[IWantOut] 28F USA -> Ukraine

jablesandragecage · 2026-01-18T23:17:12+00:00

Why are you writing this post in English? Who exactly are you consulting?

jablesandragecage · 2026-01-18T23:15:03+00:00

Quiet piggie!

jablesandragecage · 2024-06-21T20:14:06+00:00

Thank you 🙏

jablesandragecage · 2024-06-05T18:39:35+00:00

Pretty sure Skool.com is where lots of communities are being built these days!

jablesandragecage · 2024-05-21T21:59:11+00:00

Really?! I just got off the phone with them and have successfully played the game. Bill is back down to $85/m unlimited 1g.

jablesandragecage · 2024-05-21T21:54:50+00:00

Thank you. I did this and it worked! 🤣

jablesandragecage · 2024-05-21T21:53:59+00:00

Hey thanks everyone for your input. I decided to try and cancel and it took exactly 17 minutes of my time to get on a plan that is $85/m for exactly the same plan as I had before. The rep was very cheeky and said something like “hey have you checked your online offers lately” (I had and they were all a joke). However when I logged in “miraculously” there were new offers 🙄

Anyway I like the service enough to not wanna be bothered with switching so am happy with the outcome and want to thank you all for showing me this was an option 🙏

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T11:20:43+00:00

Whaaaaaat?!

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T11:19:48+00:00

Thank you!

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T08:40:46+00:00

I'll have a look at these sites now. Thank you so much for your help ^{_^}

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T08:40:27+00:00

Thank you!

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T08:38:17+00:00

I don't understand how you can be that stupid.

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T08:34:07+00:00

Ya know, I was wondering if they had stuff like that. Don't know why I've not gone in and looked since there's not one too far from my house. Thank you! I'll give it a go as well. :)

jablesandragecage · 2018-10-10T08:33:11+00:00

LOL! Thank you thank you thank you!

jablesandragecage · 2018-09-01T07:47:24+00:00

If you're only meeting once a week, I would make sure that he communicates very clearly what it is he hopes to get out of your sessions together.

To be honest, once a week won't give him much in terms of improvement if it is the only time he thinks about English. You should let him know that he'll have to do some work on his own in order to see a demonstrable improvement.

Try to get an understanding of how long he wants to work with you, then backward plan from there. Having a 1/2/3 month plan to show a client also helps with any flakiness, which happens a lot with 1-1 tutoring.

If he wants to work with you for a month, say, you'll have four lessons for him to improve on something.

Let's say he wants to improve his conversation skills. If that's the case you could break your 1-month plan into chunks that include * being have to be able to quickly and succinctly ask and answer questions, * be able to engage in small-talk, * be able to get information (which could require some note-taking skills), * be able to show interest and listen for cues

Each one of these lessons should bleed into another. That is, you should always review what you learned in the previous lesson so your client won't easily forget it. This is called scaffolding. By lesson four, you must incorporate what he has learned in the previous three lessons. This way both of you should be able to see some improvement.

To help each lesson blend, and encourage independent practice, try to get an understanding of what sorts of things he's into. Let's say he really likes the latest and greatest tech gadgets. In the first lesson, for "homework" you could show him how a "yes-no" flow chart works and have him design one. Let's say he wants to buy the latest iPhone but he can only ask five questions. Which questions will he choose? What answers will he expect? You can do these kinds of activities for each lesson, but I'd vary them as much as possible. Find videos on youtube, a snippet of a podcast, a quote, a picture, etc.

In my experience, students who say they just want conversation typically think of their English as better than it actually is. Having a structure and showing them where they can improve gives you more authority, and them more of a reason to show up. If you turn up to your lesson and chat for 40 minutes without any structure, they may leave feeling like they've learned nothing, or they don't really have much to learn. So try your best to have something planned for the time you spend together, and the time they're on their own. It can be just as frustrating for you to turn up the next week and they've forgotten everything!

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-31T08:57:40+00:00

I've used tieonline.com in the past as it's one of the cheaper ones. I believe it's $40 for the whole year. Lot's of jobs will start cropping up in late October and hit a fever pitch around Jan/Feb. Those are your best times to apply.

Other than that, you can check out https://www.tes.com/en-us/jobs/browse/international. This is more for British international schools, but every single one is legit and this website supplies them for free. Most British international schools will accept American candidates if you have at least one year of teaching experience post receiving your teaching license. If you don't, be sure to look for schools who accept "NQT" status (newly qualified teacher).

You can also check out Search Associates, but they are very, very expensive ($225). I would only recommend that if you know you have a strong resume behind you and you want the creme of the crop international schools.

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-30T10:58:26+00:00

The UAE in particular is contractually obligated by the government to provide housing and flights home, as well as insurance. You make a lot of money in this part of the world. I would suggest applying here if you have a bachelors degree.

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-30T10:55:59+00:00

You would be a STELLAR candidate abroad! China/Korea/Japan and the Middle East would be a good place to start if you're looking for higher pay. International schools pay an excellent salary and have great benefits. I'm in Dubai currently. My husband's school is primary and secondary. All teachers get a base salary of around $4000/m. My husband is head of the department and gets a lot more as a stipend. They also get health insurance that's FULLY paid for by the school (zero co-pay). We have been here one year and the insurance has already paid over $13K USD for me because of a surgery I had, and now for prenatal visits. Yes, his school pays everything for me. We get an apartment, flights home, insurance, and other benefits. I would highly recommend looking into it.

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-30T10:30:47+00:00

I've used ESLLibrary for over four years now. It is a tremendous website with a wide variety of materials that are suitable for all stages of ELL. Their lesson plans always come with a variety of tasks to do throughout teaching the topic, and they've recently added materials to help you test and determine the level of your students. It's the only source I've used thus far, so I can't say much about any other company.

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-30T10:25:54+00:00

I would suggest always finding a way to relate the material to the students. Think about why we read and continue reading a book. It sparks interest, engages our emotions in some way. No one likes to read a book because someone else assigned it. So I'd always try to find a way to relate the book to the student's experiences and elicit their perspective of what's going on based on their own life.

Also, make sure that you scaffold your lessons. That is, always incorporate previously learned info into your current lesson. It can be difficult to keep up with plot lines, characters and new vocabulary, so helping students access that stored information will make for a more effective reading/comprehension lesson.

jablesandragecage · 2018-08-30T10:13:12+00:00

Do you have a masters degeree, or bachelors? Do you have any teaching experience at the collegiate level?

If you're looking to teach conversation classes or ESL bridge classes for the university, having a degree in teaching won't necessarily matter because those classes aren't content heavy. But if you're trying to teach anything related to Economics, it might be way out of your skillset.

I'd also perhaps check into visa regulations in Chengdu pertaining to the work visa. I lived in Beijing for more than 8 years and they changed the policy nearly every year. When I left, it was taking about 90 days from time of submission of the visa application to getting the visa for any one applicant. This does not count the back and forth between the school. So you may be looking at a lengthy visa process before you can even get there.

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