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Vietnamese schoolchildren wave and play in a schoolyard during an outdoor break at their school.

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Vietnam Is Still Hiring This Fall: Where the Openings Are

Current as of September 2026. Salary, tax, and intake figures for Vietnam change and should be confirmed with CEP before you commit to a timeline. If you were watching for the right month to move on Vietnam, the peak hiring window was August, for...

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A volunteer teacher poses with a group of smiling schoolgirls in uniform outside a classroom building.

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Costa Rica's February Start Has One Spot Left. Here's Your Plan

Current as of September 2026. Intake dates and spot counts for Costa Rica change as people apply. Confirm current availability with CEP before you...

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Timeline graphic marking Labor Day, Japan's Sept 30 ALT application deadline, South Korea's Dec 1 public school deadline, and a March 2027 classroom start date.

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This Labor Day Weekend Decides Your Spring Teaching Plans

Current as of August 2026. Application windows and processing times vary by country and program, and they shift year to year. Confirm your specific...

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Three curved blue lines diverging from a single point on a dark navy background, labeled The Teacher on Break, The Career-Changer, and The First-Timer, representing three routes into teaching abroad.

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The 3 Kinds of People Who Teach Abroad (and How Each One Succeeds)

We surveyed the last 25 people we sent abroad to teach English. Not 25 hypothetical people from a survey a marketing team ran somewhere. 25 teachers...

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An English teacher leads an animated vocabulary lesson with fruit flashcards — orange, cherry, banana, grapes, apple — in front of young students in a Thailand classroom.

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Your Degree Needs a Head Start for Thailand's November Term

Current as of August 2026. Semester 2 in Thailand runs November through mid-March, with arrival anytime in November. There's no fixed application...

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Infographic: Top 5 reasons to teach in Japan's public schools — weekends and holidays off, a Japanese co-teacher in every classroom, a free car for the contract, full cultural immersion, and a near-zero-interest startup loan, for CEP's Spring 2027 ALT program.

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Japan Wants ALTs This Spring — Here's What the Job Pays

Current as of August 2026. Salary, loan, and deadline figures are pulled from CEP's live Japan program page — confirm details with our team before...

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