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rioux · Joined: 26 Apr 2012 Posts: 880

I'm in China now but I think I need a break from this place.

I would like to teach in a cold climate. I can't stand the hot weather.

Thing is though the teaching hours at the university level here are really nice.

Is there another place to go where it's cold and I would have comparable number of teaching hours?

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:17 pm Post subject:

Come to Russia! (Except in the summer...)

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Qioqihar in Northern China ? Harbin ?

Dedicated · Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK

Try ASTANA, Kazakhstan - the second coldest capital in the world.

Temperatures of up to -40C for 4 months.

esl_prof · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:32 am Post subject:

I hear Mongolia gets pretty chilly in the winter . . .

Chancellor · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:55 am Post subject:

Chancellor · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:55 am Post subject:

MotherF · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:56 pm Post subject:

There is this tiny town high in the mountains of southern Mexico called Chalcatongo, Oaxaca. There's a small university there and they are looking for teachers with your profile. Its never so cold that it snows, but you can see your breath most mornings year round. The elevation keeps it cool.

esl_prof · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:13 pm Post subject:

You might see if Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostock is still open to hiring foreign English teachers.

http://www.alternet.org/story/147941/i_was_a_landlord_to_a_russian_spy,_and_he_was_a_total_slob

Just make sure you don't get mixed up with Russian spies while you're there. Smile

toteach · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 273

Hungary, if you get in. CETP (placement program / thinly-veiled recruitment agency which charges teachers) seems to have it in tight grasp on jobs in the country and offers 20 hours for $500 USD monthly--a bit low by Chinese pay scale, but it's said to be enough while you're there. The teaching jobs are primarily in grade and high schools, maybe one or two universities.

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

$500 a month is like living on benefits. No way near enough.

VietCanada · Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 590

Canada.

Your pay will depend on your qualifications. Menial to CAD$ 150,000 per year with experience in Canada. Pension, benefits are possible, I'd stay away from the province of British Columbia for the foreseeable future. If you can't get a teaching certificate then try private schools.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject:

Don't worry, Spiral. After annexation, the Party will nationalise the Canadian EFL industry and then internationalise it : )