Blog Articles About Teaching English in China

⋯ By David O Connor ⋯ Securing a teaching visa for China is not black and white – there’s an infinite array of grey shades that allow potential teachers to secure a legal working visa. Read on to learn all about China’s famous Z visa. [caption id="attachment_27341" align="alignnone" width="900"] Source: Pixabay[/caption] China offers a multitude of visas for visitors although only one, the so-called Z Visa, is suitable for those who want to move to China to teach. Securing a Z Visa is quite straightforward provided you meet all the eligibility requirements (that’s the black and white) and somewhat troublesome (but not impossible) if you don’t. The ‘grey area’ is a consequence of exceptions that can be argued in your favour if you can’t satisfy every requirement. Yes, believe it…

● Teaching Location: Chongqing (China) ● Type of Teaching Job: Kindergarten, Music ● Student Age Group: Kids ● Monthly Salary: 5000RMB ($720 USD) ● Monthly Rent: 0 ● Living Arrangement: Shared, 2-bedroom flat ● Monthly Savings: 0 ● Contract Bonuses: Airfare at the end of contract and lesson commission [caption id="attachment_23994" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Me, my class and assistants on my birthday on the stage where the children perform[/caption] ⋯ By Jonathan Race ⋯ Ok, this was essentially my first job teaching English (besides a couple of online lessons after I finished my TEFL). I love Asian culture and there are a ton of jobs in China, so naturally I was drawn in! This school taught English through music and as I was a musician it felt like the perfect fit. After…

● Teaching Location: Guangzhou, China ● Type of Teaching Job: Kindergarten ● Student Age Group: Kids ● Monthly Salary: 11,000 RMB ($1,600 USD) ● Monthly Rent: Included! ● Living Arrangement: 2-bedroom apartment ● Monthly Savings: $750-$1,000 USD ● Contract Bonuses: Housing, lunches, end of contract bonus [caption id="attachment_7564" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge[/caption] ⋯ By Quincy Smith ⋯ I spent 2 years teaching English in China and loved (almost) every minute of it. As a country, China is incredibly diverse and culturally rich and I was fortunate enough to land a job in the third largest city, Guangzhou - the center of the universe if you love dim sum. I decided to pursue a job in China after visiting there a few years prior when I spent a bit of…

● Teaching Location: Fuzhou, China ● Type of Teaching Job: Kindergarten to mid-teens ● Student Age Group: 4-16 ● Monthly Salary: 7,000 RMB to start (~$1,000 USD), 9,900 RMB by end of year (~1,400 USD) ● Monthly Rent: 2,000 RMB (~$290 USD) extra provided by company for apartment ● Living Arrangement: 2 bedroom shared apartment ● Monthly Savings: 5,000 RMB per month (~$720 USD) but dependent on individual ● Contract Bonuses: Airfare paid at six months and at end of contract ⋯ By Gayle Aggiss ⋯ For almost a year now I have been living and working in Fuzhou, China, a relatively small city in the southeast of that enormous country, at a company called York English. York pays a reasonable wage of 7000 rmb or 1000 USD to start and…

● Teaching Location: Shanghai, China ● Type of Teaching Job: University (undergraduate/graduate) ● Student Age Group: Young adults and post-graduate students ● Monthly Salary: 26,000 RMB (~$3,700 USD) ● Monthly Rent: 9,000 RMB (~$1,300 USD) ● Living Arrangement: 1 Bedroom Apartment in the Former French Concession ● Monthly Savings: ~15,000 RMB (~$2,100 USD) ● Contract Bonuses: Airfare for one home visit a year (Economy+), relocation allowance, housing allowance, professional development fund, computer, mobile phone ⋯ By Joshua Paiz ⋯ My name is Joshua Paiz, and I’m a language lecturer at NYU Shanghai, the first degree-granting Sino-American joint venture university in mainland China. Before coming to Shanghai, I taught at Purdue University, where I completed my Ph.D. in TESL/Applied Linguistics (ALx) and where I also served as the coordinator of the Purdue…

● Teaching Location: Nanjing, China ● Type of Teaching Job: High School ● Student Age Group: Teens ● Monthly Salary: 16,500 RMB (~$2,400 USD) ● Monthly Rent: 0 ● Living Arrangement: 1-bedroom apartment ● Monthly Savings: 10,000 RMB (~$1,500 USD) ● Contract Bonuses: 8,000 RMB (~1,200 USD) for airfare, 3,500 RMB (~$500 USD per month for 2 summer holiday months) ⋯ By Dr. Rob Burton ⋯ "What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes." - Marcus Tulles Cicero Marcus hits the nail on the head concerning my experience of living in China. It's one of those strange contradictions that we love about living in the Middle Kingdom that for all the bad stuff we read about Communism the reality for us expats is somewhat different. Advantages of Teaching…