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It’s tempting to get carried away with the excitement of going to a new country and being accepted for a job is a great feeling – but before you start packing your suitcase, make sure you check out the conditions – they’ll make or break your experience of teaching abroad!  Here are 5 things to check: Hours of work: How many contact hours will you have to teach?  The average is 25 contact hours of...

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It’s the evening of my one week anniversary of my time in Sanxiang, the passing of time is a strange thing, on one hand I feel like I have been here ages, on the other – it’s just gone by so quickly! Friday night there were 12 of us out in the town - a mixture of English, Danish, Spanish, Polish, German and Chinese, and a few of us ended up playing dice with some...

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Evenin' all. Snow in Beijing - that's all I've got to report to be honest. Placement didn't materialize, been told more news coming on Thursday. Anyone else got a stinking cold? Nice to see Danny on the site, he's become some towns new celebrity ! If anyone has any good pictures from where they are, let me know, rather fond of a bit of photography.  I hear it's women's day today - didn't even know that...

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I am reposting this on behalf of Astrid as I feel this is something that needs to be told to the widest audience possible! PLEASE REPOST AND ADD TO ALL GROUPS! Thanks ------------------------------------------------- This is a real warning. I'm not joking. Still remember the call th about I thought it was an interview? That I thought happen so soon? Well, I told you, the interviewer is not a real employer. I was so tired tonight...

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Woop i passed my TEFL weekend! Not only did i learn how to order beer in Japanese, but the weekend has been so useful and our teacher Karen was brilliant, really really helpful! Plus i got to meet another august intern which was great! It has really given me the motivation to power on and complete my Grammar module which I was struggling with but now I feel a lot more confident after being refreshed. There...

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Heye veryone, was just reading some posts on here and so glad to see that lots of poeple are also bricking it lol! I went off to Zhejiang last week and was then out ina  school in Tongxiang (about 2 hours from Shanghai I think). Its a bit strange and unfair being by myself but I know lots of people are in the same boat so to speak. I just can't help thinking this is...

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Well last week was a strange one. Getting settled and finding a routine was harder than what I thought it was going to be, and missing home a little (didn't think I'd be the type) would do anything for some British TV  and a good sunday dinner. The weekend has helped clear my head a little, and after some wise words were thrown around (and a good 12 hours of sleep last night) I feel...

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So this weekend saw me get my first job offer, which I have accepted! Looks like I am finally truly on the way, leaving the UK in May to swap my life in telecommunications for one teaching English in Taiwan!

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So after a 2 hour bus journey from Hangzouh i arrive in Fenghua ready to educate!! The first people i met here were some other teachers they have all been really nice and welcoming, i had my own driver for the day yesterday and they took me to a shopping centre where i picked up a load of food, some extra pillows, bedsheets and a phone and they paid for the lot! My Chinese number...

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Ok so here's my story so far whether ya wanna hear it or not..... So far......I've been loving China! My placement was delayed along with 20 or so others from the original 117 because of a cock up somewhere by someone. And so i was delayed from starting teaching on the 1st of March to having my first lesson tomorrow?! (10th March) BUT..... its worked out really well because it meant for the last 15...

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This post decided to people who will be in Indonesia or already in Indonesia and want to learn some basic Indonesian language or we call it Bahasa. Greeting: Basically it's the same with English, we use hello, but in different pronunciation. We pronounce it 'halo', the 'a' sound just like 'a' in 'ball'. Or you can say 'hai' which is the same pronunciation with 'hi' in English. How are you?: The sentence in Bahasa is 'Apa...

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This is a real warning. I'm not joking. Still remember the call th about I thought it was an interview? That I thought happen so soon? Well, I told you, the interviewer is not a real employer. I was so tired tonight and fell asleep on the floor, while Rob was taking care of his computer (installing Windows 7). Then suddenly, Rob woke me up and said: "He is calling you now." I was so...

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Just now I had a follow-up email from a school in Ecuador.  I sent off so many job app emails on the same day a couple of weeks back I was stumped at first - they're called Canadian House Center, that's not an i -to i partner is it?  It is in Loja, but they all do seperate job ads anyway so it's hard to remember! I had to state how I would present a...

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Feeling like i've bit more than i can chew here. Currently on checkpoint 3, i've been tackling it since 6:30am already-busting my brains now!! Gave up alot for this, lets hope i make it!

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Things are moving along quite fast really. I honestly thought i wouldn't be in China til about May or June, but its looking like its going to be more March/April!! I have two interviews set up for this week :D Which is scary and also exciting!! One school in Hunan province, Loudi and another in Wehei, Shandong. They are both middle schools...which i think is 8-12 years...correct me if i'm wrong? So yes, looks like...

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