So with the Crab's parents living in Bandung, West Java, that becomes an ideal place to start from and lends a certain amount of flexibility. It is an amazing opportunity, staying with people who have lived exactly what I am to be living will make the experience less alien. Indeed Gary, Anja's father, worked as an English teacher initially, when he first moved over. For myself, having studied foreign languages at Univiersity, the idea of teaching English as a foreign language really does appeal. I have applied to do a CELTA course over the summer holidays and I have already begun working in schools in the UK. This will stop during the summer break, allowing time to do the course.
I have also begun to look at ESL centres in Bandung. English First is apparently the largest language school so it makes sense to contact them first; or does it? Should I look toward to smaller independent schools or stick with the giants? Certainly they would offer more security but what is better for the local economy? Likewise, I don't want to tie myself down in one place if AC is wanting to move about. It would be important to find a job that allows me to have enough time off to see some of the country and that doesn't hold me in one place for too long. Is it possible, for example, to move to other language schools within the same contract? Inside Indonesia? Within southeast Asia? To do so I would benefit from working for someone like EF.
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