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Both the ESL industry, and China itself, are highly changeable and dynamic. Please keep up-to-date here with our articles relating to teaching, life in China, visa policies, cost of living, interesting news and a whole other host of things which keep you in the know!
What should I ask the language schools during my interview?
It can be quite daunting to travel 6,000 miles to your next (or perhaps first) teaching position at a TEFL school half way around the world.
So what you don’t want to do is end up at a school that doesn’t fit you, wishing you were back home.
The best way to avoid a nightmare scenario is to thoroughly vet your potential schools, just as they’ll vet you. The best way to do this is both before, and during the interview that you have with them.
Booking Your Flight
When I first qualified as a teacher in 2002, I came at a lucky time when the ESL industry was just beginning to grow and coming to China was very much a new thing. Following my TEFL training, I applied for a number of jobs and accepted one in Xi’an starting in the September. To my great surprise, my pre-paid flight ticket arrived to my house in England by courier. I signed for the flight ticket and was ready to travel. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case…
Off the Beaten-Track Places...
One of the best things about living and working as an English teacher in China, is your ability to travel around China during your holiday time or at the end of your contract. China is very safe and has a very good and reliable network of transport. You can travel anywhere in China by train in under 48 hours and obviously even faster by air. Whether you long for desert plataeu, karst caves, rocky summits, icy realms or bamboo jungle, China has it for you and is just a short hop away!
Using Newspapers as Authentic Reading Material
Many new ESL teachers ask me what is a useful thing to bring with them in their suitcase prior to coming to teach English as Foreign Language here in China. Among the many things I tell them to bring is a few newspapers, and here's why....
Making a Great Lesson Plan
Making lesson plans is a key job and will take up much of the working week for any ESL teacher. having an effective lesson plan will make both your life easier as a teacher and will dramatic effects on your students learning...
What Young Learners Need
Young ESL Learners are young children who are just venturing out into the world and learning new things everyday. Coming to a language school might be a little frigntening for some younger ones, so it is important that you create an environment in the classroom which is fun and relaxed.
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