disthing makes a good point. Given that an enormous percentage of the UAE population are immigrants, of various nationalities, English is very commonly spoken. The reason I barely learned the national language Arabic is because you could get by speaking English almost anywhere. Though knowing Arabic would give you a huge plus. There are more private schools than public schools, understandable if you consider that private-schools are english-medium. You will find more Europeans than you will Americans, nevertheless, that means you'll be among plenty of people who are monolingual.
The night life is smashing, the food and restaurants are diverse and from all over the world, the beaches are great, and shopping is inexpensive compared to the US. Relative to other middle eastern countries, the UAE is very liberal and westernized. And as Incomplet said, your appearance alone will give you an edge given that you're teaching English. It is ridiculously safe, cars rarely ever get broken into or places get robbed. You could leave your laptop on the hood of your car and go into the store. Come back, and it would still be there (though I don't advise intentionally being so careless!)
The only downside that I can think of at the moment is that it is a relatively expensive place to live.
That's awesome! The UAE almost sounds good, but I'm not sure I want to go anywhere in the Middle East quite frankly. They may not have Sharia Law in Dubai per se, but the men there still overwhelmingly outnumber the women which means I'll have major competition. They may not persecute their women per se, but I suspect they at least hide them away. I frankly don't trust UAE, China, or Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure I feel comfortable going to Turkey, either.
In which of these countries would you rather teach English?
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Out of that list I can only speak for the UAE:
disthing makes a good point. Given that an enormous percentage of the UAE population are immigrants, of various nationalities, English is very commonly spoken. The reason I barely learned the national language Arabic is because you could get by speaking English almost anywhere. Though knowing Arabic would give you a huge plus. There are more private schools than public schools, understandable if you consider that private-schools are english-medium. You will find more Europeans than you will Americans, nevertheless, that means you'll be among plenty of people who are monolingual.
The night life is smashing, the food and restaurants are diverse and from all over the world, the beaches are great, and shopping is inexpensive compared to the US. Relative to other middle eastern countries, the UAE is very liberal and westernized. And as Incomplet said, your appearance alone will give you an edge given that you're teaching English. It is ridiculously safe, cars rarely ever get broken into or places get robbed. You could leave your laptop on the hood of your car and go into the store. Come back, and it would still be there (though I don't advise intentionally being so careless!)
The only downside that I can think of at the moment is that it is a relatively expensive place to live.
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That's awesome! The UAE almost sounds good, but I'm not sure I want to go anywhere in the Middle East quite frankly. They may not have Sharia Law in Dubai per se, but the men there still overwhelmingly outnumber the women which means I'll have major competition. They may not persecute their women per se, but I suspect they at least hide them away. I frankly don't trust UAE, China, or Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure I feel comfortable going to Turkey, either.