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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Can someone tell me what the going rate is for being an IELTS examiner? How much can you make in a weekend?
Thanks

igorG · Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia

A couple years ago, i recall it was 300 quai an hour (no tax). How much one can make is up to a few factors; one is the amount of work an examiner is offered, and one the examiner's willingness to travel to other locations. Note that if the BC (in China) is satisfied with the examiner's evaluation of examinees, more work is possible. However, if the examiner does not toe the line, s/he will have reduced the opportunities then. But i bet the OP knows all that.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Yes, thanks, that helps. I did FCE and CAE before and we were paid per student. 300 an hour sounds nice. Does the same hold true for writing?

YankeeDoodleDandy · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:06 pm Post subject: IELTS

Two years ago I met two IELTS examiners and their pay was 400 RMB per hour and they put you up at a 5 star hotel. I believe that all of the writing is corrected in GZ. They have rubrics that they follow pretty closely and the scoring seems to be a little low. The spoken part of an English exam lasts 11 to 14 minutes, depending upon the number of students.

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject:

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:05 pm Post subject:

Oh, and writing is paid per script (which includes 2 essays) so the hourly rate depends on how fast you are.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

hey, thanks so much. What's the pay for writing incidentially?

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Ok, so I guess you can make an extra 3000 yuan a weekend doing speaking.
50 yuan per essay and you do 30-40 per week for 3 weeks a month.

Which means if you work the max you can make 6000 for speaking and 6000 for writing. 12K yuan just doing IELTS:

I wonder why more people don't do IELTS. I could do with an extra 24K usd a year!

Is this taxed in China?

igorG · Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia

Ok, so

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

auchtermuchty · Joined: 05 Dec 2009 Posts: 344 Location: Beijing

Wouldn't it be great if you could decide which country you were taxed in. I mean, you could live and work in the US, but you could say to the IRS, "sorry, your rates are not competitive, and I will be taking my custom elsewhere". Very Happy

therock · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 1266 Location: China

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:33 am Post subject:

You do need BA, CELTA and at least a few years of actual language teaching experience, not just 'oral English' in a uni classroom. EAP background helps a lot, esp. for the writing end of things.

sainthood · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:02 am Post subject:

I've also got a couple of IELTS examiner's queries...

Firstly, what's the connection between CELTA and IELTS/BC such that it's a stipulation to have the CELTA for 1 year before becoming an examiner? I've got an MA in App Ling, but I couldn't become an examiner a mere 5 months early.... I mean, frankly, my CELTA had diddly-squat to do with examining and assessing (which I was very p'ed off about... that's one of the main reason's I did the CELTA - that and the letters!) So, basically, my MA meant absolutely ZERO to BC...

Secondly, I'm hearing conflicting information... perhaps because of the changes, perhaps because China is doing things differently to the rest of the world...

Someone has told me (and I've read stuff dated 2006) that you're not allowed to 'advertise' that you're an examiner. Yet, the thread from Dec last year seemed to indicate otherwise. So, what's the actual take on that??? Can a school advertise that it has an examiner working for them? What if the examiner was 'anonymous' or used a different name?

Thanks for the informed responses! Smile

Oh, and lastly... does it matter here which BC centre you go through? For either acceptance or getting work...

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:06 am Post subject:

I think the CELTA requirement might just be a benchmark. I don't have one either... but I do have a TEFL cert that was longer, more intensive, with a lot more practicum. I also had about 8 years of teaching under my belt (the kind involving teaching grammar, eap, business, etc, not just leading conversation classes). When I went in for my initial interview, I had to explain what my TEFL certification involved. When it became clear that it was actually more than a CELTA (and issued by a professional ELT body in Canada) they accepted it.

My guess is they're trying to weed out the weekend or online certs. Just my guess. And having the relevant experience after the certification seems to be equally important. You do need to know your stuff before diving in.

Also, about your second question, no you can't advertise being an examiner. I'm only saying this here because I haven't included any contact information or personal information in my profile. Hopefully this is considered anonymous. If schools advertise that they have an examiner working for them, the examiner can get in trouble.

Finally, at the moment the Shanghai region is overstaffed. I wouldn't apply to it now- newly recruited examiners here are being asked to do work up in the Beijing region, which is enormous. There seems to be always extra work up there (and occasionally in the GZ region).