants-fla.htm or http://www.languageassistant.co.uk.

Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School
Authors: Norbert Pachler, Kit Field
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Date: April 2001

ENGLISH TEACHER

The BBC and British Council have a website for English language teachers: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk.
EFLWeb has lots of useful links and resources for EFL teachers: http://www.eflweb.com.
ELGazette is an international journal for English language teachers: http://www.elgazette.com.
Dave's ESL Cafe contains useful links and discussion boards related to teaching English as a second/foreign language: http://www.eslcafe.com.
English Job Maze provides a guide to finding work anywhere in the world as an EFL / ESL teacher: http://www.englishjobmaze.com.
TESall includes a search engine which crawls multiple job boards and helps new graduates to orient themselves to teaching and travelling: http://www.tesall.com
Job openings for recent UK graduates to teach English in China: http://www.teach-in-china.cn

	The Practice of English Language Teaching Author: J. Harmer Publisher: Longman Date: February 2001		Teach English as a Foreign Language Author: Sue Tyson-Ward Publisher: How To Books Date: November 2000
	Teaching English Abroad Author: Susan Griffith Publisher: Vacation Work Publications Date: December 2000		Working in English Language Teaching Author: Francesca Target Publisher: Kogan Page Date: February 2002

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE TEACHER

Useful information about UK higher education can be found from:
Times Educational Supplement: http://www.tes.co.uk
Education Guardian: http://education.guardian.co.uk
(for news articles about international students in the UK, see: http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/overseasstudents)

Erasmus ("European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students") is the European Commission's educational programme which helps to encourage the mobility of Higher Education teachers and students within the European Union.

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LINKS

Guide to finding schools: Course
English language schools: Course/Language
Studying English: English/Study
English exams: English/Exams

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