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Teacher Guest Post: The End of the School Year & Rediscovering A Love For My New City

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: It seems like an obvious thing to say, but the longer you spend in a new country, the less it starts to feel new or exciting. During exam season, this is especially true. For the last few weeks, I have done nothing but prepare my students for tests, conducted the tests and then marked said [...]

Teacher Guest Post: Four Things I Learned Teaching in China

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: Teaching in China is a very much a 2 way learning experience. While students improve their English, teachers have the chance to learn all about Chinese culture, language and work ethic. Our resident Shenzhen blogger, Zoe, shares 4 of her most useful tips learned while teaching in China. July is an interesting month of change and reflection. [...]

Guest Post: A Day Trip to Hong Kong, from Shenzhen

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: Hong Kong is a fascinating and unique part of China. A former colony of the British empire with a rich and traditional Southern Chinese history and culture, has made Hong Kong a fascinating fusion of East and West, and a must see destination for those living across China. It's easily accessible, with cheap flights from [...]

Teacher Guest Blog: Western Foodie in Shenzhen

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: China is famous for having some of the world's most delicious and diverse range of cuisines. However, after eating this day in, day out, there's always an abundance of non-Chinese eating options available to teachers and expats looking for a little home comfort! This week our resident blogger, Zoe, fills us in on the best [...]

Teacher Guest Post: When Typhoons Bring More Than Just Bad Weather: Culture Shock in Focus

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: China is exciting, exhilarating and ever changing, but with all of this comes a unique set of challenges. This week Opportunity China's Shenzhen Blogger, Zoe Brent, shares an insight into dealing with a typhoon and the magnification of culture shock that this brought on. This week, I may as well be posting from under the sea. Shenzhen [...]

Teacher Guest Post: Help! I don’t speak Chinese!

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: This week Opportunity China's Shenzhen Blogger, Zoe Brent, discusses the challenges that come with living and working in a country with such a diverse and challenging language(s). Zoe shares her top tips on how maximise your language learning capacity whilst in China.  I will put you under no illusion - Mandarin Chinese is one of the most difficult [...]

Guest Teacher Blog: A Weekend in Shenzhen

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: We're delighted to introduce our new resident blogger in Shenzhen, Zoe Brent. Zoe completed an undergraduate degree in Global Politics at the University of Winchester, followed by a Master's in TESOL at the University of Southampton (UK). Since February 2018 she's been teaching for Xingwei Primary School in Bao'an, Shenzhen, as part of the Teach [...]

Guide to Insurance for teachers and expats in China

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: Anyone who has lived and worked in China will tell you that daily life can be a roller-coaster of excitement, dynamism, hilarity and chaos. With that in mind, it’s important to remember to expect the unexpected on a daily basis, and be prepared for any emergencies that might arise. Holding medical/ travel insurance is an absolute [...]

Teacher Guest Post: Walks in China, favourite places and the joy of teaching

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: We make our final visit to our Resident Blogger Francesca  in Fuzhou. In her final blog Francesca lets us know about some of her favourite walks in Fuzhou and the eternal joys and ups and downs of teaching in China! I downloaded a new app this week that claims to pay you for meeting a certain [...]

Teacher Guest Post: Budgeting & Weekend City Breaks as a Teacher in China

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Salary: / Start Date: / Student Age: / Type of Job: I would be lying if I said the number one reason I decided to become a middle school teacher in Hangzhou, China, was a burning desire to work with children as they navigate through the most difficult hormonal changes of their lives. Of course teaching is a fantastic profession that allows you to create truly [...]