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[danjaker]

Well im looking into getting a TEFL in Alex. Egypt, but China (Beijing) has always been in my mind, I have contacted about jobs before and went as far as getting a contract, but that was before....... Anyway, here are my questions to sum it up.. ( I am U.S. Citizen, little teaching experience in Colombia off and on for a few years, no degree, and no TEFL, yet)

1. Should I get a TEFL in China, somewhere else, or no, or dosent it matter?
2. If yes, where are the best places to get a TEFL (in China)?
3. Any suggestions on schools (with accommodation)

Im looking to leave very soon, im just trying to get some good compiled information to go on. Thanks

[7969]

There are threads on this forum about tefl courses offered in China, but the search function isn't working again. I suggest you just search manually through the various pages here and see if you can find them. The places I seem to remember were schools that offered a tefl course with employment at the same place after the course was finished.

As you don't have a degree or much experience you'll have more (a lot of) trouble working legally (that is getting issued a Z visa and residence permit) but plenty of other people do it. The downside of not coming here on a Z visa is that if everything goes pear shaped and you get shafted there isn't much you can do.

[danjaker]

Yea thats why I wrote this... lol. But I was offered a position once already, so I know the Z visa is not a problem...