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Wed 11-Apr-07, 05:43 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Occupation: Apprentice Location: 
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 | Enquiring minds. Hello AAC forum-goers! Only about a week ago myself and Tom (my mate) decided that we would really enjoy teaching and living in China so we've been all over the internet and have found these forums the biggest knowledge base available. We're both only 22 and have no Uni degrees or former teaching experience, realising our resumes won't be the most appealing we plan to head over to China and spend a couple of weeks looking around, seeing how the place works and try to gauge our chances of landing a job. So that’s about it from me, thanks to everyone that’s put up all the info on this forum (a big thanks to Hypieroen), I look forward to meeting you all in China someday! Jake. edit: Forgot to mention, we intend on doing a TEFL/TESOL course closer to the end of the year once we find out a bit more infomation on them. Last edited by Jake22; Wed 11-Apr-07 at 05:51 PM. Reason: Forgot to mention TEFL/TESOL courses. |
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Wed 11-Apr-07, 06:24 PM
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| Re: Enquiring minds. China is a pretty scary place! I don't think I'd have the courage to go their empty handed with no job. Very few can speak English and I was quite frustrated on my recent trip there. Best would be to go thru an agent to help. Just be sure you are not being ripped off. Get an idea of the salary and hours you should be on beforehand. The last thing you want is an agent dipping into your pay. As you have no degree, DEFINITELY do a TESL course prior!
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Wed 11-Apr-07, 10:08 PM
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| Re: Enquiring minds. Hi Antonio, An agent you say? Are they the same as recruiters? Speaking of hours I noticed alot of people only work 16-25 hours per week, is it possible to work up to 40 with many places? We're more than happy to do big hours to get us started. I suppose another option would be to work at multiple schools. |
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Thu 12-Apr-07, 01:15 AM
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| Re: Enquiring minds. Agent aka Recruiter... they're the same thing. There are recruiters that get paid by the school, and then there are recruiters that don't get paid by the school but instead help themselves from your paycheck. Not all recruiters are bad, but it's just good to be careful. Teaching 40 hours / week will burn you out within a few weeks. Teaching 25 hours a week with 15 hours prep time is possible. But really, you shouldn't need 15 hours of prep. Each hour I teach, I use about 5 minutes for prep.
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Thu 12-Apr-07, 06:27 AM
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| Re: Enquiring minds. I hadn't thought much on prep time, I guessed there would be a bit and figured there would be alot of book based teaching. I suppose once you've been at it for a while you'd have alot of lesson plans 'on file' so the prep time would go down to almost nothing (i.e. 5 minutes). Something to consider... Thanks.  |
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