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[arioch36]

No, I agree, paid volunteer work sounds like an oxymoron.

I was saying that many of these jobs, advertising paid volunteer work as a teacher are scams.

I think what Patcol should try is Volunteer work where you get a stipend.

Like I said, for traditional "charity work" i think it is widely accepted that it is most effective to have many long time workers, thus pay is needed for them. Maybe paid charity workwould be a better term

[Patcol]

[7969]

patcol, terrible written or spoken english hasnt proven to be a barrier for many here in china. i (and everyone else on here) know of teachers who, when they speak, can barely be understood by their students. as for your writing, its an internet forum, and people are known to be sloppy. again, skill at written or spoken english is not at the top of the list when schools are looking for esl teachers.

[Anda]

Patcol always use Microsoft Word to check your grammar etc. Be self critical as you will probally want to do a university course latter on. Most of your marks at university are obtained through good writing and presentation. To achieve this, one normally has to rewrite an essay a number of times to get things to flow / read well. Practice makes perfect.

Below I have rewritten what you wrote above to give it better flow.

Best of luck, but you are half way there already with your determination.


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Thanks Anda. That�s what I thought. I might try and improve my English writing a bit before I go, and thank you for pointing it out, although I already knew that it wasn�t all that good. But I think terrible is being a bit harsh, maybe I�m just being a bit sloppy posting here on Dave�s. Certainly not good enough to teach English, I already knew that!

But all I need is some extra money to make ends meet, I�ll make the most of it while I�m still in Norway where I can actually get a decently paid job before I leave. Hopefully all the money that I�ll need when I get to China will be just for food, toiletries etc and not for rent as I will be living at the Boarding school where that is provided in the arrangement.

It might not be the most comfortable situation, but hey, it should work, I�ll get to stay in China and "perfect" my Chinese and at the same time I�ll probably earn enough to make a decent contribution to my living costs plus my family might be able to help me out with 1000RMB per month in addition.

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