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[bosh]

Hi all, i will be moving to Manila next month to be with my fiance and therefore looking for help and advice.

I have spent the last 5 years teaching English in a local school in Singapore, i have both a PGDE from Singapore, and a CELTA qualification.

I am hoping to continue teaching in the Philippines, as i don't know what else i could do! What are the opportunities available over there? Is it easy to get a teaching job? What type of teaching jobs are available? basically, what are my chances??

Any help/advice/comments/opinions etc would be greatly appreciated!

[elmoro]

finding an english teaching job in the philippines is VERY hard. there are some programs but they are usually in cebu and temporary. the best thing to do is actually find a nice paying job in another country, and after 3-5 years, you should be able to buy some property in the philippines. i have been there several time and have a close friend who is married to a filipina. he actually built a nice house out in the country side, and now he is just waiting for his savings account to hit that magic number. then, as he says, "see ya!"

elmoro

[tttompatz]

[btsmrtfan]

Check out this thread for related info:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=84074

[roym]

MOD EDIT There are but a few genuine opportunities. I have stated elsewhere that the situation is a joke. Koreans have moved in..my experience in Cebu related to now..opened schools for their patriot travellers..charge a heavty sum for tuition but pay the tutors a misling wage. The tutors they pay...local Filipionos, working for what would not even cover your travel costs to get to work....14,000 pesos per month! Wasted time.
The Philippiones obviously has corruption problems. There is no legit process in place..Koreans, Chinese are infiltratrating and running amok..in more other situations than English teaching. Taking over the country because the government is only interested in filling it's own pockets.Much to the countries demise eventually.
For example..the latest pig business joke...those that have strived for months to rear, feed pigs for the Xmas season have lost out. Why? Because the Philippine g'ment allowed China to import a a shit load to the markets at a very low price and the Filipino 's profit disentergrated..leaving many in the minus...which corrupt b'stard allowed that to happen for a hefty back hander?
So, unless you come across the 0000.1 % genuine opportunities, forget it.
Do private tuition from home but don't expect to make a 'wage'. It's a love thing...good luck

[bosh]

Thanks for all your replies!

Just to clarify, i'm actually the 'she' in this relationship, i guess when it comes to Philippines everyone assumes it's the other way around!

And no i'm not Singaporean, but half British/half Malaysian.

My fiance is half Filipino/half Italian, and he is based there with his family's business. In other words, i HAVE to make a life for myself over there, and would definitely need to work. My training and experience has always been in teaching, so it's what i would like to continue doing....

But, judging from your replies, it looks like its not gonna be easy.

I have just contacted the Singapore Int School in Manila, so will see what happens with that. Have not been able to find any reviews or comments on the school though, which is a bit worrying...?

[tttompatz]

[Ramblin' Man]

First off, I just want to the mods, sorry to post in a thread that hasn't had any action for over a month, but I saw it just now.


@op BOSH

One thing Bosh, is that the Philippines is really cheap to live in, compared to... well anywhere really. This is true even in Manila.

I've heard Singapore is one of the most expensive places in SE Asia, and I know Malaysia isn't cheap either.

If your fiance has a bussiness, there's a good chance that would be enough to let both of you live a life comfortable life there. I don't know if they idea of not working, and not contributing financially in the relationship, bothers you. But just saying, that if you did have some trouble finding work, I'm sure the two of you would more then get by off of the money he makes.



tttompatz, well it's true that the Philippines exports teachers rather then imports them, I wouldn't call those teachers particularly qualified. Here in China for example, Filipino teachers are really only hired by schools looking to get a teacher on the cheap, because they can pay them less then white faces. Schools that consider themselves more serious, would never be hiring a Filipino over a westerner.

And, let's be honest here, yes Filipinos speak English, and yes they speak it well enough that us foreigners can communicate with them completely, but there English, isn't actually good enough to make them qualified teachers.

Could they teach kindergarten? Sure. But there syntax, grammar, and overall sentence structure, even for basic sentences sometimes, is not nearly good enough to really be a qualified teacher of the English language. At least not at any level above young kids.

Not being prejudice here, just telling it like it is.

[Ramblin' Man]

MOD EDIT

I have lived in the Philippines, not just traveled as a tourist, but actually lived there. When I did, I spent my time ENTIRELY with Fi