Here are just a few of the thousands of different teaching contexts you could find yourself in as a TEFL teacher: A group of 7 year old children in a private language school in Vietnam. Their parents and guardians have decided to invest in extra English for them outside of school. A one-to-one class with the production manager of a company in France, at her place of work. The company has just started working internationally and she needs to communicate more effectively with her future colleagues in specific business situations. A group of 10 university students in Brazil at a language school. They need to prepare for an exam that allows them to go and study in the USA. A small group of retired adults, paying to learn some English to help them when they travel. Any reason you can think of for a person or group of people to use English is a possible context for TEFL. This is most often in non-English speaking countries, but there is a huge market for teaching in English speaking countries too. We mentioned the examples of summer schools and English language programs for immigrants. Another example is courses run by universities in English speaking countries for foreign students who need to improve their language skills before starting their course. (In English speaking countries, you might find these programs referred to as ESL - English as a Second Language. This is, to all intents and purposes, the same as EFL, but have a look at this article on TEFL acronyms for the subtle differences in meaning!) TEFL is very varied, and as a TEFL teacher you have to choose what suits you best. When you first start out this choice is normally more limited. If you want to teach in Indonesia, for example, the chances are that your first job as a newly qualified teacher will be working full time in a private language school, with a fair amount of that time spent teaching kids. If you go to Indonesia with a few years of experience under your belt, this experience may give you more options in terms of jobs.