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Tue 14-Mar-06, 02:25 AM
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| ESL Newbie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: 
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 | Old Member finding work Hi everybody, This may be a very unusual request. I am 52 and retired from the restaurant business. I have a degree but neither a TEFL Cert nor formal teaching experience. I have, however, taught English to employees over the years. What are my prospects for finding employment in China, Taiwan or Japan? Any help will be most appreciated. |
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Tue 14-Mar-06, 11:18 AM
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| ESL Addict   Join Date: Aug 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: General Manager www.MilestoneGC.com Location: 
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| Chances in China Being older is going to be a strike against you in China, but not a big one. The schools are usually looking for teachers in the 30-40 year old catagory. That said, if you don't mind teaching little children, your chances of teaching in China are going to be pretty good with your (lack of) qualifications. If you want to teach on the university level though, or teach adults, then it's going to be very difficult for you. There are a lot of crash schools (independent businesses - not real schools - that offer after-school programs) that you could apply for and get accepted at. You'd have to stick with the ones teaching children though, and unfortunately, these are the least motivated students to try to teach. Often they have recently been released from school for the day, had dinner, and are on the "overdrive" mode typical of kids just before bedtime. Classes in these crash schools are small though (usually no more than 8 or 10 students), and the mix of kids is always different from class to class. Not having a TEFL or Bachelor's degree will also mean that anyone with one or both of those qualification will be chosen ahead of you - meaning you're stuck accepting either what no one else accepted, or a school that simply couldn't get a teacher into the classroom for the year.
__________________ Hypiereon's Maxim: "The best teacher cannot help a student who absolutely refuses to learn; the worst teacher cannot refuse the one who will not be denied."  |
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Tue 14-Mar-06, 02:15 PM
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| ESL Rookie   Join Date: Feb 2006 Nationality: Australian Occupation: Teacher Location: 
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| Teacher Age I would have to agree with the above post. Will be very difficult for you to find a job anywhere since you have no background in teaching AND the age factor going against you. I would suggest when applying for a job that you give the first month free to the school. That way, you may get more replies. You may also want to undertake a TEFL course if you think you will be teaching English for quite a number of years. Online TEFL courses are quite cheap nowadays. |
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Fri 05-Jan-07, 08:51 PM
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| ESL Rookie  Join Date: Dec 2006 Occupation: ESL Teacher Location: 
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| Re: Old Member finding work You might try looking in some of the more regional areas where younger people may not want to go. When I did my TESOL course there was a fella in his 50s that had been working in China. He was was doing the course to improve his chances of employment when he went back. So as suggested above, do a TESOL course. It will be a big help and they don't take too long to do. Good luck. |
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