When I first started ESL in Hong Kong I didn't have any ESL qualification. I started the i-to-i Certificate after taking on students in centers. In China, if you have a little experience (which you can bluff your way into at first), then you can jump from there. That said, if you want to land an actual job as soon as you land in another Country, the ESL cert. would be helpful.I found many people...

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Okay, so you've landed in Hong Kong, started teaching and want to meet people. I started a group on here where you can do that. It's been running for a while mostly through Facebook, but also gathering English speakers from couchsurfing.org, hongkongstuff.com and geoexpat.com. Click here to find the Facebook group. The North District Social Club is around 240+ members strong on Facebook. You can see our videos in the China, Hong Kong and North...

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COMMON QUESTIONS We host events only in the North District, around the Sheung Shui / Fanling area. Including surrounding villages. The events and the group are all English language. The group is an English language group, please be sure to use English when posting on the wall. Chinese posts without some kind of translation may be removed. Feel free to link to your own events on the group page. They should be in the area...

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Quite exciting! This Sunday the 14th of February through to the Thursday I will be heading from my home in Hong Kong over to Beijing for Chinese New Year 2010. I will be going to with my wife (she is HK Chinese) and her family. I have a book about Beijing, it's all in Chinese, I can see the pictures, read very little, but my wife can tell me more and choose places - so...

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