Tell us about yourself! We’d love to know about your background, what drew you to teaching abroad, and more.
My name is Slobodan and I am 33 years old. I come from Bosnia and Herzegovina. After I finished my formal education, I decided to leave my home country and move to the United States of America. I lived there for eight years, and then it was time to change continents. I picked Southeast Asia because my sister lives in Singapore; I wanted to be closer to her.
You’re currently a TEFL teacher in Cambodia. Awesome! Tell us about your unique journey to working abroad as a teacher—including your TEFL course experience.
My TEFL journey was totally unplanned. I learned about Premier TEFL online and the next thing I know, I was checking their website. They had all kinds of internships and one of them was the Cambodia internship. The price was right, and it also included a TEFL course. It took me about four weeks to complete the 120-hour TEFL course and then the next stop was Cambodia.What advice do you have for non-native English speakers who dream of teaching English abroad someday?
Just do it, don’t let the fact that you are a non-native speaker stop you. It is true that job opportunities are slightly limited if you are not a native speaker, but just do the TEFL course and get some teaching experience by volunteering. If you really want it, you can become a teacher :)
