Teaching English

Teaching English in China is still one of the best experiences we’ve ever had in our lives. But these days, you don’t actually have to travel abroad in order to get a job. You may want to consider teaching English online.

10 Reasons to Teach for Shane English School in Yangzhou, China

10 Reasons to Teach for Shane English School in Yangzhou, China

We receive countless emails about how to get started Teaching English in China and how to actually find teaching jobs in China. Typically, the emails are filled with confusion, doubt, concern, and almost always include the same question: How do I know if the school I choose is legitimate? We’ve all heard the horror stories of not ...
10 Reasons to Teach for Shane English School in Yangzhou, China

Teaching English in China: It’s Exhausting!

We spent a year Teaching English in China and although our friends and family back home claimed to work more hours in a week than we worked in a month, we still maintain that our teaching jobs in China were hard work! I’ve had plenty of labour intensive jobs, from working on the oil rigs ...
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How We Saved $21,000 in One Year Teaching English in China

We’ve received numerous comments on our website and lots of emails from people asking questions about our teaching jobs in China. How were we able to live comfortably in Yangzhou, China, while saving enough money to travel after working for a year? When we say we saved $21,000 while teaching English in China, most people ...
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Teaching English In Front Of 400 People On Children’s Day

The other day I received a text message from my boss saying that I was going to have to go and do a promo at the exhibition center. Usually this involves simply handing out flyers and looking foreign… but this day was different. When I met the principal of the school outside the massive complex, ...
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Teaching English: A Day In The Life Of A Teacher In China

We’ve written about how to start teaching English in China, how to actually find teaching jobs in China (and also how to teach English online), but we haven’t actually set out what a day in the life is like! For all of you who are thinking about teaching English in China, or if you’re just ...
Why We Love Living In China

Why We Love Living In China

Deciding to put our backpacking lifestyle on hold for a year and move to China to teach English was a tough decision at first, but one that we will never regret! It was hard to say goodbye to our backpacks and hello to an apartment. However, we had been backpacking for a year and a ...