Teaching in China 2024
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- In this video I talk to 5 people who teach in China to make it clear what it is to work and live in this country. The interviews took place in April of 2024, so the information is up-to-date!
These are the types of schools where these 5 people work:
1) used-to-be training center
2) public school
3) university
4) international school with American curriculum
5) international school with IB curriculum.
Each interviewee represents diverse reasons to be living and teaching in China, so this video will be useful for those who plan to teach in China or who is a newbie educator. Experienced teachers who are thinking of how to develop their career will also find this video helpful.
Please enjoy, hit like and subscribe for more!
Timecode:
00:00 Intro
00:39 How did you become a teacher?
06:06 Where do you teach?
11:41 Students
22:07 Career Opportunities
27:25 Academic Achievements
35:32 Local Mentality
45:12 Love and Struggle
1:00:17 Fun
1:09:54 Homesickness
1:19:01 Conclusion
Thank u for u guys' devotion, no wonder Chinese students are the brilliant
Thank you！感谢所有为中国教育作出贡献，并且和我们共同成长进步的人，感谢🙏你们是所在城市和国家的重要力量！
谢谢你！ 我们很喜欢中国！
@@aleksandrlukin565 🫂💗
I see this video twice....one time is not enough.
I thumbs up to the lady one sentence...that is " what politicians have done to UK slowly by slowly it is embarrassing"....I live in New York and I say the same thing...what politicians have done to this country slowly slowly.
Thanks for watching!
Exactly, I will watch this again.
very high quality vlog. i am also interested about how foreigners living in china you deserve hundreds of thousand subscribers😅😅😅
Much appreciated! Thank you!
Really enjoy the interview 👍
Thank you!
This video is so well put together! Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you very much! I'm happy you loved it!
Woow, lot of efforts to make this video. Thank you so much.
Glad you liked it!
@@aleksandrlukin565 thank you so much! I never knew there’s so many foreign teach teachers in China. It is great to know they are positive to China coz I was always upset by foreigners who keep on to suggest I have no freedom in Hong Kong, and China is a terrible place to stay.
@@heyheyyouxp there are many foreigners who love China. Of course it’s different from the west, but that’s the cool thing about it, because it’s a part of the experience! Some come and expect western mentality here - big mistake to think that everything should be like back home. One should always remember that we are guests here and must respect the house rules. Not only in China - anywhere we go.
Excellent! Your channel is worth 100K subscribers.
Thank you very much!
It's not easy to work in a foreign country. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Indeed. However, it's so interesting! Broadens your views and teaches you a lot of things about people and local culture. Thanks for watching!
Salaries may be lower, but so is crime and cost of living.
@@traderman6681 indeed!
Thanks so much for sharing....really insightful...WOW!!...
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Very informative, thank you for your video
Thanks for watching!
Great production and content! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks you! I will :-)
Actually, there are many international companies located in China as well, some of them like to recruit expat graduates. Teaching English is not the only opition, Expats shall try jobs from Pepsi, P&G, Energizer, Duracell, Mead Johnson, Intel, Micron in China, most of these factories are at outskirt area of a city, however, the salary is decent too, able to save money to purchase a house back to their own country, or simply to purchase a house in China for long term work or stay.
Absolutely!
Almost every teacher in this video has a passion for and enjoy teaching. 👍By the way, I enjoy this video. Thank you for sharing. 😀
Thank you!
do u know why? in china, teachers get a high reputation by society, teachers foreigners get a higher salary and good life, teachets get many spare time.
@@johnyyffeng-fs9xm If you go and teach Chinese in other countries you will feel the same buddy!
Well done bro, great video 🎉
Thanks Stefan!!! Appreciate it!
The best video I’ve ever seen 😊
Thanks brother!
Great video. Very insightful. I enjoyed it.❤️👍
Thank you! I’m happy you found it useful!
Great work! 🤘🏼
Thank you! Much appreciated!
I've done great job making this video 👍👍
Thank you
“You’ve done” maybe? Haha
This was super super informative. As someone who lives in China I think this vlog was accurate
Thanks!
Thank you for your contribution❤
Thanks for watching!
To the English lady who talked about creativity and lack of freedom of thought among Chinese students, its because creativity in language and arts comes from being native in the language itself. Great authors like Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and others achieved greatness because their works were in their own language. I am a retired professor who taught math and physics at university here in NY and as well as other places, when it comes to STEM subject and abstract thinking, my Chinese students were nothing short of creative with out of box thinking and with consistency.
Thanks for sharing your experience and elaborate counter argument!
Very insightful!
Thank you!
Классные интервью, Саша! Такая ностальгия по Китаю ❤
Спсибо!))
Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥!!!
Thanks a lot!!! Next time you in it? :)
Great video Shash!🎉
Thank you Greg! Much appreciated! What would you add to this?
@@aleksandrlukin565 Great question- Let me suggest some sort of PowerPoint style slides or charts categorizing the different teaching jobs & the jobs' benefits and detriments. I think you hit 3: Uni English teacher, teacher at an International Baccalaureate High School, & training centre teacher. For example: You know as well as I do that university "Oral English" teaching positions are typically far less stressful and demanding than training centres or International Baccalaureate high schools. However, university "Oral English Foreign Teacher" positions pay far less and I doubt any teacher will gain a transferrable skill from holding that job. Your interview subjects articulated the differences well & nothing any of them said about this topic surprised me, however, some kind of written slide making these differences explicit might help. Also, let me combine 2 of your topics- career advancement & localization. From my experience and discussion with others (meaning I have zero research to back this up), taking a job in any sort of 'managerial' role in China at an undertaking with exclusively local management is a fools' errand. You will not have any power over local (Chinese) staff. I'm pretty certain I told about my frustrations at the Number 3 High School where I was the Director of Study. Every time I spoke with local staff about duties they needed to perform as mandated by the curriculum (for example a requirement that staff invigilate assessment events) my words were completely ignored or treated as a suggestion.
Finally, & I was starting this right before Covid hit, I would recommend that anyone with a graduate degree from a western university to come teach at a Chinese university and try to use his or her free time to write and publish academic papers in Social Science Citation Index publications.
@@aleksandrlukin565@aleksandrlukin565 Great question- Let me suggest some sort of PowerPoint style slides or charts categorizing the different teaching jobs & the jobs' benefits and detriments. I think you hit 3: Uni English teacher, teacher at an International Baccalaureate High School, & training centre teacher. For example: You know as well as I do that university "Oral English" teaching positions are typically far less stressful and demanding than training centres or International Baccalaureate high schools. However, university "Oral English Foreign Teacher" positions pay far less and I doubt any teacher will gain a transferrable skill from holding that job. Your interview subjects articulated the differences well & nothing any of them said about this topic surprised me, however, some kind of written slide making these differences explicit might help. Also, let me combine 2 of your topics- career advancement & localization. From my experience and discussion with others (meaning I have zero research to back this up), taking a job in any sort of 'managerial' role in China at an undertaking with exclusively local management is a fools' errand. You will not have any power over local (Chinese) staff. I'm pretty certain I told about my frustrations at the Number 3 High School where I was the Director of Study. Every time I spoke with local staff about duties they needed to perform as mandated by the curriculum (for example a requirement that staff invigilate assessment events) my words were completely ignored or treated as a suggestion. Finally, & I was starting this right before Covid hit, I would recommend that anyone with a graduate degree from a western university to come teach at a Chinese university and try to use his or her free time to write and publish academic papers in Social Science Citation Index publications.
南京的老师，棒
对的 哈哈
Excellent video. Could have asked the question - What advice would you give to potential teachers considering teaching in china.
But there's always a next time. Enjoyed this video. I really do hope you make more content on this topic . Thank you
Thanks for watching! There actually is an answer for this question there. It’s just not on the surface, but between the lines. I’ll cover it more clearly in the next videos!
Quality vlog
Thank you!!!
Yes, that is my desire...it has been for too long. I desire to work there ASAP. I have lived there and worked in another capacity. Now, my dilemma is the age limit for teachers and other workers in China. I am open to work there as a volunteer and gain monetary support from others who agree on the importance of fostering education... Is this acceptable to school systems there and / or to the government as a whole? Are there contacts with whom I should connect?
Thanks for watching! I’m sorry, I don’t have this kind of info. I would imagine it’s a very rare case you’re talking about.
@@aleksandrlukin565 Thanks Aleksandr, I appreciate your reply. I'll keep working at it...Its a great video!
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Don't worry nothing to hide!
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Kids should be learning mandarin if they want to participate in the global economy which China will lead.
Being a foreign teacher there must be very leisurely, which is why you have time to film such documentary-like shares. Usually, teachers in Chinese schools have teaching tasks and are busy from morning till night, and definitely do not have as much free time as you.
I used to teach in a Chinese public school and university. Teachers there have a lot of free time. They have many office hours but many of those are free. The second thing is that if a person doesn’t do anything apart from working in life, having no time for things like making videos for example is a lame excuse. I know many people who are super busy at work but they find time to do a bunch of other interesting things. I always ask myself - sitting on a sofa on Saturday and Sunday or go live my life and explore the world? I choose to live my life :) These interviews were done over several weekends.
@@aleksandrlukin565 my mom used to be a teacher in Chinese public school， I know better how much free time she used to have.
@@julielulu1757 great! My message was mainly about finding time for your hobbies during off-work time.
I have taught in China for many years. Chinese students are great, but they deserve better than native English speakers who get a job teaching because are native, but couldn't get a job back homes if it's not driving trucks o delivering pizza.
I totally agree with the fact that being a native English speaker does not mean you are a good teacher. It’s a weird rule that doesn’t make much sense. However, it did eliminate chances of those who are non-native English speakers and who can barely speak/ write in English. Unfortunately there were many people who shouldn’t have been allowed to teach English. On the other hand there are more people who teach English better than some native speakers and now there is no easy legal way to do it. Shame.
@@aleksandrlukin565 Ok so, in the end, you and I agree that the problem lies in having a proper hiring criteria vs. misconceptions, parents' pressure to have White looking teachers and the like.
@@jaimendaniel5578 in many parts of China being white is still the main criteria for hiring. However, if we talk about serious institutions like international schools in bigger cities - only your experience and qualifications matter.
@@aleksandrlukin565 Not always because some of those institutions in first tier cities are privately owned by British or Americans or have agreements with American, British, Canadian, or Australian institutions: so that these systematically hire native speakers to the exclusion of others. I know that from experience.
By the way, as per the concept in Linguistics of competence, there is no such a thing as a native speaker level of competence. I remember a fellow professor from America that made mistakes in English such as "it's" for "its". Never mind general cultural background or competence in Math; which is markedly superior in Western Europe for the most part.
@@jaimendaniel5578 some do prefer their fellow countrymen indeed. Sometimes it IS nearly impossible to get hired by a desired school because you are not from English-speaking country. I still naively believe that even those who look at your passport first can’t deny your qualifications and experience. My motto is “Educate yourself and never stop + be pro-active”.
CAN YOU GIVE ADVICE ON HOW TO WORK IN AN ENGLISH TRAINING SCHOOL???
a video about it will be posted soon!
How do you apply for a teaching job in China
There is a huge amount of websites to find a teaching job in China. I might talk about it in one of my videos in the future.
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Tell us how many training schools are open in your city
I'm working on this video actually! Soon!
why are you using a several decade old picture of Chinese students as your thumbnail
I took this picture in 2015. It’s black and white film that I develop myself. I thought it would be stylish.
All those teachers have a university degree minimum ? Can anyone be a teacher without a university degree there ?
Legally you can’t be a teacher in China without a degree. And you don’t want to be an illegal teacher. If they catch you, you’ll be deported, fined, and blacklisted.
Thanks 👍.
This could be the reason some ex-teachers in China turned toxic when their teaching contracts weren't renewed when the country clampdown on those without degrees ...
@@tkh2944 exactly! I’m not sure why be toxic if you are not qualified to teach and it’s kind of a must to have a degree :)
@@aleksandrlukin565but from what I seen you dont need a teaching degree, just a degree.
@@jordand1222 beg your pardon. Correct. You need any degree to teach. However, you would get a better chance to teach in a high-end international school if you do have a degree related to teaching + PGCE/ Teaching License.
1:12:19 not trying to be a wiseass, but exactly what type of "destruction is the UK doing against its own people?"
Aleksandr you drink at least 6 cups of coffee
Haha I know right? Flashing the famous coffee shop brand that much can give an impression that they pay me (I wish…)
I hope there are no weirdos and pedophiles among these teachers.
I heard they clamped down with more background checks
This can be said about any industry. But no, non among these teachers. Thanks for watching!
@@obiwan5781 True! from about 2019 they run more thorough police background checks.
Search Hector Hugo Orjuela Jnr from California. I found a news article about this guy published in July, 2013.
This is a superbly good series of interviews and very well presented. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
This flitted cover is pretty much like the one of BBC and CNN styles:)
我也是被那个阴间滤镜封面吸引进来的，不只是黑白的问题，而是角度、学生的表情的问题。
希望工程不知道吗？
你以前在BBC工作过吧？这个视频的开始画面和BBC给中国拍照片的风格一样。我谢谢你作辈祖宗，用阴间滤镜手法宣传我们。
This is actually very interesting comment! First I couldn't make sense of it so I had to ask my local friends to translate the message, and the meaning of it isn't good at all. I have to say, my friend, that: 1) there are no filters. The avatar for this video is a photo that I took a while ago. My hobby is taking black and white photos on film. I know that if a picture is black and white, it means it's for dead people in China, but this is not the case of course :-) 2) I do not work for BBC, it's a private channel. So no need to be all negative because of your total misunderstanding of the situation. This video actually praises China and makes it attractive for those who plan to come. Peace!
I believe that's the best way for YT to promote your video.
铁子，你没听内容，就别叨叨了，人家没有唠不好的，港的杠杠滴，你删了吧，有点寒人心，你理解为朋克风就行了....
Dude, you made a mistake dude!
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