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globalnomad · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 25

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had any information about teaching Spanish in China.

globalnomad · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 25

Hi all,

SO..absolutely NO info on teaching Spanish???

oh well.

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

You never said you were a native Spanish speaker, mate! If you were, perhaps...

Most major cities have universities where Spanish is taught along with Japanese, French, German, in some cases even Arabic.

Spanish will be your students' second foreign tongue; often this means their English is pretty good (exceptional in China).

I am sure you can apply for positions in Guangzhou, Xi'an, Peking, Shanghai, perhaps in Wuhan, Nanjing, Dalian.
Of course, the number of Spanish learners is pretty low!

globalnomad · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 25

Thx Roger..

I have a Master's in ESL - BS in Education - and a Teaching Certificate

the BS -Ed is in Major: Spanish Minor: English Certified K-12

and I also have a Master's in Latin American Studies.

I've taught both English and Spanish at the University (U.S. and Venezuela/Mexico) level for more than 5 years, having taught slightly more English than Spanish (Lit., Culture, History, Grammar, Phonetics, Conversation, the whole nine yards).

I'm obviousy pitching the English here but just wondering if I might not catch some Spanish on the side. (And yes, I'm Native Speaker in both languages)

Thx for your info. if you happen to hear of anything specific please PM me.

shenyanggerry · Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Location: Canada

I have a friend teaching Spanish at the University of Jilin. They have an active Latin American community there.

jg · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:26 am Post subject:

Put ads in www.asiaxpat.com - two years ago I got an offer for teaching Spanish at a high school in Wenzhou this way. Also with China signing trade pacts with Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia in the past six months, I imagine more and more people will wanna pick up some Spanish.

There is an active Latin community in Jilin? Question

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Do you have the email for the university of Jilin?

jeffinflorida · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:02 am Post subject:

A local FT teaches Spanish in my city. I guess he does well because he has a high turnout.

Many trading companies do business with South America so there is a market.