Why TEFL Is Your Ticket To Freedom In 2025

The New Year brings with it visions of new beginnings and fresh starts – the perfect time to upgrade your life. This year, why not engineer the life you’ve always dreamed of? You only live once, right?

If you’re:

• an intrepid traveller,
• unsatisfied in your current job,
• or just generally unhappy with your current situation

– you should look into teaching English as a foreign language this year.

No more New Year’s resolutions

Did you know that the second Friday of January is known as Quitter’s Day? That’s right – all those New Year’s resolutions that you thought so long and hard about are usually thrown out with the garbage by the middle of January. 

It’s understandable. 

We’ve got a lot going on in our lives. It’s difficult to set aside time to focus on bettering ourselves when we’re dealing with emails, work deadlines, family obligations and social events.

For 2025, we say: take it easy on yourself. A major reason resolutions don’t work, in general, is because they don’t resonate with you. 

Maybe you’re not sticking to your plans and goals for the year because you haven’t found what you’re really looking for? Why not dig a little deeper and figure out exactly what it is you really want from your life?

Which is where we come in! 

We’d like to remind you – because you’re surely aware of this by now – that teaching English as a foreign language is the resolution (get it?) to many of your inner conflicts. 

Here’s why. 

Read more: 5 Reasons To Become A TEFL Teacher

Why TEFL is your ticket to freedom in 2025

Demand is sky-high

TEFL teaching is a smart career choice in 2025. The flexibility of teaching English means you can teach in schools, universities, language centres, businesses, privately, and online – in both English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries. 

The jobs are there, waiting for you.

Recent research estimates the English Language Learning global market to reach $70.7 billion in 2030 (up from $24.8 billion in 2023). That’s massive growth!

Plus, in a recent survey The TEFL Academy conducted with our graduates, over 75% found their first TEFL job within 3 months.

With TEFL, there’s no need to worry about finding a job.

Read more: Exploring The Global State Of TEFL

Financial satisfaction

The cost of living crisis is real. In many places, we are working to pay the bills and not do much else. It’s stressful and – dare we say it? – boring. 

Teaching English in most countries pays a salary which is higher than the local average wage. What this means is that no matter where you are living you are sure to be enjoying your lifestyle.

An easy balancing act

Besides your attractive income, teaching English gives you flexibility in your daily life. 

The job you choose determines how many hours a week you’ll work. You might work only mornings and evenings – or you can work as much as you want. 

As a TEFL teacher, you have the opportunity to structure your life to have the optimal work-life balance for you.

A passport to global adventures

It goes without saying that teaching English abroad is an easy way to travel the globe.You’ll not only get to visit any country you’ve ever dreamed of, but you’ll also experience living there – which is very different from being a tourist!

 Read more: 15 Genius Teaching Tips And Travel Hacks For TEFL Teachers

An opportunity for personal growth

Last but not least, TEFL instigates personal growth. As a teacher, you’ll learn the skills of time management, planning, organisation, people skills and public speaking. 

As a foreigner living abroad you’ll practice independence, problem-solving, adaptability, open-mindedness – and possibly even a foreign language.

Who should be a TEFL teacher?

We understand that not everyone is suited to a career in TEFL. We can’t all be the same. But there is a certain type of person who is ideally suited to being a TEFL teacher.

Are you:

• motivated?
• communicative?
• personable? 
• adventurous?
• a travel fiend?
• looking for financial freedom?

If you’re any of these things, then teaching English as a foreign language could be in your DNA.

Is TEFL certification worth it in 2025?

Without a doubt! Teaching English gives you opportunities like few other careers. TEF: is already a booming market and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. Now is the perfect time to get a TEFL qualification and mould your TEFL experience how you want it.

How do you get a TEFL certification?

Sign up and complete a TEFL course – it’s as easy as that! 

With your TEFL qualification, you can browse our Essential Teach English Abroad Guide for 2025 or our guide to teaching online – and you could be living your dream sooner than you think!