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[reactionary]

I work at Wall Street English now. In most of the calsses, the students have already learned the target language via computer lessons. When they come to class, they apply what they've learned. My role is more of a facilitator rather than a teacher. There are also a pre-set number of lessons, so little prep is required.

What's it like at Web? Is it similar to Wall Street or do you need to prep from scratch?

[theoriginalprankster]

Same same. Pull lesson plan from drawer, walk into class/fish bowl, 'facilitate'.

[jimpellow]

Web is a "knock-off" of Wall Street so yes pretty much the same as the other response states. The levels are about the same too. Biggest difference to me, being familiar with both chains, is Wall Street has done a lot better sticking to its standards. Many Webs have become infested with 10 to 14 years olds. Ever have to try having a disinterested 11 year old boy and an impatient businessman role play a sales meeting?

[The Edge]

[fortunatekooky]

Agree with all of the above.

I'm in Qingdao, so I only know about WEB here.

They did in fact pay late one month last year.

They have been trending toward paying teachers less at WEB Qingdao--bringing in teachers for less than they used to. I think they especially look for teachers that are new to China who have no idea what they should be getting. (as do many schools)

The comment about the kid and businessman together in the same class made me laugh. That's exactly the kind of thing they do: mismatched ages/subject material in the salon classes. It's just ridiculous.

Once WEB gets the students' money, they really don't care too much. I think they prefer the students don't progress at all, and hopefully pay for more.

That's not to say that there's not some nice people there--foreign and Chinese staff alike. The company is definitely not first rate though.

[teacherfromca]

Are work schedules better at WEB? I know that at WS you sometimes have to work 6 day work weeks. I think its like every other week, and of course, weekday evenings and weekends. I believe at WEB you teach one class less per day. Is this true? And what about the 6 day work week? Do those exist at WEB?

[Aristede]

[Aristede]