Employment prospects for teachers of Chinese as a foreign language

It is still very good to work part-time as a teacher of Chinese as a foreign language, but it is not recommended to work full-time.

Based on my many years of experience in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, I have the following reminders for your reference only:

First of all, the biggest problem in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language is the ability to The issue of not being able to find a job is not a matter of whether one has a certificate.

In recent years, various domestic certificate training institutions have produced tens of thousands of certified Chinese teachers. However, certificate training institutions can provide training and certification, but they cannot really solve the problem of employment. The so-called "after certification, you can recommend to a cooperative Chinese teaching platform for employment", they just package the students' resumes and send them to some Chinese teaching platforms, and the platform collects them every month. With thousands of similar resumes, the success rate of such job recommendation is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, with no real guarantee. There are also some institutions that insist on recommending students for employment only after they have passed the exam. In fact, even the current Hanban projects only say that they may require certificates in the future, and there is currently no requirement that they must hold certificates to work. The certificate is at best a bonus, not a requirement. Those institutions that repeatedly require that a certificate must be obtained before being recommended and employed are usually "delay measures" that cannot truly recommend employment. Because from registration to examination to getting the certificate, it is likely to be one or two years later. When you ask them to recommend employment, it is a question whether they will recognize it, not to mention the institution does not guarantee how long it will take after getting the certificate to recommend. . The irresponsible practices of similar training institutions have resulted in a situation where a large number of Chinese teachers have certificates but no jobs.

Secondly, certificates are not a stepping stone, real Chinese teaching ability and rich Chinese teaching experience are.

When foreigners go to Chinese teaching institutions to select Chinese teachers, they generally do not look at the certificates of the Chinese teachers. Instead, they require the teachers to give Chinese teaching trials. If they pass the trial, they will sign a contract to learn. Therefore, when real Chinese teaching institutions recruit Chinese teachers, they do not look at the certificates that candidates have, but require trial teaching. Only candidates with real Chinese teaching abilities and rich Chinese teaching experience can pass the trial and be hired. Therefore, certificates are not a stepping stone for applying for a job as a Chinese teacher; real Chinese teaching ability and rich teaching experience are. Those who say that certificates are a stepping stone to the Chinese teaching industry are all certificate training institutions.

Furthermore, the certification-oriented training method lacks the cultivation of practical teaching abilities and cannot truly meet the requirements of Chinese teaching.

The current teaching and training industry of Chinese as a foreign language is basically for the sake of certification. The vast majority of Chinese teachers participating in the training have obtained the so-called International Chinese Teacher Certificate without even teaching foreigners during the entire training. Just like a driver who gets a driver's license without ever driving, he has no theoretical level, no real practical ability and teaching experience in Chinese teaching, and is unable to meet the real requirements of Chinese teaching. A large number of short-term certified teachers cannot successfully apply for suitable positions based on their teaching abilities, and real Chinese teaching institutions cannot find outstanding teachers with high teaching abilities and rich teaching experience.

Finally, Shuobo’s “job first, then certification” service allows students to have face-to-face teaching practice with foreigners during the training process. After training, they can first find employment and participate in Chinese teaching. After having rich experience, they can After gaining experience in teaching Chinese, it will come naturally to me to conduct research again.

SUPER MANDARIN owns the well-known Chinese school SUPER MANDARIN, with more than 500 foreign students participating in Chinese learning at SUPER MANDARIN every month. Shuobo's "job first, test later" service allows students to practice face-to-face teaching with foreigners during the training process (online students can use the classin software), and after the training, they can be directly recommended to teach Chinese (not You need to wait for certification before recommending) and accumulate rich experience in Chinese teaching. Under normal circumstances, Shuobo trainees can be recommended to teach Chinese within two months from the date of participating in the training. On the basis of having Chinese teaching experience, Shuobo students can take the International Chinese Teacher Certification at the right time, just like drivers who have many years of driving experience and then take the driver's license test, it will come naturally. Chinese teachers trained by Shuobo who have rich Chinese teaching experience are very popular and well received even if they apply for jobs in other Chinese teaching institutions.