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[fireking6]

I have been teaching at a university for the last year, but I find that teaching two hours a week is not enough time with one group of students to make a large enough difference in their ability.

I have already been offered jobs at other universities but I am curious what kind of jobs are out there that provide the chance to teach the same group of students for a longer amount or on a more consistent basis.


For example: In a university, I can basically use one lesson plan every week for all 8 different class groups....I think that it might be a lot more interesting to teach fewer classes but teach them more often.



Just expressing a thought I had...if you have any suggestions, let me know

[dharma86]

Training centres... less students but more teaching hours which are predominant outside the normal 9-5 schedule.

[Mister Al]

Teaching oral English at university is very often as per what your doing at the moment. As said before, training centers can give you an opportunity to get what you'd like but stuff the hours. Business classes in companies might be okay too but usually the teachers come from said centres.

[powerrose]

How about doing some heavy networking to do some private tutoring? I'm teaching some FOB kids who are trying to get up to speed at their American international school. It's only been 3 months and today we were doing grammatically proper questions (not just "me go bathroom?") and past/future tense of verbs. We do lessons 4 times a week and its intense (I once "yelled" at them through google translate, with hilarious results), but so cool how much you can teach one person in just 3 months.

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

International schools often give you a homeroom and a set group of kids for a whole term or year.

I'd look into that, but avoid Korean schools if at all possible.

[nickpellatt]

I work in a private language college and have 2 x 90 minute lessons a day. One class is upper-int, which currently has 2 students, and the other is lower-int which has 7 students. I teach the same levels 5 days a week, which means I see my students every day until they move up to the next class.

This does mean you can spend a lot of time with students, and focus lesson plans toward their goals and needs. They are all adult students, and so we have great social opportunities with them as well. We often have school outings and class dinners so you can re-inforce teaching points in social settings as well.

The downside to this compared to Uni work as described is the amount of planning needed for these classes. With students constantly coming and going from the school, and other staying for long periods of time .... I am continually planning new lesson material after 5 months in the job. One of my lower-int students was in my class as long ago as December....and had a long period of leave. He has now returned, and so I am unable to recycle my teaching material from months ago, as he has already covered it.

It is more engaging for sure. But the planning can be tiresome.