Thinking about moving to china

Question

i've been thinking alot lately about moving to china for alittle while next year. i know a friend that lived there for two years teaching english and said it was one of the best times of his life. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how i should go about getting somekind of job like that. I joined the army right out of highschool so i dont have any college and im in my early 20's. thanks for any advice you can give

Answer 1

Here is an ad if you are interested:

We recruit native English speakers no exception. Our Teachers enjoy great pay that is always paid on time and deposited electronically to your bank account. We allow our teachers to use their own teaching methods or they may take advantage of ideas from our teacher workshop at the beginning of each semester. Yu Ming offers teachers two pay packages to choose from. You may choose to be compensated hourly or you may opt for a fixed monthly salary that includes an apartment and a yearly bonus or return air ticket to your home country. No knowledge of the Chinese language is required.

Cost Include Description:

● Credit Available: Contract 1 year or 6 months full time teaching: 20 to 30 teaching hours per week, more than 9000~14000RMB/month, provide a health insurance,(our center pay the money) for teacher 2 hours free course of traditional dance, calligraphy, kongfu, traditional Chinese drawing or primal chaos, 2 hours free Chinese language training per week. We will pick you up at Beijing. (the free courses according to our center schedule)

● Contract 1 year full time teacher: pay 5000RMB per month, at least 20 teaching hours per week, Free accommodations(equipped with TV, kitchen, washer, internet and bathroom) , a return air ticket, provide a health insurance(our center pay the money), 2 hours free course of traditional dance, traditional Chinese drawing, calligraphy, kongfu or primal chaos. Our center will provide 2 hours free Chinese language training per week. We will pick you up at Beijing. (the free courses according to our center schedule)

Free courses: 2 hours free course of traditional dance, calligraphy, kongfu, traditional Chinese drawing or primal chaos, 2 hours free Chinese language training per week. (The free courses according to our teaching schedule)

Answer 2

China has a huge market for English teachers right now, and in many cases the only qualification you need is to be a native English speaker (being blonde-haired and blue-eyed can also help, because the schools love the novelty factor).  There are many, many programs that can help you arrange everything from travel to visas to housing, but be careful in researching them.  There are some really bad stories drifting around about some programs providing poor living standards, withholding pay, etc.

A good place to get recommendations is on online China ex-pat forums.  Quite a few China ex-pats are English teachers, and the rest at least know a few teachers!  Here are a few to start with:

http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/

http://www.asiaxpat.com/ (has sites for Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou)

and Chinese-forums.com has an entire board dedicated just to Teaching English in China:

http://www.chinese-forums.com/forumdispl...

You can also find some job listings online:

http://www.thebeijinger.com/index.php?a=...

http://jobs.asiaxpat.com/jobseeker/Jobs/...

Answer 3

Want to know more about China before moving,  see http://www.bayareavisit.com/Special.html you need some certification and work visa, then you can renew annually, it is a good experience there.  

Answer 4

Hey whatever you do don't move to a S****y city! It will ruin your experience for sure.

Move to Beijing or Shanghai for the best experience and to make the most money. You can make between 10000 - 15000 RMB a month, including your flight paid and accomodation.

Go to www.daveseslcafe.com to find jobs.

Most people get their TESOL certificate first. You can get this at any local college, it's easy as pie, and only a month long. Usually around $900-$1200 US. Youll have a better chance at finding a job with this certificate.

Goodluck.