Ok here's the basic rundown. I will be graduating with a BA in sociology next May and plan to spend some time in China teaching English. I will also have a TESOL certification that I'm currently working towards. The tesol cert is offered at my school at the BA level through the linguistics dept but I chose to take a summer certification program at seperate language center.

As far as I can make out I should be able to meet the requirements getting sponsored for z visa and 1 year residency permit.

My girlfriend also is really eager to spend a year doing the same. It's not some girlfriend insecurity thing, her interest is quite genuine. I don't think it would be a problem for her to gain some sort of tefl certification but her problem is she is not in any university program. Almost all the teaching jobs I've seen advertised seem to list a bachelor's (in any field of study) as a qualification. Does her not having a bachelor's degree totally exclude her from any teaching jobs? Neither of us are really looking for a competively high salary. We would more or less be in this for the expereience and have enough savings to supplement income.

What would be best course for her situation?

I appreciate any help or advice

cheers!

which country r u from?
a BA seems to be a prerequisite
u can overturn it if u are whites. go to china directly - not the big cities - approach any language school and walla!! you r there.
or since u r going there - u get the teaching job and she starts a home tuition with 4 students per session - 40minutes. (tefl, tesol is relevant)
mind you - she will make more than you!!
if u r willing to go inland to those far flung provinces, it will be easier too. forget beijing shanghai.
eg: Position title: Experience Exotic Mongol/Uyghur Culture In Dynamic Place,Korla,Xinjiang,P.R.China
Posted on Thu 7th Aug 2008 11:25 GMT
Category: EFL/ESOL/ESL Teacher/Instructor
Location: Korla,Xinjiang,, China
Deadline: Tuesday 15. September 2009
Experience: 1 year

haha! all the best
cheeeeers

Black Market, trust me. You're a dime a dozen over there. I have resume a mile long and don't even care to expand it anymore.


China doesn't even care to give you the light of day. They teach their own to be English teachers.


Uhh, you don't need to know Chinese, or even have a BA to teach English in China. All you need to know is English, and you'd be taught to teach English.


Spend some time in China and you'll know what I mean.