I have a chance to teach english in China, Should I go?
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If you have family (wife, children, sig other)talk to them and get thier opinion first.  If it's just you and you are somewhat adventurous, go for it.  You may love the experience and you'll have it for the rest of your life.
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I spent ten years working for a Japanese engineering company in Tokyo; it was valuable experience for me in every way.\n\nBoth China and Japan will continue to have important relations with the U.S., and you couldn't go wrong with either one; but, if you are looking at a career in translation, I might suggest that you think more of Chinese, as the Chinese economy is now where the Japanese economy was about 40 years ago, and will only become more important to to U.S. investors in the future.\n\nGood luck!
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To be quite honest, it's not a matter of the market. It's more a matter of so-called 'native' speakers. In Vancouver, most of the ESL schools downtown (which there are quite a few around downtown) are owned by either Japanese, Hong Kongers or Koreans. And you know very well from experience in Asia that they are very discriminatory and only prefer to hire a 'white face', rather than an asian face. And they would tell you that it's the students' choice whom many of them are from Asia (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.). So I hate to say that his chances of teaching ESL is very slim or zero. But one way to start off is to volunteer his service in a community centre where he can gain local canadian experience which can help him seek future employment in this field. So be prepared to face the discrimination or prejudice in the beginning and with self-preservance, he may come out alright with a school which is more open-minded and give him a chance. G'luck!
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I imagine that there are institutions/colleges/\nuniversities that offer a program so that you can become a certified Chinese teacher. Check out these places in your locality.
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HI, well that all depends. What qualifications do you have? And what do you want to do in Australia? Do you want to continue teaching? If so what age range? How long have you been in China?
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You study Chinese that' s cool,I don' t know about the test in HongKong or UK,cuz I live in the mainland of china.You can do both the oral and written?
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The TEFL is an excellent course. It will take you anywhere you want to go. You can do the course online or at your local college or learning centre. There are also variations of the course available. However, depending on where you are going you may not need one (although it's good to have a backup) For example if you go to Thailand or Bangkok you can easily pick up work teaching English. A friend of mine found work in a day and carried on to be very successful there. In places like Thailand when teaching English the student you teach are paying for the privilege and must try to speak only English while in your class.\nThe money you'll be paid there is good when compared to the national average and is enough to give you a descent standard of living. Over there you can live well on about £350 a month. You'll find accommodation and costs of living to be less than western countries. If you're thinking of travelling and working abroad you should try getting in contact with different charities that do projects in these countries and ask them about it. They'll be able to give allot of good information relating to the place you have in mind. They'll be able to give you a more accurate estimate of how much it will cost you and such.\n\nGood Luck honey, if you go, have a blast... You'll love it!
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Check out the internet.  Lots of jobs to be had on Dave's ESL Cafe.  I'm teaching in Korea right now and recommend it.  The pay is a little better than in China and I think we get more holidays here too.
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Nope. Teachers from a different country doesn’t know the target country’s culture. What you say may work in case of scientific subjects, but if a teacher knows so well a langauge and his/her profession as well, he/she would get a good salary at home, so why go to the target country?
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If you are already over in Japan than there are many places where you can find a job.  Just do a job search "Teaching English in Japan"\n\n  However, I caution your attitude towards teaching.  Many places exist in Japan for people to converse and 'teach' conversation.  Many places will unqualified teachers and no curriculum or even lesson plans!\n\n  This is part of the problem, and why Japanese have a hard time with English.   I would encourage you to at least take some practical training in EFL teaching before entering the profession.  \n\nWe need good teachers, not people looking to make a few bucks on the side.
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In China it is teaching, and since there are more people in China than any other country, I would say that teaching is probably the answer. However in the US teachers have lost a lot of respect in the last couple of decades. I have met US teachers that have such poor grammar their students can not understand them.
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why not? if u have the passion to teach, go for it. teaching is something nice. just follow ur heart.
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I am an English and Portuguese teacher in Argentina, and I really love it. Of course, it can be exhausting, especially dealing with people who don't care about what you have to teach them. But on the other hand, the feeling of helping people understand something new is very exciting.\n\nBesides, teaching a foreign language gives you the chance of seeing how other cultures live, and contrasting that with your own culture. I suppose teaching other subjects must have its own appeal, too.\n\nThe greatest disadvantage of being a teacher (that is, depending on where you are) is that you will not make much money. But if you're OK with that, go ahead. And something very good about it is you have to really do something very bad, to lose your job, if you're working for a state school.\n\nI have to warn you that I've been teaching for only six years, now. I don't know if when I'm older, I'll keep on thinking the same. But I have my parents to believe I will. My mum has just retired after being a teacher for decades, and she never wished she did something else. And my dad still works as a teacher, and he is happy about it, too. There must be something in the genes...\n\nBut I think the best reason for you to be a teacher is that you're wondering if you could be one. If that weren't a good career choice for you, you wouldn't even care to wonder (leave alone ask other people) if being a teacher is fun. So, go ahead, and don't be afraid.
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I'll probably stay in China for about 10 days since there is a small probability of me going there again.  Besides, the one whom I will be visiting there is one of my best friends whom I have known for more than 10 years now.\n\n(NOTA BENE:  I have paraphrased the abovementioned but the whole thought being conveyed is still present in the edited sentences)
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You will probably need to learn to speak an obscure chinese dialect first as barely 50% of the population of China speaks mandarin, especially the older people.\nGood places to start would be Yangshuo or Dali, both of which have schools that accept foreigners and this would help you to make some contacts.\nEmail me if I can help some more as I live in China.\nMy own recommendation would be to go to Iga Ueno in Japan and study Ninjutsu under Hatsumi.
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go meet a chinese person and ask the t teach you. the best way to learn is from who has the experice
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Hello,\n\nMandarin, more people speak that and Cantonese is the next popular dialect of china. \n\nI wouldn't say that you should go to a country just to study a language i am living proof that self study works,. I am 22 yaers old and speak more than 9 Languages which are Mandarin,Japanese,Cantonese,Korean,Spanish,Portuguese,Arabic,Italian,Tagalog and a few others like Indonesia well on an intermediate level and also some Ancient languages.\nIf you want some good books i'll recommend some \n\nTeach yourself Cantonese\nTeach yourself Chinese ( Mandarin)\nLiving language chinese\nUltimate chinese\nColloquialm Cantonese\nColoquial Chinese\n\nPimsleur Recorded Books are very goos because they are like recorded conversations and it is also similar to the Rosetta Stone software, both a costly. i would recommend you checking it in your local library. \n\nHere are a few websites, that might help you out. \n\n1. http://chinese.rutgers.edu/class_content_simplified_chinese/level1/class1-to-9/class1/dialog_en.htm\n2.http://www.hanyu.com.cn/\n3.http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese\n4.http://www.minmm.com/\n\nThese above are for Mandarin. \n\nYou could also try talk now cantonese it is designed for begineers and also travelers. \n\nIf you are really in a hurry like for travel try,\n\n1. Berlitz Cantonese chinese\n2.Berlitz Mandarin Chinese\n3. Rough guide to manadarin, this book is great because it has alot of cultural information and also the pronunciaion guide for non chinese speakers great buy though!\n4.Say it in chinese\n\nTake care and good luck