Teaching english in china?

Question

i would like to teach english in china,however i do not have a degree or a tefl certificate.what i do have is a city and guilds of london 730 teaching certificate i am a retired qualified mental health nurse(56 years old) and as part of my job taught student nurses.what are the chances of getting a good job as an english teacher/tutor in china

Answer 1

Yes, once you get over the age of 35 many jobs start pushing you away.  After 40 it gets difficult.  After 50 it becomes very difficult.  However, China does hire teachers over the age of 50 and China does hire teachers with less education and experience as you.  It is now just a matter of finding a place that needs you.  Begin with your qualifications and work from there, do not focus on the fact that you do not have a TESOL or you are over the age of 50.  Post some ads on http://eslcafe.com and explain your qualifications.  You taught student nurses and you have a 730 teaching certificate (not exactly sure what that is, but perhaps you need to explain that in your resume).  

Some advise:

stay positive and do not give up.

In your free time pick up a TESOL course, they do not take that much time to complete.

Do not focus on your age or lack of TESOL.

Answer 2

as far as you are over 50 and own no TEFL certificate it's very unlikely they will hire you... it's not enough to be a native speaker, it's also needed to know the methods of teaching, which is only possible after a special training

Answer 3

whilst i was in qingdao, china they had a festival of english language learning as well as this they pretty much offered all english speakers there on the day a job the company is called: Wall Street English

u do not need any teaching experience i know of people working there who have never had a job before, they pay around $20 USD/hr

have a look at their page:

http://www.wsi.com.cn/wseweb/en/home/def...

as well as this i met some english tutors from the university and they said they are always desperate for stuff..  

Answer 4

actually i don't know much, but i have learned english at an ENGLISH school ,and most of the teachers are foreign people,the school is called EF,or English First,it is an international school and there are EF schools all over the world and china,i dont know much about  tefl certificate but the EF school is really good , may you can try there.