Friday 30 September 2016

Notable Consultancies: Have Agreeable Teaching Experiences

China is an eminent country of East Asia, which emphasized on their English education, after the Cultural Revolution ended in the year 1979. However, in the recent times, China and most of the countries of Asia are feeling the urgent need of advancing their methods of English teaching. There are many well-known organizations in these Asian countries, which work to recruit adroit teachers of English language, in order to improve the status of pedagogy in their country.

Steps Followed in TEFL Professions

China is effectively trying to use English as a lingua franca, which means their primary objective is to let the people of different first languages, use English as an usual  means of communication. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) has gained much prominence among people in the modern days.There are a large number of TEFL jobs in Asia, which require skilled individuals to teach English language to groups of students with different first languages. The notable organizations, which provide these TEFL jobs, work with different schools and employ adept persons through the following steps: 



1.    At first the organization arranges a meeting with you through Skype. Through this meeting both you and the institution come to know more about each other. You could also inform the institution about your preferences. It is the responsibility of the institution to prioritize these preferences and provide you with a comfortable working experience.

2.    After this meeting, the organization passes all the significant information to the respective school, where you are about to get hired. A meeting is fixed through Skype between you and the authorities of the school. The authorities would ask certain standard as well as teaching-oriented questions. After this meeting, the school will let the organization know whether you are selected or not.

3.    If selected, a fairly detailed contract is made and all your queries are answered. You are expected to sign the contract after understanding as well as agreeing to all its terms and conditions. If signed, you are then required to talk with the visa department for further applications.

4.    Visa and plane ticket are send and all transportations as well as temporary accommodations are arranged. Other necessities such as bank account and phone plans are also made by the organization.

There are many such noteworthy institutions of China, which aim to provide individuals an appropriate teaching position as well as a favorable teaching experience in their country. Theydo understand that moving to a complete foreign country is a life-changing experience and try to ensure utmost job satisfaction. There are a large number of vacancies of English tutors in China. Though such a kind of career in abroad at first seems unsettling, it is the duty of these consultancy organizations to make you feel comfortable. Thus, if you have seen a dream to become an English teacher in abroad, it is ready to get fulfilled.

Tuesday 20 September 2016

English Teaching in China Seeing the Light of Day

Soaking in the best of Chinese experience along with the prospect of an English teaching career is hard to put down for most overseas candidates. The changing times and the prospect of launching an English teaching career in an abroad location like that of China have exactly opened the doors for such possibility.

The language of English has become the lingua franca of the world. China as the non-English speaking nation has been fast to adapt to the changing trends of demand for a foreign language which is incidentally most spoken and accepted internationally. But there are certain hurdles that need to be crossed for a candidate in order to turn the prospects of ESL jobs abroad or a Chinese teaching career into reality. 

The immediate problems that surface once a prospect from the overseas has his or her sights set on a teaching career in China are

•    Selection of the right school to teach
•    The setting up of proper accommodation.


In order to bail out the prospect of such impending problems, agency intervention has happened. Riding this unprecedented demand for English teachers overseas, the agencies have managed to earn their repute by helping a sizeable portion of candidates find their feet in places like China. Some of the agencies have already managed to be around for some time, one example can be the GT Union or Good Teachers Union. Good Teachers Union as an agency started functioning back in 2009.

The aim of the agencies can be divided as;

•    To aid a prospect launch a teaching career abroad
•    More importantly, guarantee an overall positive and memorable teaching experience.

The agencies operate free of cost, providing services that last the entire length of the teaching career abroad. Every possible problem of the candidates is paid heed to by the agencies that are likely to occur over the course of staying and English teaching in China. Stringent of measures are followed by the agencies including when it comes to the selection of the proper school to teach for the overseas candidate. Only the best possible working environment is set up to minimize the chances of discomfort.

A staying experience in China regarding accommodation is made to be special too by the agencies. The candidates have the choice of Studio apartments, multiple bedroom apartments, one bedroom apartments, courtyards and serviced apartments. There is another option of homestay, where a prospect can choose to live with a Chinese family who has an extra bedroom to spare.

Thursday 8 September 2016

Prospects of Teaching ESL in China- A Memorable Trip

Teaching in a foreign location is a new age fad amongst most applicants. The career opportunity created by many of the foreign countries is spurred by the need to spread the language of English. A widespread reach of the internet and globalization has all the more made it mandatory for countries to adapt to the language.

Hurdles to be overcome:

With the ever growing interest, drawbacks that make its presence felt every time, and which cannot be ruled out triggers the requirement of a proper support. Agencies as voluntary bodies are the much-needed support very much in relief to that of teaching applicants. The possible aid imparted by agencies is vital in the context as follows.

•    The agency help comes particularly as a full proof approach regarding jobs as teaching ESL in China.

•    Candidates are rescued from their otherwise clueless state when agencies intervene helping them to set up suitable accommodations and choose proper schools to teach.

•    Various other formalities that ensue when setting up such a career abroad is also where help gets extended by agencies.

Why China:

English becoming as the lingua franca language of the world, the governments of various countries including that of China has opened its doors to native English speakers in order to make the language an accepted form. China incidentally has on offered the most number of English teaching jobs. Agencies thus have set up bases and have started with providing help to interested candidates.

The aim of agencies in countries like China lay with providing:

•    A complete and positive overall teaching experience thus to make the overseas stay of the applicant not just limited to being job-centric.

•    Any problem arising during the duration of stay period is to be properly and promptly addressed without the involvement of any delay.

•    Most services are to be provided without the involvement of any kind of costs. However, the incurred costs are to be later on collected from the schools that end up hiring the candidates.

 Plans and Procedures:

To make the journey and stay for an English teacher in China smooth enough, many of the schools that close finalization stages as prospective teaching schools has to undergo a mandatory strict vetting process. This way there is a complete peace of mind regarding the very best of a possible selection of schools in terms of work environment.

The other procedural formalities happen through application-based communication setups like Skype. That, later on, gives away to the deal being finalized.