| Job Opportunities | German is a Eurocentric state, but despite this it seems to be more tolerant to US citizens that work on its territory than many of its neighbors are, and it includes English teaching. Americans who have good command of German language and have degree in business sphere will have their applications aceptted to the hundreds of language training companies in every German city.
Both the Inlingua and Linguarama groups have an extensive network of schools and frequently post vacancies on their web sites www.inlingua.com and www.linguarama.com. For example, the Inlingua school in Munich employs about 30 native speaker teachers for whom the minimum requirement is a university degree; Inlingua, Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 6, 80336 Munich; 011-49-89-231-15-30; . The central contact address for Lingarama Spracheninstitut Deutschland is Rindermarkt 16, 80331 Munich; 011-49-89-260 7040 where again the emphasis is on teaching business English.
Speakers of American English will obviously have a better chance of finding teaching hours at an institute which caters to that market, like the German American Institute in Tubingen, Karlstrasse 3, 72072 Tubingen; 011-49-7071 795260; www.dai-tuebingen.de.
Adult education courses are offered throughout Germany at about 1,000 Volkhochschulen. English teachers must apply to the individual centers whose addresses are listed on the central web site www.vhs.de. Another major employer is Carl Duisberg Centren (Hansaring 49-51, 50670 Cologne; 011-49-221-1626-258;
Students of German who would like to spend a year as an English language assistant in a German secondary school can contact the German organization that oversees the exchange, the Padagogischer Austauschdienst (Postfach 22 40, 53012 Bonn; 011-49-228-0228 501-0; www.kmk.org/pad/home.htm) distributes information on the teaching assistant program in Germany, which is also available through the Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580.
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