TEFL Jobs in El Salvadore
The recent and sudden increase in the demand for English speakers in El Salvadore has meant that there are a number of TEFL positions in El Salvadore and worldwide. Most countries require that you have a minimum of a Bachelors degree but it is still possible to gain an TEFL position in some countries with no qualifications if you are a native speaker.
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Republic of El Salvador National name: República de El Salvador President: Antonio Saca (2004) Area: 8,124 sq mi (21,040 sq km) Population (2005 est.): 6,704,932 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 27.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 25.1/1000; life expectancy: 71.2; density per sq mi: 825 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper) Other large cities: Santa Ana, 167,200; San Miguel, 145,100; Zacatecoluca, 36,700 Monetary unit: Colón; U.S. dollar Language: Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) Ethnicity/race: mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1% Religion: Catholics 83%; growing population of evangelical Protestants (1992) Literacy rate: 80% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $32.35 billion; per capita $4,900. Real growth rate: 1.8%. Inflation: 5.4%. Unemployment: 6.3%-but the economy has much underemployment. Arable land: 32%. Agriculture: coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products. Labor force: 2.75 million; agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.). Industries: food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals. Natural resources: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land. Exports: $3.162 billion (2003 est.): offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity. Imports: $5.466 billion (2003 est.): raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity. Major trading partners: U.S., Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, France. Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 380,000 (1998); mobile cellular: 40,163 (1997). Radio broadcast stations: AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 2.75 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 5 (1997). Televisions: 600,000 (1990). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (2000). Internet users: 40,000 (2000). Transportation: Railways: total: 562 km; note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2002). Highways: total: 10,029 km; paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways); unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.). Waterways: Rio Lempa partially navigable. Ports and harbors: Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo. Airports: 82 (2002). International disputes: in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, but they remain largely undemarcated; in 2002, El Salvador filed an application to the ICJ to revise the decision on a section of bolsones; the ICJ also advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador claims tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the ICJ, off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca.
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TEFL Means English as a Foreign Language and should be used in countries where the primary language is something other than English i.e. Spain, Thailand, Brazil.