{"id":1072,"date":"2019-07-20T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:37:23","slug":"teaching-at-private-language-centres-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/1072","title":{"rendered":"Teach at Private Language Centres in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Working at a private language centre, or \u2018language academy\u2019, is a popular option for both TEFL teachers and licensed teachers. The need for native-level English speakers is growing rapidly at centres, with the number of learners enrolling increasing by over a million every year. Depending on your qualifications, you may find slightly different teaching posts and benefits. But in general, language centres offer steady work with fair pay and great benefits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FINDING A JOB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most English teaching jobs in China tend to be found in larger, metropolitan cities, especially when it comes to language centres. Jobs at these centres are usually posted online and can be applied to from overseas. Applying online is especially common if you\u2019d like to work for a large, well-known company, such as Disney English, English First or Maple Bear Global Schools. But you can also find work just as easily on the ground if you\u2019d prefer to visit schools in person to get a feel for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One thing to note is that to legally teach in China \u2013 no matter what kind of school you work at \u2013 you\u2019ll need a working visa. Also known as the \u2018Z\u2019 visa, the working visa needs to be sponsored by your employer, and without one you can be arrested and deported!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>WHEN TO APPLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With such a high demand for TEFL teachers, especially native-level English speakers, you can find jobs at pretty much any time of year at language centres. Though peak time for job hunting is about 12 weeks before September \u2013 when the new school year starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TEACHING HOURS &amp; CLASS SIZES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most language centre jobs in China require you to work on weekends and evenings, and usually offer up to 40 hours per week. And there tend to be around 15 students in a class \u2013 though there can sometimes be more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SALARY &amp; BONUSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can earn between $850-2,300 per month, depending on the centre, your hours, qualifications and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You may also receive a completion bonus for finishing the full term in your contract. And with many TEFL jobs in China, you\u2019ll be offered free accommodation, health insurance, and even flights to and from your home country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>VACATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You\u2019ll be given all Chinese national holidays off work as well as around 10 extra days of holiday.<\/p>\n<h3>PROS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Free accommodation, completion bonus and health insurance<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Comfortable wage and a fair number of vacation days<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Smaller class sizes than at public schools<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Lots of other foreign TEFL teachers working at the same centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>CONS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Potentially more lesson planning than at a public school<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Often no teaching assistant to help manage classes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Working at a private language centre, or \u2018language academy\u2019, is a popular &hellip; ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-in-china"],"en_md_date":"Aug. 15, 2023","thumbnailurl":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/2022013101470852.jpg","fr_down_url":"","author_avatar":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/avatars\/1.jpg","author_name":"Elite RE","author_url":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/me\/1","job_status":"1","post_views":"1116","parent_cat":"Live in China","cat_id":2,"cat_names":"Live in China","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.elitere.cn\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}