| If you are considering a move to Taiwan to teach | | | | in the evening, of which one kind is English class. If |
| English, then the good news is that there are a lot of | | | | you are looking online or on any job boards for work |
| schools and positions that are available all year round. | | | | in Taiwan, you will notice that 99% of the positions |
| This makes finding work as an ESL teacher in Taiwan | | | | advertised are for teaching children in cram schools. |
| fairly easy, but it isn't until you look a little closer do | | | | So what is work in a cram school like? If teaching |
| things not look so simple. Teaching English in Taiwan | | | | children isn't your thing, then you would be best to |
| is a great way to explore Taiwan and earn a living at | | | | strongly avoid teaching English in Taiwan. Most classes |
| the same time, but what kind of classes or students | | | | have anywhere from 10 to 30 students, with the |
| will you teach? Japan, Korea and China have a wide | | | | majority of classes consisting of around 20 or so |
| number of private schools, colleges and universities | | | | children. Classes run for usually two hours and cover |
| that hire teachers, so getting working teaching adults, | | | | fairly basic English usage. Most cram schools will want |
| teenagers or children is easy to do. This isn't the case | | | | you to be lively and enthusiastic to keep the children |
| for Taiwan where there is one primary employer of | | | | entertained. A key point here is that cram schools |
| foreign teachers, private schools. The main employers | | | | are more interested in keeping children happy than |
| in the ESL industry in Taiwan are cram schools or | | | | helping them improve their English. Since cram schools |
| more specifically cram schools for children. | | | | are a business, their primary focus is on making |
| The bulk of the learning English market in Taiwan | | | | money. You don't have to be extremely educated or |
| consists of children aged 6 - 12 years of age. Most | | | | talented to teach in a cram school, just make sure |
| other Asian countries have students of all ages | | | | the children love you and you'll most likely never be |
| wanting to learn English, but this isn't true for Taiwan. | | | | without a job. |
| Because the market in Taiwan is made up primarily of | | | | Teaching in a cram school might not be everyone's |
| children, this means that most places advertising for | | | | idea of fun, but that truth is most ESL jobs in Taiwan |
| teachers are cram schools that have classes for | | | | are in the children's market. If you enjoy children or |
| children. Parents are obsessed with trying to give | | | | would like a change, then teaching children could be |
| their children an edge and one perceived way of | | | | right for you. Many people believe that teaching |
| doing this is by sending them to English classes. Most | | | | English to children offers more job satisfaction than |
| children finish their day at public school around 3 or | | | | anything else in the world. The same might be true |
| 4pm and then find their way to some kind of classes | | | | for you also. |