Working as an English teacher (ESL) in Berlin

Hi,

I am currently living in Australia and planb to move to Berlin later in the year and am hoping to find work teaching English (As I have qualifications in this area).

Any ideas on the ESL schools in Berlin?

Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

good question, im interested to know more about this too.

I think there should be an accelingua firm in Berlin, im not sure...but u can check it out. Also, check this link out...its definitely not the most comprehensive , but its what i found in google:
http://www.learn4good.com/tefl/tefl_training_germany.htm

I am new to berlin as well, and thats just a throw of dice, i bet the others more active on the site can be more informative. Anyways, Ill try to follow up this post

Cheers.

chaks

Berlitz (4 schools in Berlin)
http://www.berlitz.de

Inlingua
http://www.inlingua-berlin.de/

LSI Berlin - English Teacher
http://lsi-berlin.de/lsi/jobs/

Wall Street Institue
http://www.wallstreet-institute.de/karriere.php?id=225

I'm sure there are plenty more. Just google Sprachschule Berlin in google.

I am wondering what the demand level is like for esl teachers in berlin? Would be good to sound this out.

i am about to take a celta and the person i had my interview with said it's pretty difficult to get a job as a teacher here in berlin..
although other easter european countries have a higher demand for teachers.. :/

oh rats! Looks like ill be in bar work then...

if you can do anything else, don't teach english here! go for the working holiday visa and work in bar if you're down for it. i am qualified as well and there is certainly no shortage of language schools, but often they send you all over berlin to different customers, give you a horrible schedule and don't cover your extensive preparation time. it's not the dream ESL job that some of my friends have right now in japan, china and thailand. Most jobs are "freelance" work, so the schools don't owe you anything (many of them don't even speak proper english and masquerade around town pretending to be the english authority). that said, if you still want to do it - go private. go to the wealthy areas of berlin and campaign your heart out for students.

good luck!