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Kootvela
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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: Teaching in Lithuania |
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| Hello. I come from Lithuania, its capital city Vilnius. I am a freelance teacher of English after this September I quit from IH Vilnius. I am here to assit you with any information you may want to know about Lithuania as a country and as a teaching place. |
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john_n_carolina
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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for free??
1) how much can you make at IH Vilnius, Lithuania?
2) what other schools do you suggest? Universities?
3) how is the visa situation for Canadian / US TEFL'ers
did you buy real estate there??
thanks ! |
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Kootvela
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| johninmaine wrote: |
for free??
1) how much can you make at IH Vilnius, Lithuania?
2) what other schools do you suggest? Universities?
3) how is the visa situation for Canadian / US TEFL'ers
did you buy real estate there??
thanks ! |
Free what? A freelancer is a private tutor.
1) It depends on how many hours you work. A full timer can get about 1800-2200lt (from my experience), 1 USD is 2,5lt.
2) They say, American English school pays better and working atmosphere is better too. Also, there is FUU Baltic, EF, ILS, Kalba, and some more smaller ones. Languages is a business.
3) US needs a working permit and visa. That's what native speakers from US had to go through. As for Canada, I don't know. This is
http://www.canada.lt/
the website for Canadian Consulate. You can check with them. |
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john_n_carolina
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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 thanks for the info, that's great.
...i asked, "for free?" meant, do you give information out about Lithuania "for free?" i figured you would try and make a business out of it. not too many people offer services for free.
how are the basketball courts there?? full?? |
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Kootvela
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Consider it a charity 
Basketball is said to be the state religion but I'm not very fond of it as of many sports.
As for the real estate, prices are rocket high. We expect them to decrease ina few years time but so far rent and heating in winter does eat a lot. |
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Deano1979
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I have a few questions
1) Considering the average wage, could you live a decent life on it?
2) Did IH provide you with free accomodation?
3) What did you think of the people
4) Have you taught anywhere else, and if so, how would you compare it? |
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Kootvela
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| Deano1979 wrote: |
I have a few questions
1) Considering the average wage, could you live a decent life on it?
2) Did IH provide you with free accomodation?
3) What did you think of the people
4) Have you taught anywhere else, and if so, how would you compare it? |
Hello.
1. IH wage was an average wage, really. Depending on the number of classes, a full time teacher earns 1800-2100litas (one lesson is 40 litas, just multiply according your timetable). An official average salary is 1450litas in the country per se.
2. As far as I am informed, it did for foreing teachers. Teachers paid if they exceeded the allowed limit of smth, but as I live in my own place, cannot tell for sure.
3. Teachers were great. Students were from normal to imbecilles. Administration was often incompetent, rude, overworked and underpaid. One of the reasosn I quit, actually. Expect to be doing a share of management duties yourself.
4. At a state school. After it, IH was paradise. At other language courses. If not salary, there was much better.
I hope I answered your questions. |
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George Best
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: Any questions about Lithuania, please ask |
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Deano 1979,
Have you been offered a position with IH?Daiva the director is a bit of a dictator so be wary of accepting. |
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George Best
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: The salary itself will not allow a decent standard of living |
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| Sorry but the reality is that you will have to live very frugally to get by on the salary offered by IH or any other school for that matter.It will get to the stage that you will question yourself that it's actually costing you money to simply live there.You will have to supplement your salary with savings or you'll have to do private lessons. As for private lessons, you really need contacts in Vilnius to recommend you. |
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