Teaching English in China --- Your Opportunity & Challenge

Leaving your familiar hometown, separating from your dear family and friends, going to a new country and starting a new job, is a big adventure in your whole life! Courage, passion, and resilience are qualities you need to support you to move forward.

It seems that all ESL/EFL teachers have the same personality traits --- perseverance. They try their best to overcome various difficulties and challenges to realize their dreams and experience the joy of success.

As a country with a population of more than 1.3 billion, China is a big and potential market for English teaching. Check here to find out the list of English teaching companies. China has a huge English industry to educate school-age citizens and make them a high-quality workforce in the future. Under the premise of not losing the local culture, the Chinese learn the western culture and flexible way of thinking. As an ESL teacher, you will have an important influence on Chinese students.

It is undeniable that transitioning to a new country to work and live is not that easy. After all, this means you will be exposed to a completely different culture from your country and establish a brand-new lifestyle. A survey found that it takes about 6 to 9 months for a person who has moved to a foreign country to adapt to these new changes. Everybody needs to go through this difficult process when working in China, although this is different for everyone.

Thousands of foreigners come to China to teach English every year. They come from different countries and regions and have different cultural backgrounds, but they all have a common characteristic that is grit, hardiness, or resilience although they have different motives.

Having this characteristic allows them to constantly adjust themselves and overcome difficulties so that their work in this foreign land proceed smoothly and their lives become more and more comfortable. It is also this kind of courage that allowed them to become English teachers in China and to open up their own paradise in this strange land.

If you also have such qualities and courage, you will succeed in the end no matter how difficult the situation is. Teaching English in China is an opportunity to test you, why not try it? It’s possible for you to achieve your China Dream.

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