That’s awesome, Comrade!! Good luck to you in everything! I hope you make it!
I could probably really easily teach English there but the biggest issue is that I don’t know if that’ll be viable long-term or if I’ll be left shit out of luck if Chinese students stop learning English as much, since I think most of that demand was to come study/work in the US. I’m not really able to get into tech/STEM at this point either. I’ll think about those options again, though.
At this time I think China requires a Master’s degree to teach English, I don’t know if you looked into the requirements yet!
And as you said, it’s probably not a long-term commitment because with the way things are going in China (going from letting in any english speaker to teach to now requiring masters graduates) it’s very probable Chinese people will move away from learning English, if they aren’t already.
I wouldnt worry about the english thing. Its like standard in high school there, and is mostly used as like a general education thing. English is spoken in TONS of places and is a very useful language to know when you are dealing internationally in general not just with the US. Its the most well known 2nd language in the world.
Also just a thought but like yeah maybe the teaching thing wouldnt be a forever gig, but just getting your foot in the door, getting to China, opens a lot of doors for finding other work there too. Like maybe you start out teaching english, use your time there to really master the language, and make connections locally, then you get a job doing something else in China later on.
That’s awesome, Comrade!! Good luck to you in everything! I hope you make it!
I could probably really easily teach English there but the biggest issue is that I don’t know if that’ll be viable long-term or if I’ll be left shit out of luck if Chinese students stop learning English as much, since I think most of that demand was to come study/work in the US. I’m not really able to get into tech/STEM at this point either. I’ll think about those options again, though.
At this time I think China requires a Master’s degree to teach English, I don’t know if you looked into the requirements yet!
And as you said, it’s probably not a long-term commitment because with the way things are going in China (going from letting in any english speaker to teach to now requiring masters graduates) it’s very probable Chinese people will move away from learning English, if they aren’t already.
BUT, if it works out for you, it’s also a way for long-term residency there and learning Mandarin! One of our editors on PW made a guide for it some time back https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Essay:A_Statesian_Marxists’_Guide_to_Learning_Mandarin
I wouldnt worry about the english thing. Its like standard in high school there, and is mostly used as like a general education thing. English is spoken in TONS of places and is a very useful language to know when you are dealing internationally in general not just with the US. Its the most well known 2nd language in the world.
Also just a thought but like yeah maybe the teaching thing wouldnt be a forever gig, but just getting your foot in the door, getting to China, opens a lot of doors for finding other work there too. Like maybe you start out teaching english, use your time there to really master the language, and make connections locally, then you get a job doing something else in China later on.