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Squire
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 Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:05 am Post subject: Public school in my city hiring a native Chinese teacher |
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Anybody else heard about public schools hiring native Chinese teachers? Is this something that has been going on for a while? This week I heard from a teacher I know who works at a different school that their school have an NCT starting in April, teaching after school classes. He/she is being hired at the same time the new NETs are coming in and has an apartment as part of their remuneration, same as us. He/she will be working at at least two schools, but that's as far as I know about the situation.
I was quite surprised to hear that since I'm sure I would have read something on here about native Chinese teachers being hired to work at public schools if that were happening. So does anybody know anything about this? I'm pretty sure this is a first for my city. Are they being hired elsewhere? |
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Airborne9
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Every so often there are posts on this board as well as others about "NCTs" being hired. But as far as I know Its not a wide spread thing nor or there plans to make it a big thing. some areas or schools where mandarin is a popular choice may get one but I dont see it becoming a massive national thing. |
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Squire
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| That's interesting. So it has been going on to some degree for a while now, but there is no indication that it's a growing trend? I've read threads discussing the potential for Mandarin to overtake English as the next major international language (I don't give it much credence myself) but haven't heard of teachers actually being hired yet |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:20 am Post subject: |
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| On a related note: lot of kindergartens have Chinese lessons as well beside English. Not an optional or extra thing. Every kid receives a 20-30 minute lesson/week. |
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Squire
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| Lazio wrote: |
| On a related note: lot of kindergartens have Chinese lessons as well beside English. Not an optional or extra thing. Every kid receives a 20-30 minute lesson/week. |
Sure that isn't just hanja? I teach kindergarten every week and often see them copying out hanjas |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| The school that I taught at (Buwan High, Icheon city, Gyeonggi) for five years always had a Chinese teacher, but I'm not sure if she was from China or had just majored in Chinese, since she also spoke Korean. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Public school in my city hiring a native Chinese teacher |
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| Squire wrote: |
| Anybody else heard about public schools hiring native Chinese teachers? |
My wife's school wanted a NET this year, but got sent a NCT instead. She's from China, and she doesn't speak Korean at all.
Wish my school had one too, given I'm studying Chinese. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Squire wrote: |
| Lazio wrote: |
| On a related note: lot of kindergartens have Chinese lessons as well beside English. Not an optional or extra thing. Every kid receives a 20-30 minute lesson/week. |
Sure that isn't just hanja? I teach kindergarten every week and often see them copying out hanjas |
I don't think so. In their schedule it's called 중국어. I met the teacher a few times but not really sure whether she is Korean or Chinese. She has loads of teaching materials just like the Korean English teachers: flashcards and whatnot. They have some textbooks as well.
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No_hite_pls
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| There are 70 NCT and 320 NET in our program. I was told that the Chinese teachers are paid for by the Chinese government. |
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isitts
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Lazio wrote: |
| I don't think so. In their schedule it's called 준국어. |
It's 중국어. |
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Lazio
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| isitts wrote: |
| Lazio wrote: |
| I don't think so. In their schedule it's called 준국어. |
It's 중국어. |
Indeed. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Met a Chinese teacher a few years back once. She taught 2 hours after school classes. She was one of those ethnic Koreans from China and her English was pretty good. |
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Squire
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| Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys, seems there are more of them here than I thought. I'd love to have an NCT at my school. I really like the other staff at my schools but it would be great to have someone in the same boat
Another question, just out of interest: is there usually a minimum English or Korean language level expected by these Chinese teachers? I can't imagine how the NCT would get by without knowing some of either, although it would be possible to communicate in writing using hanja, wouldn't it? |
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3DR
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3DR
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