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skirmish
Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 81
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: Vancouver ESL Market |
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Hi
Im thinking about coming to Vancouver on a working holiday visa and was wondering what the esl market is like there.
I have experience teaching in Korea and Japan, and have a BA degree, but dont have any teaching qualifications. Any chance of getting a job??
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Gordon

Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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You will need a TEFL certificate to work at even a lousy-mediocre school. Everyone has a BA and experience these days. Good luck. Try to find a job that pays over $20/hr.
There are tons of schools BTW. |
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ls650

Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Vancouver ESL Market |
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skirmish wrote: |
Im thinking about coming to Vancouver on a working holiday visa and was wondering what the esl market is like there. |
Decent full-time work is almost non-existent. You can find part-time gigs and work maybe 20 hours per week for $18-$22 per hour.
Good luck living in Vancouver on a salary of $400 per week... |
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Guy Courchesne

Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Try checking into Victoria, just a ferry-ride away from Vancouver. A bit lower cost of living and from what I've seen here in Mexico, there are some language schools there that bring in foreign students. Pan-Pacific is one I know of. |
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ls650

Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Guy Courchesne wrote: |
Try checking into Victoria, just a ferry-ride away from Vancouver. A bit lower cost of living and from what I've seen here in Mexico |
No. I lived in Victoria from '84 until '03. Victoria is significantly more expensive than Vancouver. For example, rents for comparable apartments might be $50-$100 more per month. Costs for groceries and other items are about 5%-10% more than the mainland, due to the extra costs of being brought over on the ferries. |
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Jizzo T. Clown

Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 668 Location: performing in a classroom near you!
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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So you guys are saying that there are tons of private language schools in Canada? Or are you talkling about universities? I thought the government handled most ESL stuff, which would squeeze ESL entrepreneurs out of the market.  |
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Guy Courchesne

Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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ls650 wrote: |
Guy Courchesne wrote: |
Try checking into Victoria, just a ferry-ride away from Vancouver. A bit lower cost of living and from what I've seen here in Mexico |
No. I lived in Victoria from '84 until '03. Victoria is significantly more expensive than Vancouver. For example, rents for comparable apartments might be $50-$100 more per month. Costs for groceries and other items are about 5%-10% more than the mainland, due to the extra costs of being brought over on the ferries. |
It is? I saw rental prices that were several hundred dollars less than Vancouver, though I only saw prices downtown Vancouver and around King St. I must have been lucky or looking in the wrong places. Disregard my earlier vote for Vicky. |
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hlamb
Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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What about getting a couple of different jobs, such as at a language school and tutoring part time outside of that? The schedule might not be great, but it should be possible to get up to 30 hours or so that way.
Does anyone know of a website for esl jobs in Vancouver? |
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RyanS

Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 356
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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you can find a place in Victoria for 350$ a month. |
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valley_girl

Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 272 Location: Somewhere in Canada
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Jizzo T. Clown wrote: |
So you guys are saying that there are tons of private language schools in Canada? Or are you talkling about universities? I thought the government handled most ESL stuff, which would squeeze ESL entrepreneurs out of the market.  | | |