Teaching English in China

Teaching English in China, how to do it, why do it, everything about how to Teach English in China! :)

Daniel – My first week as a foreign teacher

It feels like a long time ago now, the lengthy flight from London Heathrow to Hangzhou, that included a two hour bus journey  from my place to the airport and a four hour stop-off in Hong Kong. By the time I arrived at the hotel Echo English had arranged for me, I’d pushed through the tiredness barrier and barely felt anything anymore. My first impressions of Hangzhou were reasonably positive; I’d been told many horror stories about China’s pollution and it’s chain-smoking population, but Hangzhou…

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Simon- My arrival as a new teacher in rural China

I have decided to publish my first post today due the number of challenges myself and Alex have faced in the first 4 days of our time here. Lets rewind 4 days… We arrived in Hangzhou at about 1pm on Monday afternoon after 24 hours transit, and were immediately greeted by Lynn from ‘Echo English’, the agency that recruited us. We were taken back to a hostel for the night where we headed straight to orientation where everything about our jobs was explained to us.…

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Travelling in China sunset beach ChinaTEFLer

5 Tips for getting the most out of your holiday leave in China

Holidays are a great time wherever you may be and in China you will probably find yourself even more eager to make the most of the time and experience some serious adventure. Here’s a few suggestions to making the most of your time off. Book in advance Plane and train tickets sell out quickly. If you are serious about travelling by train then you need to get to the station and buy a ticket the day they are released if its during a public holiday.…

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Foreign teacher TEFL lessons and their importance to Chinese students

It is no secret that native English speakers are in high demand to teach the growing number of Chinese students the first language of the world. Many of these foreign TEFL teachers have limited experience and cant even speak Chinese, yet are paid considerably more than their Chinese English teaching colleagues. So what makes foreign teachers so useful for teaching in China. Speak native English at Native level Firstly, native speakers will always speak the best, most naturally sounding English compared to those who study…

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