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kitelophone
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: info |
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thanx for the info HH, too bad i'm not aussie, i'm sure it would be quite a bit more for canadians. know any shielas lookin for a canuck visa? 
i'll just stay away from the whole distance vs. campus thing and let you and miyazaki bash it out, but IMHO it shouldn't matter, the quality of work is what counts so Taiwan has some catching up to do vis a vis distance ed recognition (so much for staying out of it...) |
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Taylor
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
Posts: 384
Location: Texas/Taiwan
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Excellent thread, gang.
Thanks to all for posting and responding diplomatically...sort of a rarity most of the time here!
Best wishes to all.
Taylor
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AncientGeek
Joined: 23 May 2006
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| Taylor wrote: |
Dear Readers,
A PhD is required in order to get a full-time position at most universities.
As far as I know, about 68K NT dollars per month is the going rate of pay...with about 10 hours of class per week, extra month of pay for Chinese New Year, as well as summer & winter vacations. If you only have a Masters degree, the rate of pay is about 55K, I think.
The drawbacks are large classes of students (50+) with mixed abilities. Few classrooms are air-conditioned, by the way. |
I'd like to add that this certainly hasn't been true in my experience. I have an MA in TESL, and I interviewed at five universities and was offered four jobs. This gave me the luxury of being picky where I went.
The rate of pay is set by the government so there's no negotiation on the base pay (55k for a lecturer if you have no prior full-time teaching positions but it is scaled for experience). This is for 10 hours per week. I also get paid around 6k per month to act as student advisor (which is kind of fun) and make 1k an hour for any electives I offer after the 10 hour minimum, so it's worth noting that the base pay can be quite misleading.
Oral skills classes have between 20-30 in my department, and they are working hard to reduce writing classes to that level too. Lecture style classes usually have 40-50 but might have as many as 99 (if you allow it).
So it seems there is quite a bit of variation in Taiwanese universities--(I'm in a private school not a national). It also helps if you can get in a language/literature department (or the like). Conditions are likely worse teaching general English. |
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