Thursday, 9th January 2025 — Teaching opportunities in Thailand (and sometimes other countries in Asia)

Beware of several websites that are copying job ads ('stealing' is actually the correct word) from Ajarn dot com. We only post job ads that are sent DIRECTLY to us. An employer will sometimes ask us to make changes to a job description but those changes will NOT be made by the website copying the ad. Trust the info, trust Ajarn! View all the current teaching positions on the Ajarn jobs page. 

Wednesday, 8th January 2025 — Language school memoirs

I was a lead teacher, academic director and recruiter for a private Thai language school with several branches. I did this job for well over a decade and as you would expect - there's a story or two.

Monday, 6th January 2025 — Send your letters to the Ajarn Postbox

If you've got anything to say on the topic of teaching in Thailand, the Ajarn Postbox is the place to say it. Latest letters include 'Teachers shouldn't be involved in road duties'

Saturday, 4th January 2025 — Do you teach pronunciation?

If you choose not to, your decision is easily justified. Drilling pronunciation of individual phonemes (the letter sounds) or specific tricky words can seem to be a wasteful use of classroom time. Besides, how do you actually improve someone's pronunciation anyway!?

Friday, 3rd January 2025 — What's Roi-et (North Eastern Thailand) like for teachers?

Do you live and teach outside Bangkok? Please help us update one of our region guides if you can spare a few minutes. 

Thursday, 2nd January 2025 — Is doing corporate teaching a lucrative gig?

Answer - Corporate teaching generally pays around 600-1000 baht an hour (or more) at some places so it can sound quite attractive, however; very few teachers succeed at becoming 'full-time corporate teachers'. The very nature of the beast dictates that most companies want their staff to study a couple of times a week in the evening so corporate teaching is often the icing on the cake to supplement your full-time salary from elsewhere. Exceptions to the rule would be those opportunities where a company will employ someone as a full-time 'in-house' teacher. This kind of position can realise a salary of up to 70,000 baht a month for a bit of teaching, proofreading, editing, etc. These in-house jobs aren't that easy to find though and often get filled through word-of-mouth.

Thursday, 2nd January 2025 — "It's a great country to live in, but keep an eye on the future"

Our next great escape survey is from Thomas, who taught in Thailand for 16 years before returning to England to decide where life will take him next.

Are you a teacher who worked in Thailand but moved on to pastures new? We would love to hear from you!