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Disney Englishs' Application process was simple all I had to was send in my CV and have a phone interview. The disney representative was friendly and it was easy to ask her questions.She sent me a document,which clear and easy to read. The only concern I had was about the month floating period,which was mention in the recruitment pack.She assured me that because they only have one center in Hangzhou I wouldn't be floating from...

Two years in China

So I’ve been teaching in Yonji, Shanxi for two years now. I teach classes of 60 students 17-18 years old. It’s been difficult as they don’t have a lot of motivation to learn English. Mainly because they feel they never leave china and many of believe that they will not be making it university. Also Chinese students prefer learning by translation rather than listening and speaking. Also they make demands for me to teach them...

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Hi siobhant! I just spotted your getting ready to work for Disney English and I've just watched a video on it -

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It'll be a new challenge compared to a class of 60 17yr olds J best of luck!

Hi thanks for the add! I'd really appreciate any input you could give....

http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/skyeboi/posts/1191-august-internship

Thanks

Shaun

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