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Teaching English in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a good place for English language teachers to gain teaching experience, while enjoying interesting cultural and sightseeing activities. The English language is in demand in the United Kingdom, and so are good English language teachers. If you are interested in teaching overseas, you might want to consider the United Kingdom. Life in the United KingdomThe United Kingdom is more than country estates and quaint neighborhood pubs. It is littered with historic attractions, like Stonehenge, Tower Bridge , Cambridge, Eton, and Oxford. It is also a modern cultural hub, with trend-setting fashion, dining, clubbing, and shopping.History of the United KingdomGreat Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science.At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the United Kingdom's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the United Kingdom rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the European Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the United Kingdom. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999. Economy of The United KingdomThe UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quartet of trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two decades the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs.Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP while industry continues to decline in importance. GDP growth slipped in 2001-03 as the global downturn, the high value of the pound, and the bursting of the "new economy" bubble hurt manufacturing and exports. Still, the economy is one of the strongest in Europe; inflation, interest rates, and unemployment remain low. The relatively good economic performance has complicated the BLAIR government's efforts to make a case for Britain to join the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Critics point out, however, that the economy is doing well outside of EMU, and they point to public opinion polls that continue to show a majority of Britons opposed to the single currency. Meantime, the government has been speeding up the improvement of education, transport, and health services, at a cost in higher taxes. The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, together with the subsequent problems of restoring the economy and the polity, involve a heavy commitment of British military forces. Teaching English Overseas
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