Is Teaching English in China Really for You?

[Francis Hult]

Literacy News

 

Is Teaching English in China Really for You?

 

With so much money at stake, the Internet has experienced a burgeoning of China EFL-related websites all vying for the prospective foreign teacher's attention and, ultimately, business. A Google search on the terms "teaching English in China" returns over 6.4 million results of websites run by Chinese recruiters, private English language schools, and veteran foreign teachers hoping to get in on all the action.

 

All these sites have one thing in common: They all glamorize teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) as a viable way to travel abroad and experience all the exotic mysteries and adventure China has to offer. 

 

Full story:

http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/is-teaching-english-in-china-really-for-you/

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