TEFL jobs in China

Many Chinese public schools employ oral English teachers to help pupils improve their speaking and listening skills.

You’ll most likely be a supplemental English teacher in a public school setting. Your students will most likely have a Chinese English teacher who will teach grammar and prepare them for the test; nevertheless, these lessons will nearly never include any spoken English. Your role will be to come in once a week (or twice a week!) and assist your pupils in becoming more comfortable with English.

Class sizes in Chinese public schools are often relatively large. Depending on their age range, you’ll probably be teaching 30-50 pupils in a class. You’ll also hold your classes on a very irregular basis.

Taking an English teaching job with a private company in China has the advantage of providing you with a support network, a set curriculum, and instructions for managing your classroom. Working for a private company may relieve some of your stress if you have little or no experience teaching English in another country. On the other hand, private schools are interested in expanding and making money; therefore, you will be considered not only a teacher but also a business partner. Working in a private ELL school might be advantageous if you don’t mind following corporate restrictions. There is usually a possibility for advancement within the firm.

In China, private ESL schools pay more than public schools, but you will also work longer hours. You will primarily teach English in smaller groups of 5-20 students in the evenings and on weekends. These for-profit ESL companies will put a lot of pressure on English teachers to please the paying parents. Working for an ESL school is the simplest method to find a job teaching English in China, and most businesses provide a variety of locations to choose from, ranging from China’s largest cities to smaller, less cosmopolitan towns. As a teacher, you will have a choice of places, and many firms will even allow you to shift to a different city after a few months if you like.

Another common area to work in China is at a Chinese training institution. Students are frequently seen in these private for-profit centres in the late afternoons, evenings, and weekends. While this may work for some (especially if you’re not a morning person!), bear in mind that if you work at a training facility, your schedule will most likely not be Monday through Friday.

You’ll most likely be teaching basic oral English at a training centre, but plenty of other opportunities are available. For example, you may work as a SATs tutor, a TOEFL teacher, a college counsellor, a debate coach, a public speaking coach, or anything else! While some of these positions are available at public schools, they are more commonly found at training facilities.

International schools are the most incredible option for you if you’re a qualified teacher with a degree in your own country and two years of teaching experience. You may teach anything in English here, including math, science, business, history, and…English!

These schools primarily serve the children of international residents or Chinese students planning to study abroad in high school or college and have plenty of opportunities to teach English in China.

While the requirements for this type of position are slightly more significant than those for a public school or training centre, the benefits and pay are also higher!