I am a 55 year old Englishman, living in Denmark with my Thai wife and our young son.

Despite having formal academic qualification as Doctor of Arts, it has been difficult to obtain positions where this qualification would receive its due reward here in Scandinavia, primarily because my subject (Modern History) has relatively little popular interest. Therefore I have become a computer specialist, currently working as Webmaster for the Danish Society of Engineers (www.ida.dk). Before this job I worked teaching English in Denmark, mostly at Cambridge Proficiency and Certificate level – although I did have some beginner classes as well as a delightful class of retired persons.

My question is this: - would I be able to seek positions as a teacher of English to Thai pupils, in the event of us returning to Thailand? What difficulties could I expect?

Answers especially from someone of my age or qualifications, would be more than appreciated.

Mr Thomas

Check out BangkokPostJobs.com and JOB.CO.TH and you will find listings for English teachers in Thailand. Don't expect to make more than about 20-30k baht per month. Unless you run your own show or have senior supervisory skills an English teacher is strictly a backpackers grunt job. Also a strange way of devotion...Mr Thomas Merton.

Good luck.

There is an ongoing thread on the subject, and from what I have learned, as long as your spoken English is good you should be able to get a job. However, the salaries aren't that much, as you've been told.

For info about teaching English in Bangkok, go to

www.ajarn.com

Your age is not a problem

With luck you may find a good position