1 ITS DIFFERENT EVERY DAY
If you don’t want to sit behind a computer for eight hours a day five days a week, then teaching is definitely an option to think about… If you don’t want to teach in England then teaching in China is an even more exciting option to consider.
Working an average of ONLY 23 hours a week compared with the full time 40+ hours of teaching in England, will leave a huge amount of time for you to relax, travel, plan lessons, call home, meet new people, learn Chinese…the options are endless. One thing is for sure, it most certainly will not be boring, and it will be different every day.
2 IT’S REWARDING
Not only are you experiencing, travelling and living in a foreign and beautiful country that is China, you are giving something back to the country.
The hard work that you will put in to creating unique and exciting lesson plans will be so worth it once you have seen the progress that your students will make. Whether your students are children or adults, you will go home each evening feeling like you have achieved that bit more than you had yesterday, feeling proud and excited for your next challenge.
3 IT’S SOCIABLE
Although at first moving to a foreign country might feel a bit lonely or perhaps you’ll feel a tad out of your depth, but this feeling will not last, and instead will be replaced with excitement to start your new life. Once you have settled in you can be that social butterfly you truly are.
Whether it be socialising with the locals, your students, or other China TEFLer teachers in the same position as you, you will never find yourself at a loss for something to do or someone to chat too. Whats more, by surrounding yourself with natives your chance at picking up the language will have doubled, for what better way to learn Mandarin Chinese than by speaking it with your new friends.
4 AMAZING TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
Not only can you make your way through the vast array of different Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou on your weekends off from teaching, but with flights being so cheap you can then travel to all those other places you’ve been meaning to get to such as Cambodia, Thailand and other South East Asian countries. AND what better way to travel the world than doing it whilst working.
5 WHAT AN EXPERIENCE
After your year long (hopefully) amazing and eye-opening travel and teaching experience you can finally tick it off your bucket list. You will have come back well-cultured and travelled and with invaluable TEFL experience. But also with some amazing memories, amazing photos, and amazing friends. It will be an AMAZING overload.
Your experience will definitely be a story to tell: whether its to your grandkids way off in the future, or your next job interview. People will love hearing about it and you will love talking about it.
If these five compelling reasons have appealed to you then don’t put it off, apply today. Who knows, you could be starting your new adventure in January 2017!!!
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