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Allen Said:
ESL China - teaching and message boards?We Answered:
HiTry Dave's ESL internet cafe
http://www.eslbase.com/jobs/
http://www.tealit.com/chat.htm
Most of these have links with SE Asia
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Natalie Said:
If I'm a Canadian teaching ESL in China do I have to pay income tax to both governments?We Answered:
What do you mean "if I,m a Canadian"? Are you or aren't you? (Why did the Canadian cross the road? To get to the middle.) Which China? My son worked in Taiwan which, of course, the Canadian government does not officially recognize so there is no tax treaty with them.This could lead to double taxation if you declare (income earned in China) here in the "true North strong and free". Since Canada does not even recognize the country and you will be taxed in Taiwan for sure, my question should be obvious. What are you thinking?!
By all means, declare every dime that you earn here. How can the Tax Man know whether or not you are just backpacking around the world?
George Said:
teaching ESL in China in the summer- anyone do this?We Answered:
Why China?You wont make any money. Try another country
Ken Said:
I'm teaching ESL in China what's my job prospect in Australia?We Answered:
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?Marion Said:
Teaching in china (ESL, FT) - who pays for the medical exam?We Answered:
I have worked for two schools in Zhongshan...............the first one was somewhat sleezy and did not pay (Bond INTL). but the second school where I have been for two years paid for it.There is no standard pratice. There are only sleezy and good schools?
Erin Said:
Advice for Teaching ESL in China?We Answered:
I've been teaching ESL here for 10 months. It's been an amazing trip and I would highly recommend you do it for at least a year (I plan to stay for three years total).My mother didn't want me to leave, partly because she thought it was dangerous and partly because she wasn't ready to let me go (I'm 27 :p).
You are going to learn a language, a culture, and a history that you probably know very little about. When you go back where you're from you're going to have hundreds of stories to tell your friends and everyone will be jealous of your exploits. If you live in a small town where very few people ever leave you will be the talk of the town for your entire year away and for years after - until someone else does something amazing. If you're from a large town nobody will care but your friends will all miss you.
Make sure that you research the schools who you are communicating with. If you're working with a placement agency make sure you research the agency to find out if they're honest. I got placed in an amazing school with a great office - some people are not so lucky. The easiest way to ruin your trip is to move into a cockroach and spider-infested apartment with no heating in the winter and no AC in the summer and find out you're working 24 hours instead of your contracted 16 but still only getting paid for 16 hours and you feel trapped because you bought a one-way ticket.
That's worst-case scenario and is very rare. In all likelihood you are going to have a fine time.
In the age of the internet your family is always a Skype or MSN Video call away. As long as you can deal with 3-4 months of seperation anxiety (and that depends on how attached to your family you are) you can handle a full year no problem - and have a great time while doing it.
If you go into my profile on Yahoo Answers you can click a link to send me an email if you have any questions about life here. I'd be glad to share my knowledge with you.
Edwin Said:
teaching ESL in china?We Answered:
I taught for five years in China. I have taught for one year in Korea. While I am going back to Korea, I prefer China, just Korea pays better. China was a lot more easygoing than Korea. I lived in the capital of my province, but the city was small by Chinese standards. I was very happy there. Sometimes I think smaller cities are better than places like Beijing, Shenzhen, or Shanghai. The people are friendlier and the cost of living is generally cheaper. It's very easy to go to a big city on the weekend or holiday to pick up things you can't get in your home city.If you teach public school or university you will definitely have more holidays than most places in Korea offer. One year, before they changed the May golden week, I had a total of 4.5 months off in that contract year. And I was paid for all that time off. Granted not every school is as nice as mine was. I think time off has shrunk to around 3.5 months of total time off now. But it's still better than most of Korea. If things haven't changed, if you work at a government (public) school or university, you should get all government holidays off.
I know I was not nearly as tired teaching in China as I have been in Korea. My school let us go home if we weren't needed. We didn't desk warm at my school. At the campus that was 40 minutes away from the dorms, we had shorter schedules and could play sports, nap in our on-campus room, or hang out with the other Chinese teachers in our office. The atmosphere was pretty relaxed. It felt more like a family than a bunch of co-workers. Unlike my Korean school, my Chinese school thought it was a good idea to keep all the English teachers together. At my Korean school, the English teachers were scattered across offices on four different floors. I felt more at ease in the small office with the administrative assistant and the doing-his-army-service guy than I did with the other teachers. And they didn't speak a lick of English.
Most places I went in China, whether my home city, or traveling on holiday, I made friends with someone local. It's much easier to befriend Chinese people than it is to befriend Koreans. I still talk to a girl I met in southern Yunnan, thousands of km from my city. I talked with her for all of an hour, yet I talk more to her than I do with many of my Koreans friends who are in the same city as me.
Don't get me wrong, there were things in China that drove me insane, but you chalk it up to the adventure that is life in China.