English majors can become English teachers

Throughout their degree, English students take a range of courses covering aspects of literature and linguistics. The linguistics part, which might include topics of grammar, phonetics, pedagogy, language acquisition, would especially be useful in truly understanding how the English language works, how students pick the language up and how students can pick it up more easily. Getting the credentials to teach English as a second language could even give the teacher a challenge, teaching the language to students whose mother tongue is not English. It also gives them the opportunity to go on working holidays abroad and experience new cultures and places while still doing what they are trained to do. Teaching, while common for an English major to do after they graduate, is ultimately rewarding and fun because it allows individuals to directly impart the knowledge they learned on others.

[P1] The courses that English majors take for their degree are related to teaching and help them become good teachers.