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jcmacron
Joined: 18 Dec 2015
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Location: USA
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 Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:26 am Post subject: Considering teaching abroad, could use some guidance |
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Good afternoon everyone,
As the title says I'm a recent college graduate from a U.S. university with a major in International and Global Studies and a minor in Chinese language. I would like to return to China to teach English for a number of reasons:
1) I enjoy teaching English and have experience with it through my internship I did during my undergrad
2) I can further practice my Chinese while abroad
3) I can gain international experience in a professional setting
I studied abroad at Beijing Normal during my undergrad, so I am somewhat familiar with living internationally. Is a TEFL or CELTA certification absolutely necessary for teaching abroad (in China)? I am not sure if I want to pursue education as a career (and I don't have 120 hours of time to commit to getting a cert) but because of the reasons I stated above I believe teaching abroad is sound option to consider. This may be my wanderlust speaking, but as a 22 year old kid with not a lot trying me down to one place I feel that I don't have much to lose by signing a (not shady) one year contract and seeing how it pans out. Whether that pays itself off through networking or some other way, I want to investigate it.
If anyone takes the time to read this, I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks and Happy New Year! |
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Xie Lin
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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Welcome to Dave's, jcmacron! You might want to post these questions in the China (job-related) forum below for more knowledgeable advice specific to working in China.
And Happy New Year to you!
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scot47
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Looks to me as if you have a good chance of getting a job in China now without the CELTA. Go for it.
You can always go back home and take a different career direction after a year or two. If it works out then you can get a CELTA later.
You have something I envy - YOUTH ! |
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D. Amokachi
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with Scot. You've nothing to lose by giving it a go. If you get a taste for it then you can always get some quals a little further down the line. |
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AGoodStory
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
You have something I envy - YOUTH ! |
Ahhh, youth! Would you make the same career choices, Scot, if you had it to do over?
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scot47
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes - and I would do more of it ! The paths of excess lead to the Palace of Wisdom ! |
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Xie Lin
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Yes - and I would do more of it ! The paths of excess lead to the Palace of Wisdom ! |
Surely, then we have an abundance of wisdom amongst us! 
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