The TEFL Life: An English Teacher in Shanghai

See what a typical day is like for an English teacher in Shanghai, China.

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Travel & Events

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• TEFL
• EFL
• ESL
• teaching
• English
• in
• China
• Shanghai
• Abroad
• TESL
• TESOL

[hostyle0]

She seems to be Australian (yay) One thing caught my attention, it appeared to me that she was handed a lesson plan, does that mean the lessons are prepared for her?

[BridgeTEFL]

@hostyle0 It really depends on the school you work for. Some schools will have lesson plans that they want you to follow, while others will except you to create all of the lessons for the entire year! Where are you thinking about teaching abroad?

BridgeTEFL

[HUD725]

I loved the vid! I'm considering doing this but I not so sure. I don't think that I'll make enough money. Is it really worth getting your TEFL to do this?If you've done this before I would really appreciate your advice.

[BridgeTEFL]

Hello HUD725,

You can make a pretty decent salary in most Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Where do you want to teach?

BridgeTEFL

[saarkie]

She was refering to a building being built, once finished it will be the tallest building, soon after that the burj dubai i think its called will be tallest once finished.

[PRCForever]

haha u idiot

even the domestic wage of a street cleaner is more than that

its more like 8000 Yuan per month and can go up to 12,000

Which is roughly 1500 USD. btw... China is far cheaper to live in than Taiwan or Japan. Getting paid more just means u live in a society that also requires u to spend more.

e.g average salary in Manhatten is 200 000+

But just to buy restaurant food is 100+ there.

[petrucci15]

how can i work in shanghai?! i have emailed alot of places to work in a school there but nothing seems to be available...perhaps its just the search or website agent im using

[annakareninarose]

i loe this video

[annakareninarose]

I want to apply in the Bridge program and teach English. The only question I have is , what kind of bachelors do you need to be accepted in the program? I am majoring in Psychology and a minor in Literature. Do I need to have an education background?

[uzavas]

im from north carolina i am very seriously thinking about going to prague to earm my tefl certificate i have 3 questions

1 is the course difficult?

2 is there alot of countries in europe that have english teaching openings? im not really interested in asia

3 how much money will i be spending the firsct couple months after landing in prague?

[brunocoriolano]

@BridgeTEFL I have taken a TEFL course in my country. Do you think it is easy to teach abroad? Is there any better place for that? I hope you reply this one. Thanks!

Bruno Coriolano

[maym86]

If you are interested in this you might also like TEFL-me.com a social network for TEFL teachers to meet and share.

[isar777]

she is latina if haven't notice

[MrBubbaGump69]

You are beautiful and seem to be pretty down to earth, which is rare in America...

[maym86]

We've started a TEFL social network where we are trying to build a community of TEFL teachers around the world to meet and share experiences and tips. If anyone is interested take a look at tefl-me.com. It covers lots of areas and has a blog, forum groups individual profiles and a map to indicate your location in the world to help you meet other TEFL teacher when you are on the other side of the world.

[samedayhandyman1]

This is Shanghai Metro...probably one of the best things about living in the city....Priceless!