schweitzer_n's Blog


Hong Kong job opportunities

Hi, Can anyone please advise or help me in the right direction for getting a job in Hong Kong? I am currently looking for teaching jobs in Hong Kong as that is the place I would really like to live and work. Any advice would be great or even any contacts. Many thanks, Nadine
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Language learning

I find it really amazing how children are able to pick up new words everyday. I live at home with 3 foster kids. They are young in age the youngest being 3. She is able to talk and attends nursery. What I found amazing right now is how she spoke about her day.  She said that she was number 3 today and her friend Angel was number 1. What was even more interesting was when...
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Mission accomplished! 140 hours completed

I am really over the moon to have completed my course. It was super intensive and challenging in some areas. Very proud to have this qualification now and see where the next part of my journey takes me. The world is my oyster. It has definitely given me a few tips and ideas and I hope to be able to try them.    Ideally wanting to go to Hong Kong to teach...will see what happens...
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Teaching large classes

I need help on the last question. Q7 please. I am unsure how to go about it. Many thanks,
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Checkpoints all completed

Oh I am feeling so happy right now. I have managed to complete the 5 checkpoints. I cannot believe it. I only just handed in check point 5 and after 20 min I get an email to say it has been marked. There comes the dreaded feeling of thinking I have not passed it.    I managed to fail checkpoint 4 2x before passing and with a fluke and too much over thinking and reading...
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Checkpoint 5 Help

I am stuck on question 9 and 11 on check point 5. Can someone please help me? I need some pointers or direction in how to go about them. Many thanks.
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Job hunting

Going to Hong Kong in a month's time. Does anyone have any tips for how I can get  a position in the school while I am there visiting during my holiday?  Hoping to look and around and see what I can do to get any interviews or job opportunites out there :). I absolutely love Hong Kong and would love to gain some experience of working and living there.
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Getting a TEFL job

Can someone tell me how they applied for jobs in HK please?  Or anywhere else in Asia :). Do I need to start looking now or later? How does this all work. Still working my way through the course...slowly but surely. 
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TEFL feedback

Although I am feeling pretty run down at the moment and got a cold I had handed in my first check point assignment and I am so glad to have passed. The feedback from the tutors are very well detailed. I wish I had known that you could use the same seating arrangements more than once for one of the questions. I think this should definitely be stated. Secondly the feeback they give you is...
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OMG this is hard

Ok so I have spent my whole weekend being good and actually studied.  I have finally handed in my grammar assignment yay :). I have not got a response back so I am feeling super nervous :(. I really hope I don't fail it. How long does it take for a tutor to mark it? Who is my tutor?  So now that is out of the way I am focusing on my check points! OMG...
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