ESL For Dumbasses – ESL Teaching

I've already received a handful of emails from blog readers asking for advice on finding work in China, and my wife received 2 from friends just in the last week. As teaching in China becomes more popular, so does tricking foreigners into working at awful schools. Today I'd like to give job hunters a few tips for finding a reputable school in China.

Why do you want to teach?

I’ve given some thought to doing an MA in TESOL. After all, I taught it in China, liked it, so why not earn 5,000 RMB a month instead of a mere 4800?

All I need is a golden ticket.

"they see westerners on hand, happily ensconced behind a glass barrier, smiling and waving when people pass by. All the office needs is a tire swing and some fake rocks... The fun thing is that although we’re up there several hours at a time, we might or might not even have actual students, which means we get paid hourly to sit in the office and look western.

From the post: "Recently a Kunming language school I have taught at in the past asked me to recommend a foreign English teacher. As it happened, an American friend of mine was looking for extra work. He's in his mid-30s, speaks some Chinese, has years of experience, and even has a proper ESL teaching certificate. It seemed like a perfect match. There was just one problem.