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Do you qualify to teach in China
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The following is provided for the purpose of Self Assessment

DO YOU QUALIFY TO TEACH ENGLISH IN CHINA Beijing Education Review Committee
TEACHER EVALUATION TEST

Minimum: 100 points required

Value

Points

Ethnic Origin

English 5 (Australia, British Isles, Canada, New Zealand & United States)

30

 

Mother tongue

20

 

Native Speaker

10

 

1st Degree*

Arts

30

 

Business

35

 

Education

35

 

Science

35

 

Sociology

30

 

Honours

5

 

Post Graduate:

Arts

5

 

Business

10

 

Computer

15

 

Education

10

 

Sciences

5

 

Doctorate:

Juris etc

20

 

Ph.D

15

 

TESOL, TESL, CELTA Certificate*

Basic

30

 

Advanced

35

 

Instructor

40

 

Teaching Qualification:

General Certificate

10

 

Kindergarten/Infants

5

 

Elementary

10

 

Secondary

15

 

Sciences

20

 

University Appointed Positions

 Lecturer

20

 

 ASPRO, PROF, DEAN etc

30

 
 

Teaching Experience:   [Points per year of service]

TEFL

   Certified Teacher

Yrs x 1pt

 

Accredited Technical Instructor

Yrs x 1pt

 

   University Faculty Lecturer

Yrs x 3pt

 

TESL

     China

[With Letter of Recommendation]  

Yrs x 5pt

 

[Without Letter of Recommendation]

Yrs x 2pt

 

    Asia

[With Letter of Recommendation]

Yrs x 3pt

 

     Elsewhere

[With Letter of Recommendation]

Yrs x 1pt

 

Community Assistance Programs

3 Yrs x 1pt

 

Professional Qualifications [Diploma]

Business Administration [or Verifiable Senior Corporate Management Positions]

10

 

Computer IT/Programming

10

 

Accountancy/ Legal Practice

10

 

Medical Sciences

10

 

Agrisciences

10

 

Industrial Sciences

10

 

Other

5

 

Gender:

Male

5

 

Female

10

 

Age:

20 - 25

5

 

26 – 35

10

 

36 - 45

8

 

45 - 60

5

 

Nationality:

Australia / New Zealand

5

 

British Isles [Including Ireland]

8

 

North American [Canada & USA]

10

 

Other European

3

 
 

TOTAL SCORE

 

How to evaluate your points score

You may qualify to be appointed to a position as Teacher of English with a CentralGovernment Approved Education Institution in China according to the following table. Please note, all appointments are subject to vacancies.

Sorry, but you do not qualify as an English teacher in China.

-85pts

Very limited number of positions exists in a few schools**.

86pts+

Elementary/ Junior Secondary/ Vocational College teacher.

100pts+

Senior Secondary/ Tertiary College teacher.

120Pts+

University teacher / tutor.

150Pts+

University Lecturer.

200Pts+

The points allocated do not reflect the applicants attributes or credentials, only employer institutions' preferences. China is an equal opportunity employer.


REFERENCE NOTES:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC. State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Department of Cultural and Educational Experts Affairs [SAFEA] Regulations state:

""An ordinary foreign teacher of language shall have earned a bachelor or higher degree1 and professional training on language teaching as well as some amount of language teaching experience.""

ACADEMIC (requirements):

    1. Your university degree can be any subject or Internationally Recognized Certificate or Diploma in Education, Business, Management or related fields that are considered acceptable substitutes for a university degree.

    2. TESOL, CELTA or similar Training Certificate [preferred, but not essential]

    3. Previous experience in teaching ESL or EFL, a great asset, and may substitute for TESOL/CELTA Certificate.

LANGUAGE (Defined):

English Five

English Five, means nationals from British Isles, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or United States who speak clear and clean English, whether British or American, with good enunciation and diction that is not unduly influenced by the vernacular, colloquial and other parochial nuances.

Mother Tongue

Mother tongue, by definition, means that the person was raised in a family whose only first language is English.

Native Speakers

Nationals from former British possessions in Africa and Asia, and other countries that have adopted English as their official language do not necessarily qualify as English Teachers.  Although the official language of a country may be English, most often at family level local languages and dialect are spoken as Mother Tongue and this impacts heavily on the spoken English.

Nationals from European countries, other than the British Isles, may be suitable if they can clearly demonstrate spoken English with very minimum of accent, this normally applies to persons who were born or raised from an early age in an "English Five" country.

Other Comments:

Over 90% of all English teachers in China are required to teach "Oral, Spoken or Conversational English", which requires the teacher have a strong conviction to teach, excellent communication skills, sound understanding of English grammar and idioms, rich personality, and very good sense of humor. Being somewhat philosophical also helps.

Please understand that China has one of the highest per capita literacy rates in the world and that English is a compulsory subject in nearly all schools. Teachers coming to China will find their students at secondary and university levels well versed in English grammar and possessing excellent writing skills, often superior, age for age, with western societies.

Foreign Teachers do not need to know or understand Chinese, but they certainly should have a thorough knowledge of their mother tongue.

*  If you have extensive experience in one of the sciences, commerce or industry and can provide verifiable support documentation, and have had experience as an instructor, your application may be considered under the Appointment of Foreign Experts provisions of the regulations.

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(c) 2004 China Tesol Teacher Registry, Beijing China

 

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