ceammi

I really want to emmigrate as i've had enough of living in Britain. Apparently I have enough points to get into Oz and I really fancy moving out there and getting away from the UK. I was just wondering if there is any call for European languages teachers in OZ or is it all languages such as Japanese?

NickyP

My children are learning Italian at school as there is a large immigrant Italian population in Victoria. In general however it is Japanese etc you would need to check around. try contacting the education departments in the various states and see what they have to say.
Good luck
Nicky

Trax

The primary school my girls go to does French, German, Latin and Japanese. They do one year of each (from Yr 3 - about 8 years of age), and then in Yr 7 they choose what language they want to do. THe idea is that it exposes them to various languages at a young age. It is a private school, so it may be differrent at government schools.

There are also international schools here in Sydney i.e German, American etc, so they might be worth approaching.

Best wishes

Trax

ceammi

hmmm i'm secondary trained and can teach french, spanish and italian, with spanish being my main subject.

i'm just wondering if i'll have to do some extra training to specialise in something else before applying to move.

i suppose the best thing to do is contact one of the emmigration agencies over here and see what they think my chances are.

thanks for your replies

c -xxx-

OzTennis

My sister-in-law is a French and Indonesian teacher (in Melbourne) with most of her teaching the former.

OzTennis

NickyP

Any ideas where you want to go? I would contact the department of education for that state by e-mail as they are very helpful. I have been looking into finishing my secondary teacher training in English here and am getting all of the info together at the moment. The websites also tend to have lists of current vacancies which might give you an idea of what is out there.
Good luck.
Nicky
For Victoria you can contact
http://www.det.vic.edu.au/det/

Vacancies are on that site and also at
http://www.teaching.vic.gov.au/

OzTennis

I've got a feeling Indonesian is taught more than Japanese - in state schools anyway. Nearest neighbour and one of the easier languages to acquire and all that. Greek is offered in quite a few schools - Melbourne having the 3rd largest Greek pop'n in the world, including Greece. Italian will be popular up 'Wang' way because of the Goulburn Valley fruit and fruit picking and the influx of Italians. Arabic and Turkish are common as well and there are schools where it will be the first language for most pupils.

OzTennis

ceammi

wow - so many languages!!

i'm afraid i have no idea where to go in oz. i fancy oz or nz and i haven't decided which yet, but it seemed from initial checks that i had enough points for oz but not nz.

i've lived in the usa and south america before now. i've also worked in italy. i just know i'm not happy in britain, i don't fit in, my personality is too warm and open and the climate here is far too cold!

i just want somewhere warmer and sunnier and, due to my boyfriend, somewhere that speaks english.

i'm going to do a fair bit of research on the two countries and then decide where to apply in the new year. life's too short to sit around unhappy with unfulfilled dreams!