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Musadi



Joined: 03 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:37 pm    Post subject: English First Dalian Reply with quote
Does anybody know anything about EF Dalian?
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Funkymother



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I woud think it would be the same as every EF school. Underpaid and overworked... BUT Dalian is a cool place at least...
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cj750



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Folks I met at EF Dalian seems to get along all right..no complaints that Ive heard..but I do know some worked off location ..if that brother you ..you may want to clarify if they send you to public schools...

as to Dalian..I found it boring..and unless you had a vehicle ..the best beaches are out of reach...it is a two FT bar town ...with little in my opinion to do...the pay rates are low so additional jobs will not net the 2nd job pay rate that other locations will...
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englishgibson



Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:02 am    Post subject: English First Dalian Reply with quote
I know that that center went desperate for FTs a year ago or so. I heard their Director of Studies crying. Crying or Very sad ...if that happens in a center, it makes me wonder what's wrong Question
In China, EF English First has got recruiting centers to lean on and those are in Shanghai, China and in England. Why would one cry Question Crying or Very sad
Watch out for those "independant recruiting techniques"! Make sure the center has got a "crying Director of Studies", not a "crying Senior FT"!
And most definitely DO NOT GO BY WHAT IT "SEEMS" TO BE!
Good luck to you with an EF English First center in China!

Cheers and beers to the hard working FTs in China Very Happy
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cj750



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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And most definitely DO NOT GO BY WHAT IT "SEEMS" TO BE!


No instead ..take the advice of a disgruntled employee who under one post topic will state that there are no DOSs ..just Senior FTs..and in this one will state that he knows that Dalian has a DOS...
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englishgibson



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:49 pm    Post subject: English First Dalian Reply with quote
and i thought u'd disappoint us Laughing Laughing Laughing

well, readers have choices, don't they.....they can go by the first hand experience of one or by the second hand (called jer*ing) Laughing or maybe by that "horse's mouth or ....." Laughing

Peace to "second hands"
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cheers and beers to the hard working FTs in China Very Happy

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EF Dalian is waiting for you Smile
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englishgibson



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:51 pm    Post subject: English First Dalian Reply with quote
and i thought u'd disappoint us Laughing Laughing Laughing

well, readers have choices, don't they.....they can go by the first hand experience of one or by the second hand (called jer*ing) Laughing or maybe by that "horse's mouth or ....." Laughing

Peace to "second hands"
and
cheers and beers to the hard working FTs in China Very Happy

_____________________________________________________________
EF Dalian is waiting for you Smile
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clark.w.griswald



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:30 pm    Post subject: Re: English First Dalian Reply with quote
englishgibson wrote:
well, readers have choices, don't they.....they can go by the first hand experience of one or by the second hand (called jer*ing)


There are plenty of first hand experiences with EF that are positive. And then there are others that are negative. Often if you look at the person making the post you get an idea of why they have formed the opinion that they have formed and to me that often speaks louder than the words that they post.

Rather than burying another EF thread in the same old and boring rhetoric I hope that we can actually get some comment from people who have worked at EF Dalian as this is the point of this thread.
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DaXiangLouis



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I haven't worked at the Dalian school, but I worked with the former DoS there for a while elsewhere. He had good things to say about it, as did others. One of the better EF schools by reputation.

As for English Gibson... give it a rest - you're making yourself look silly. You really are.
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cj750



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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As for English Gibson... give it a rest - you're making yourself look silly. You really are.