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[server1a]

So I'm going to go back to Korea for another one year contract after a year's break but here is the kicker. I want to take my Chinese girlfriend (actually fianc�e now) with me who is a Chinese citizen. I taught English at a prestigious Dormitory style Public School for one year, she taught Chinese in the Korean public school system for 4.5 months, but as part of some program with her university.

I am a qualified teacher in Canada, have a year in Korea under my belt and 6 months in China as well with an English academy. She has 4.5 months in Korea on her resume and a Masters in Child Psychology.

I've tried emailing a few places (specifically in Daejeon, but now I'm getting worried and expanding my search to the whole country) from the postings here but they're all pretty much saying, "forget the girl, come teach here."

So anyone have any ideas? Any good agencies or headhunters that might have some clout with places that teach Chinese? Know of any Chinese hagwans or good international schools?

Thanks.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Um, yes there are many Chinese hagwons. You'll want to expand your search beyond Daejeon, though. Can't help you much more, though. Try Kongju Nat. Univ.

[KoreanAmbition]

server1a,

I looked for 2 months for schools for my Chinese fiance to teach at. It was a tough search.

We did however find some schools that made her offers. The money was actually respectable if you compared it to a lower-level English teaching job.

How is the English of our fiancee? My "now-wife" speaks almost fluent English and anyone that spoke to her on the phone agreed. However, it was very tough for schools to find a way to offer her a visa because her masters degree is from Canada but her undergrad is from China.

The schools that will offer her a job know that they will use her to fill the role of a western speaker but just pay less for the salary, and then charge the students the same money most likely.

She was offered 4 hours per day (total hours but also mainly teaching) of teaching at a hagwon, free housing and like 1,000,000 won per month. They also said she could do overtime and that was paid at like 20,000 won per hour I think. They said she could do 2 extra hours a day so I guess that would add up to a fair bit over the course of a month.

Anyways, I've heard mixed reviews of actually teaching Chinese, as some say it pays well and others say it's hard to find.

Possibly you can get her into a school for teaching Chinese and then the school will let her teach a bit of English as well to supplement her salary.

We're going to Seoul, and have decided not to bother looking for jobs for her until we get there. We'll try to make contacts from the start and see if something comes up.

Let me know if you learn anything new,
Good luck.

[KoreanAmbition]