Teaching Opportunities for Undergraduates

[Josh Wilson]

Alexei, 

To put things very bluntly, most schools - including the major ones 

http://www.englishfirst.ru
http://www.bkc.ru/
http://languagelink.ru/

Will generally hire anyone who can convince them that they were born in the
US, UK, NZ, or Australia... or at least to a parent originally from those
countries. The market in Russia is booming and for the most part, they are
just trying to fill demand. 

Without an ESL teaching certificate, the student has less chance of landing
a contracted, "official" position - but the possibility of landing at least
close to full time employment is pretty much assured. Full time and above
can be attained by filling in one's personal schedule working freelance by
posting in the language folders of 

http://www.redtape.ru/forum/
http://expat.ru/

Again, it's pretty easy to land work - you can charge $15-25 an hour
(minimum - up to about 45 is possible) depending on how well you market
yourself. 

Also need to warn the student, however, that are plenty of obmanshiki out
there - both smaller schools and clients. Best to research any school names
on 

http://www.eslcafe.com/

and the forums above. If something smells of fish, walk away... 

Lastly, for volunteer stuff,
http://www.sras.org/volunteer_opportunities_in_russia 

And a bit more info (older, but still basically correct: 
http://www.sras.org/teaching_english_in_russia 

Hope that helps :) 



Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Lyles
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:46 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Teaching Opportunities for Undergraduates

Dear Alexei,

St. Petersburg State University frequently hires the American students
taking Russian in their Russian4Foreigners program to teach sections of
conversation.  It doesn't pay as well as some companies, but they don't
require ESL certification or anything like that.  I also taught at the
Institute of Foreign Languages, which is also in Petersburg, but I don't
know if they are still around or not.

Sincerely,
John

2011/1/26 Alexei Kutuzov <alexei_kutuzov at yahoo.com>

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Would anyone happen to know of any opportunities to teach English in
Russia
> that
> are available for students who have recently received an undergraduate
> degree
> (BA, BS)?  I would be most interested in acquiring information for paid
and
> volunteer positions in any region of Russia.
>
> Thank you for any help you can provide.  With regards to the list,
>
> Alexei Kutuzov
>
>
>
>
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