If you decide to become a teacher of English as a foreign language or EFL teacher, your skills will help people across the world and particularly in developing countries. It can help in terms of education, the economy and trade. It is also easier for us to learn about each other’s culture when we have a common language. You can teach English as a foreign language if you have a degree and have undergone EFL training.

Africa has become one of the most popular continents to travel to as an EFL teacher. Because of its colonial past there are hundreds if not thousands of native languages and foreign speech including German and French. Where Britain dominated during colonial times English remains but there are several countries where little is known of English.

Rwanda has now begun a national programme of teaching in English at primary and secondary schools. They hope that children will be able to communicate with the rest of the worlds better when they become the next generation of politicians, teachers and business leaders.

French has been the traditional teaching language until now and the shift to English has been put down to the Francophone feelings since the genocide in 1994. Both countries blame each other and relations between the two countries has definitely been frost in recent years.

Officials are not calling this a reason but commentators speculate this is a major factor in the switch. The official word is that by learning English Rwanda will be able to communicate more effectively with the rest of the world. This does not only apply to potential foreign trading countries like China, England and the US. Their neighbouring countries also use English as their second language so it would smooth relations between them too. These countries include Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Businesses also like their world wide offices to be able to speak English so that communication is quick and easy between them. With EFL training you can become a teacher of English in almost every country of the world.