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sbettinson
Joined: 22 Jul 2004
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Location: Taichung
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 Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:39 pm Post subject: A question of size..... |
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Hi all,
I have read a lot of posts on cram schools in Taiwan and have noticed that these institutions appear to be the stomping grounds of many newbies.
I also hear that competition for jobs as English teachers is quite strong and as a newbie I am trying to get a feel for what job hunting is going to be like.
As a matter of interest in your average cram school in Taipei how many foreign English Teachers would be teaching?
Typically, what size would an average school be in terms of number of classes and number of students per class? I hear that in some schools there can be upto 50 in one class. |
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steeevieboy
Joined: 24 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I doubt you'd find 50 in a class. You might find 35-40 in a Elementary or High School. But who wants to work for these schools? |
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wombat
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:27 am Post subject: Re: A question of size..... |
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| sbettinson wrote: |
| As a matter of interest in your average cram school in Taipei how many foreign English Teachers would be teaching? |
Although some of the chain schools may have as many as a couple of hundred foreign teachers working for them at any one time, these teachers are spread throughout the network of schools islandwide. I would think that the average number of foreign teachers in any one school in rural areas would be about 1-2 foreigners. The average in city areas would be about 2-3 foreigners. Therefore, although you can expect to have other foreign teachers teaching alongside you, there isn't generally 'a staff' of foreign teachers at any one school. The school that I last taught at had about 10 foreign teachers working at any one time, but that is probably a bit higher than most.
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| Typically, what size would an average school be in terms of number of classes and number of students per class? I hear that in some schools there can be upto 50 in one class. |
Again the number will vary between rural and city areas. The average number of students in a class would be about 8-15 in most buxibans. This is a reflection on enrolments, classroom sizes (often English buxibans divide the space up into lots of small classrooms that could only really fit about 20 students anyway. In a rural area there may only be two or three classes, with an average of about 5-8 students per class. In city areas you would probably find that most schools have about 10-20 classes, with an average of 8-15 students per class. As mentioned earlier, the largest class size in most typical children's English buxibans would be around 20-25.
The buxibans that you refer to with 50 students and more in a class are a different class of buxiban. In Taipei these are concentrated in the area behind the main train station, and they deal largely with exam preparation, grammar etc. A class numbering 50 would be on the small side, with some classes of popular teachers actually having over 100 students per class. |
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King Kong Bundy
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:36 am Post subject: Re: A question of size..... |
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| sbettinson wrote: |
Hi all,
I have read a lot of posts on cram schools in Taiwan and have noticed that these institutions appear to be the stomping grounds of many newbies.
I also hear that competition for jobs as English teachers is quite strong and as a newbie I am trying to get a feel for what job hunting is going to be like.
As a matter of interest in your average cram school in Taipei how many foreign English Teachers would be teaching?
Typically, what size would an average school be in terms of number of classes and number of students per class? I hear that in some schools there can be upto 50 in one class. |
I came here from Korea on a tourest visa without a job. I found a job within the two weeks. I like working in the rural area better than Taipei. Less pressure and the living conditions are a lot better.
Anyway don't worry about finding a job just get over here. |
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