Brief of Bangkok

Bangkok happens to be the country's spiritual, cultural, diplomatic, commercial and educational hub. Founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the present Chakri dynasty, the country’s capital is spread over an area of more than 1,500 square kilometers, and is the home to approximately ten million people or more than 10% of Thailand’s population.

Over the last few decades Bangkok has updated itself into a modern city at par with world’s leading metropolitans combining the ancient and the modern. Placed almost at the heart of Thailand, Bangkok is dotted with 400 glittering Buddhist temples of great beauty and fascination, magnificent palaces, classical dance extravaganzas, numerous shopping centres and traditional ways of life, especially along the "Venice of the East" timeless canals and the Chao Phraya River of the "River of Kings" winding through the city.
 

With a boom in the English Language industry of Thailand, Bangkok is awash with language schools both big and small. A native English speaker is able to bag a suitable job within a week or two. Currently, only top-notch institutions hire from abroad and the best place to land a job is in the city itself. Almost every issue of the Bangkok post carries at least two or three advertisements for language teaching positions and even those schools stipulating qualifications/experience necessary are realistic enough to compromise if the applicant seems reliable and smart. In the unlikely event of finding no leads in The Bangkok post, one can check the yellow pages for addresses of language schools and visit some on spec. The British Council (in Siam square) will also supply a list of recognized language schools in the area.