ONE can surely get rich just by teaching a second language. Imagine yourself being a Briton and you venture out to Thailand to teach English there as a second language. Most of the students there are those applying for work in beach resorts in Phuket and they want to learn English because lots of tourists there speak English. It is also a requirement of the Thai tourism ministry that the tourism workers in Thailand must know how to speak English.

Thus, English language programs are proliferating in that country. These language schools are subsidized not just by the government but international benefactor agencies such as the Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), USAID, Asian Development Bank and World Bank. So if you’re planning to teach English as a second language there, your salary is mostly subsidized by these funding agencies to the tune of about $4,000. That’s a lot already.

And there are not just Britons who are teaching English in Thailand. There are also Filipinos there. The rationale there is that Britons teach the non-rhotic English accent while Filipinos, who are Americanized, teach the rhotic accent. It is not just a financial opportunity for these English teachers. In Thailand, you will also get to see the Phuket views for free. And since one is an English teacher, you can surely have great discounts to all resort facilities such as its spa and scuba diving facilities. You haven’t known how beautiful Phuket is? Then watch the movie The Beach starring Virginie Ledoyen. You will see the glowing planktons all around the beach during moonless nights. That’s a very fascinating view indeed.

And that’s not all. You can also moonlight as a Hollywood dialogue coach in Thailand. Once in a while, there are major Hollywood productions dropping by here such as Stealth a few years back. They employ local actors and actresses who are not familiar in English and it’s your job to be a Hollywood dialogue coach. Once it has entered your resume, you can surely have a very promising career ahead. You may even go back to your home country in the Philippines where Bigfoot has a huge production facility in the island of Mactan in Cebu. In fact, there’s a current movie being shot there starring a Cambodian model by the name of Bebe Pham. If you’re her dialogue coach, then Bigfoot pays as much.

In the United States, English language teachers are also in need. There are lots of minorities living in the United States and most of them speak the Spanish language. They mostly come from Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba. Or else, the reverse happens. Some Caucasians want to do business in Mexico and want to learn English. So putting up a Spanish language school in the United States is financially feasible too. They are mostly sprouting in El Paso, Texas because it’s just a stone’s throw away from Ciudad Juarez of Mexico where there are lots of US factories there, thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).