TEFL Jobs in Honduras
The recent and sudden increase in the demand for English speakers in Honduras has meant that there are a number of TEFL positions in Honduras 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.
There are many web sites that offer details of TEFL Jobs that are available worldwide including this one. Unlike some other sites though, ESL Junction will not charge you for this or any other service. Below you can find more information about Honduras
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Country Information - Honduras |
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Republic of Honduras National name: República de Honduras President: Ricardo Maduro (2002) Area: 43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km) Population (2005 est.): 6,975,204 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 30.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 29.3/1000; life expectancy: 65.6; density per sq mi: 161 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper) Monetary unit: Lempira Languages: Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects; English widely spoken in business Ethnicity/race: mestizo 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, growing population of evangelical Protestants Literacy rate: 76% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $18.79 billion; per capita $2,800. Real growth rate: 4.2%. Inflation: 7%. Unemployment: 28.5%. Arable land: 10%. Agriculture: bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp. Labor force: 2.47 million; agriculture 34%, industry 21%, services 45% (2001 est.). Industries: sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products. Natural resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower. Exports: $1.37 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber (2000). Imports: $3.11 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000). Major trading partners: U.S., El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico. Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 234,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 14,427 (1997). Radio broadcast stations: AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998). Radios: 2.45 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 570,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000). Internet users: 40,000 (2000). Transportation: Railways: total: 699 km (2002). Highways: total: 13,603 km; paved: 2,775 km; unpaved: 10,828 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 465 km navigable by small craft. Ports and harbors: La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto Lempira. Airports: 115 (2002). International disputes: in 1992, ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border, but they still 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; Honduras claims Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize but agreed to creation of a joint ecological park and Guatemalan corridor in the Caribbean in the 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum; Nicaragua filed a claim against Honduras in 1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at the ICJ over a complex maritime dispute in the Caribbean Sea .
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Please Note that ESL stands for English as a Second Language and should really only be used when referring to courses that take place in a country where the primary language is English i.e. England America etc.
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.