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FreakingTea · Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 167

I'll (most likely) be going to Jiashan country to teach English this September, which is close to Shanghai. One of my friends wants to get in on the experience too, but the problem is that he's German and doesn't have a degree or certification. Money is less of a problem for him than it is for me, so he could probably get certification pretty easily before then.

So is there a chance of him teaching German in/around Shanghai with no degree? I've seen a few positions here and there, but if anyone knows anything more about how to find those jobs, that would be great! Smile

rogerwilco · Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Posts: 1549

This school has a "College of Euro-languages".

http://www.zyufl.edu.cn/english/college.asp?bid=41

xiguagua · Joined: 09 Oct 2011 Posts: 768

There's opportunities at a lot of places. My school just has English, French, Russian, Japanese foreign teachers, but the students can also study German as their second foreign language. I know other schools with Portuguese teachers. There's lots of opportunities and German is a good language to learn.

Students don't like to pick it here because French is the "romantic" language, Japanese is the easy language because it shares characters with Chinese and they don't know anything about German. I tell them that German is an awesome language because you don't know fear until you've been screamed at by someone in German. And Rammstein is awesome!

mackidrei · Joined: 04 Apr 2013 Posts: 29

uni posting on dave's looking for english, french, german and japanese teachers:
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/china/index.cgi?read=28411

except they want a masters or bachelors with experience, but obviously the demand is there. he's just going to have to sift through a lot of job postings to find something that works.

FreakingTea · Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 167

Thanks for the responses, everybody. Hopefully we'll get something figured out.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Make sure there is a clear understanding of what language you are instructing in.
Are you teaching German in Chinese, in German or in English?

FreakingTea · Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 167

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

in shanghai? that would be tough. it's hard enough in them popular
places for english teachers with less than the recommended
qualifications to fnd work. that's with a language with high demand
for teachers. i'd think the low demand for german teachers would
allow the schools to more pickier and choosier.

no degree, no experience? not likely to find legal work in shanghai.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Neon5 · Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 13

Check out Anesl, Angelina's Esl cafe, it tends to have jobs encompassing more than just English teaching.

sharpe88 · Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 226

Might be opportunities, considering all the German companies in China. I think it's currently the 3rd most popular European language here, after English and French