Humans are programmed to wither enjoy the cold or hate it. Some of us will revel in the snow, having snowball fights and building whole families out of the white stuff. There are some however that avoid cold weather like the plague, staying inside for three months of the year in front of the fire not thinking about dark days and cold nights.

Teaching jobs abroad are a way that many of the cold-phobes escape Britain during winter to take up in warmer climates and earn enough to be able to resist the winter weather the whole year round.

Teaching English as a foreign language does not require a qualification in teaching or education whether you want to do it in England or abroad. You just need to have taken and passed a TEFL or TESOL course by completing a number of hours teaching in a classroom and passing some exams and coursework. Then you are able to apply for posts around the world.

To find somewhere hot during winter at home, TEFL teachers choose places like Japan, Brazil and Jamaica. Africa also has a growing demand for teachers of English as a foreign language.

It can often feel like you are on holiday when you travel to these countries to teach in because of the different way of life that they live. You do however have to work hard at proving your ability and passion otherwise you could find yourself on a plane home.

Teaching jobs abroad differ in every country that you visit. You might have a job where there are small class sizes and few teaching hours so that you can relax for more time than you are teaching. Others are much stricter on their foreign employees however, especially if you are working for a state run school. The standards in these countries are high and you will have to prove that you are doing a good job in the level of fluency that your pupils reach.

If you can find a job back home which supports you then you could make teaching jobs abroad an annual thing. If you have prospects and a career objective that you want to see through, teaching jobs abroad in winter might not be the way to go as you would be very lucky to find an employer who supports their staff leaving the company for two or three months every year.

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