China - ESL Teaching & Living

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Hiring Institutions & Working Conditions:

The following institutions usually offer employment possibilities in China : Universities, middle schools, high schools, international schools, kindergartens, and public or private language schools. Teachers may also be hired directly by companies for staff training.

Work Hour

Daytime 6 hours. Evening 2 hours. 5 days/week
7-9am 4-9pm at a private school
9am-5pm at university or a state school.

Teaching Material

Many schools will provide the curriculum, the textbooks, teacher's manual of their program. It's not necessary to always follow the curriculum, you will, however, have to do the research to offer supplementary material to make the class interesting or emphasize what you think is important. In some schools, although rare, everything will be left for you to decide.

What you teach

Your assignment is to improve their English. What's that? well, In most cases, their primary interest in you, as a foreign teacher, is to learn English. They can (and do) read technical material about your field in textbooks. Anyway, nearly all foreign teachers are teaching English--conversation, writing, literature, etc. Your students have studied English for about 7 or 8 years, on average, yet they can barely speak the language. They have learned everything from textbooks. They may know English grammar better than you do. They have always had Chinese English teachers who can barely speak English themselves.

The description above reflects the general job conditions in China. Of course there will be some variations depending on schools and institutions (particularly with salary figures). Please regard the above information as reference material for specific details, we suggest you contact the employers to know the details you are interested in.

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