China is renowned for its personal saving rate, which is the highest in the world. Chinese households save between 34-53% of their income, while Americans save 2%. The main reason for the high savings rate is not cultural, although that is part of it. Chinese people don’t like to carry debt, and often make large [...] Continue reading Saving Money While Living in China at Teach English in China. from https://englishteacherchina.com/saving-money-and-what-things-cost-in-china/
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We want to be up front and let you know that we have tried before and have never been successful at finding English teaching jobs in China for Asian-looking teachers. We've even had Chinese-American and Korean-American teachers with bachelor's degrees who couldn't find English teacher jobs in China. This discrimination does not apply to international [...]
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Chinese is a pretty difficult language for English speakers to learn compared to Spanish or French. However, if you're going to China, take the time to learn some basics. The words below appear both in Chinese characters and in pinyin, the form of Chinese that can be written with the Roman/English alphabet with the addition of some [...]
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Almost two billion people - that's around one in three people - study English as a second language. Where are the English teachers coming from and how can China attract them? The English Proficiency Index by English First released statistics on where English is learned around the world and spoken the best. Note that sadly, [...]
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Even some English language teachers don't understand the differences between these acronyms so don't feel bad if they confuse you too. When I first started teaching English language classes in public schools in Texas, it was called ESL but since then I've come upon many other acronyms like EFL, ESP, and ELL that provide more [...]
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If you've considered teaching English abroad, you've almost certainly visited the website known as Dave’s ESL Cafe, Dave's Cafe, or ESL Cafe, the oldest and most popular job website for people who want to teach English overseas. Creator Dave Sperling started Dave's ESL Cafe back in 1995 after teaching overseas for 10 years and getting [...]
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Below are the 5 biggest mistakes that I made when I first went to teach English in China. I'm sharing them so you can learn from them without going through the pain and frustration that I went through. Don't do what I did! 1. I hung out mainly with foreigners. I was so freaked out [...]
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With an approximated 400+ million Chinese learning English, China represents the biggest job market in the world for teaching English and the demand for English teachers is tremendous. Language schools in China often provide foreign English instructors with such advantages as complimentary airline ticket reimbursement after one year, a housing allowance, medical insurance coverage, and [...]
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