Aipusen English Training Institute
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Aipusen
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Author: Ross <rrrrossb(at)yahoo.com>
Aipusen, formally called 'Options' was an OK organization to work for when I was there 5 years ago.
Ideally, it is a good school for new teachers, but certainly is not for most teachers with valid certification or experience.
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Publish Date: 2004-2-22
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1077513788-60371.txt |
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Aipusen English Training Institute
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Working for Aipusen ETI in Guangzhou for 4 years!!
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Author: Aaron <the_fuman(at)hotmail.com>
I thought I could shed some light on some of my experiences working with Aipusen as well as my experiences working with companies in Asia over the past 6 years.
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Publish Date: 2004-2-16
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1076974061-10759.txt |
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Aipusen English Training Institute
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Key Words: Contract, Accmodation
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Stay away from Aipusen in Guangzhou
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Author: A teacher who knows better
Aipusen pushes you to the point where you no longer want to work for the company, and end up quitting, a move that is definitly done to make sure they make money on you, and not pay you the money you are owed. It has also been reported resently that Aipusen has blatantly broken contract, by not accepting 30 days notice of resignation
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Publish Date: 2004-1-12
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1073882348-39934.txt |
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AK-PRO Shenzhen
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Visa
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Guangdong Shenzhen
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Title: AK-PRO shenzhen/Gansu China
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Author: BGHTY
Do not work for this school. They will offer you big wages but you will be working illegally on a tourist visa or an F visa and later when you come to either leave China or move to another school you will face a big fine. They will try to avoid giving you a contract and be late paying wages. The wages may also reduce for an unknown reason. This is a crooked outfit and should be put out of business.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=1733 |
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Bluesky Foreign language Training School
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Key Words: Salary, Wages, Accommodation, Work Visa
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Guangdong Guangzhou, Panyu District
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Title: Bluesky Foreign language Training School
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Author: Gary
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I was told from the word "go" that this was a good school, but the clouds soon came in and turned it to a very dark gray. Pretty much the same as most of the other complaint on this site. Accommodation, visa, pay and so on ¡¡
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Publish Date: 2005-4-24
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article344.htm |
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Bond Institute
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Key Words: Contract
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Guangdong Zhongshan
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Title: Avoid Bond Institute, Zhongshan, Guangdong
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Author: genshorten(at)yahoo.co.uk
I advise everybody to boycott Bond Institute. Everything negative you read about Bond IS true and it's probably much worse!
I am going on as many websites as I can find to tell people not to work for them.
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Publish Date: 2005-9-8
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article386.htm |
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Bond Institute
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Key Words: Visa
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Guangdong Zhongshan
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Title: Zhongshan; Bond Institute
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Author: Jean
I¡äve been hearing some really bad things about ¡äProfessor¡ä John Chang at the Bond Institute. I asked about a ¡äz¡ä visa and gave me some rubbish about it, saying that most teachers come over with another visa and then they convert it for you. Has anyone got anything good to say about it?
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/webboard_detail.php?topic_id=1148 |
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Bond Language Institute, Open Learning English School
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Guangdong Zhongshan
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Title: Language schools¡BAD NEWS
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Author: Tim Grieves <canduyaman(at)hotmail.com>
They care little for the person; and more for themselves. If you have nerves of steal, and , are easily immune to bureaucratic mind-changing, and impossible demands on
your schedule, who knows¡.you might enjoy them. Their one and only concern is their pocketbook.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-9
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1073651980-587.txt |
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Bond Language school
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Key Words: Other
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Guangdong Zhongshan, Shunde, Shenzhen
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Title: Bad and Good experiences in China
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Author: <house_disco2003(at)hotmail.com>
When I first came to China I ended up in Zhongshan city in Guangdong and I worked for Bond Language school. That was a mistake they are terrible people. After that I was seriously thinking about leaving and going home back to Canada.
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Publish Date: 2004-6-15
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1087295727-95420.txt |
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Canadian American School (CAS)
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Guangdong Zhaoqing
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Title: Little Cities can offer more
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Author: Gerard Denaro <g_denaro(at)hotmail.com>
The apartments are a little small but we have TV with English channels and computers with internet
access. The salary and conditions are adequate, although
having students from wealthy families does make teaching
a challenge at times. Having had classes of 60 in a government school however, we have been pleased have class sizes of 20 or less.
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Publish Date: 2004-3-31
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1080792747-79806.txt |
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Canadian International Children's English School
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Key Words: Work Visa, Accommodation, Insurance
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Canadian International Children's English School
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Author: John
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No overtime pay, no holidays (we had to work equivalent-to-the-minute overtime in advance just to get days off during national holidays, despite what our useless contracts said), non-existent teaching materials, ridiculous course books which they develop themselves--AJ barely being able to read--and endless excuses to withhold pay.
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Publish Date: 2005-5-11
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article350.htm |
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Capital Language School
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Key Words: Wages, Salary
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Guangdong Zhongshan
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Title: Capital Language School, Zhongshan, Guangdong-Flora Xu & Damon
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Author: Chunping Alex Wu <chunpingwu2001(at)yahoo.com>
In less than a month, they told me that they prefer "White", and since my English was good enough for them, they would only pay me to the highest scale no more than RMB 3000 that a Chinese teacher would get, and they would like me to do some administrative work also, to which I refused. At the end, they paid me only a little more than 1000 for the hours I had taught at little more than 46.00 per period. Nothing for the overseas and domestic traveling expenses. I didn't have any place to go for all these unfair treatment.
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Publish Date: 2005-1-14
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| Source: http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/review/index.pl?read=3943 |
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Dongguan Polytechnic University
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Guangdong Dongguan
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Title: Dong Guan Summer Camp Polytechnic University
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Author: Arielle Gabriel <ariellegabriel(at)lycos.com>
I feel I did not show enough appreciation for the great times I had in China, though there were certainly rough passages, the good people in China and their incredible attention to detail and helpfulness of me as a single person - I was becoming ill with a woman's health problem and had to come home to Canada - inspire me now to let those people know a big Thank You.
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Publish Date: 2005-1-24
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1106618086-47309.txt |
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English First Zhuhai (EF Zhuhai)
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Accommodation
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: 3 ESL teachers left the same day
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Author: ZHUHAI
I taught at EF ZHUHAI for a few terrible months and I recommend that you go nowhere near it - ever!
When I was there they were in grave financial difficulties and were cost cutting all over the place. By "cost-cutting" I mean that they stopped providing us with adequate photocopying budgets, teaching resources, markers, etc. I left because they could no longer honour the accommodation clause in my contract. It was an absolute joke. Three teachers out of five left on the same day and the two remaining were only there because they couldn¡ät afford to leave. I¡äm an experienced school English teacher and I¡äve never seen an unhappier staffroom in my life.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=1802 |
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English Me Shenzhen, Language Me Shenzhen
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Key Words: Wages, Salary
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Guangdong Shenzhen
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Title: BeCAREFULL¡EnglishMe in Shenzhen
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Author: arodeorowdy
This agency will rip you off once you do anything at all that they didn't they didn't give you the okay to do.
They owe a girl, a Russian friend of mine 2,000 (two thousand!) kuai and they refuse to pay her. She worked for them for a short time, WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AND took a job with the school they sent her to, but she WAS NOT under contract with English Me.
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Publish Date: 2005-3-12
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=21738 |
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FOSHAN EXPERIMENTAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Guangdong Foshan
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Title: BEWARE OF FOSHAN EXPERIMENTAL PRIMARY SCHOOL. FELLOW ESL TEACHERS¡
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Author: darren <darrenmail(at)hotmail.com>
I worked there for 12 months and at first it seemed like an OK place to work..but as time went on things gradually started to turn for the worst.
Here are some reason [not all] why I advise you not to work for them:-
They did not provide the Legal Z visa as promised in the contract.
They did not provide teaching materials as promised in the contract.
They did not give me any money for flights.
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Publish Date: 2005-6-30
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article376.htm |
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Fountain School Zhuhai
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Key Words: Contract
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Fountain School
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Author: <boycottfountainschool(at)yahoo.com>
The teachers were constantly hounded, often underpaid, and the contract, if it was adhered to at all, was used against us rather than for us.
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Publish Date: 2005-1-19
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| Source: http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/review/index.pl?read=3950 |
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Fountain School Zhuhai
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Key Words: Contract
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Fountain School Zhuhai- NO ! NO ! And NO ! Again .
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Author: DeepyD
Since February 2004 out of a total of 18teachers , 16 have resigned , been fired , or done a midnight runner . I¡äm one of the two who made it to the end of their contract.In the time I was there , the school consistently twisted and interpreted the contract ( ha ! Burst of mirthless, ironic laughter there at the use of the " c " word ) to their benefit and frequently added/changed clauses.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=2526 |
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Fountain School Zhuhai
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Workload
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: BEWARE OF FOUNTAIN SCHOOL IN ZHUHAI!!
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Author: Jack Russell <Lied2teacher(at)yahoo.com>
Stay away from FOUNTAIN SCHOOL in Zhuhai, this is one of the worse schools in the city. I know that since July 2004 till January 2005, 16 teachers and 1 principal were either fired or forced to resign. I¡äm aware that teachers also had problems with their wages, EVERY MONTH! The teachers were treated like factory workers and not like professionals, they were constantly threatened and intimidated by the boss/owner.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=2484 |
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Fountain School Zhuhai
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Contract
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Avoid Fountain School in Zhuhai
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Author: Heavily Disgruntled
Fountain School in Zhuhai should be avoided at all costs. Since November - in a little over two months - the principle and the DoS have purged the school of all its teachers - each one experienced, qualified, and professional. During this time, the school has constantly tried to hold money back from teachers, and has used every opportunity to use the contract against them.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=2474 |
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Guangdong University of Technology
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Guangdong University of Technology
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Author: Michael
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My experience was by and large a good one. The school never asked me to teach more than 16 hours a week without additional compensation. The classes weren't too big either, usually under 45 students.
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Publish Date: 2005-5-11
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article356.htm |
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New Oriental School
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Workload
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: New Oriental School in Guangzhou
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Author: Paul F. Grenkow <paulgrenkow(at)hotmail.com>
I have read of another's very favorable experience at New Oriental School in Guangzhou. Well, the reality is different. It's not at all good. In fact, it's terrible. It's a slob school run by low level goof balls.
Pay is terrible, hours are terrible, administration is even more terrible and, frankly, it stinks.
You need to be careful because they constantly change the work hours and the salary terms without warning. Just my 2 cents.
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Publish Date: 2004-8-28
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1093687943-51440.txt |
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Oriental English College
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: O.E.C. is B.A.D. in Nanhu/ GZ.
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Author: Simon <grg02lau(at)hotmail.com>
1.20,000 RMB per month tuition.
2.Food cooked in an outdoor kitchen.
3.They claim "Total English Environment Created" when they actually teach "Chinklish"
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Publish Date: 2004-6-1
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1086156763-66928.txt |
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Oriental English College
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: OEC GZ wants students with $$ and no sinse
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Author: G. Lauderdale <grg02lau(at)hotmail.com>
I am an american who taught at Oriental English College for 1 semister. Students were allowed to smoke in class as well as use alcohol. I m was awakened late one night to a female screaming. When I got up to see what was going on, I found all of the school administrators in the girls apartment. The word was the 18 year old girl had gotten drunk and was assualted by a fellow male student. The food was so bad that most of the time, I ate out. I'm not a disgruntled employee as I was assigned to teach the beginner students as well as the most advanced. I urge all parents to avoid this place at all cost.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-29
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1075388033-29013.txt |
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Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School
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Key Words: Contract
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Guangdong Shenzhen
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Title: Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School
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Author: Sarah Jones-Rhys <incognitowoman2002(at)yahoo.co.uk>
My contract stated no weekend work but¡weekend work was expected and arranged and this caused some emotional upset - no overtime payment for that work. My contract said teach 16 periods but the leaders scheduled 18 with no extra pay. Nothing about office hours in the contract but you'll be bullied into ridiculously long office hours - like before 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for a pittance of a pay.
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Publish Date: 2004-10-4
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1096935634-39819.txt |
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Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School
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Key Words: Contract, Airfare
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Guangdong Shenzhen
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Title: Cheated by Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School
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Author: susan
My experience at Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School (Guangdong Province) breached our contract in a number of ways without any valid reasons. In particular, the ¡äGang of Four¡ä (the headmaster, Education consultant Ms Chan, Dean of Foreigners Zhou, and the accountant) very confrontationally told me they would not pay my flight money nor reimburse it. I can¡ät understand why, I honoured my side of the contract and thought I had good relationships with everybody.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-1
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| Source: http://www.englishschoolwatch.org/notebook_detail.php?topic_id=2065 |
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Shu Tong Longman English Training Center
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Key Words: Contract
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Cheated and fooled
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Author: Franco
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My first experience teaching oral English here in China was so misleading that it almost made me give up wanting to teach (and I have taught for many years in the U.S.A.). I am not writing this as a disgruntled "ex-employee", but as WARNING to other foreign teachers to be careful who they work for.
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Publish Date: 2005-8-31
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| Source: http://www.abroadchina.org/html/cache=article385.htm |
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Talent English Club
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Visa, Contract
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Talent English Club - Xipu Village - Zhuhai GD
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Author: Chris Flynn <chris_flynn(at)hotmail.com>
It's the same old story; promises of a Z visa, a contract, high salary, furnished accommodation and so on, but in the end it was all just one big lie after another.
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Publish Date: 2004-10-26
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1098849220-91279.txt |
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TPR Zhuhai
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: response to tpr on the line
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Author: Kristina Ringo <hesterprynne68(at)hotmail.com>
TPR is by no means perfect. It has many flaws. But it also has many dedicated teachers who offer a world of help to newcomers who are interested enough to take the help. However, we do not see "help" as supplying a disinterested teacher with last-minute filler activities in lieu of a lesson plan or even a passing interest or affection for the children.
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Publish Date: 2004-10-2
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1096649269-33437.txt |
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TPR Zhuhai
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Reply to TPR comments
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Author: Stack
I was with TPR for almost 7 months. I still feel that TPR could be one of the great schools of southern China. Sure I had my issues with TPR just as people have problems with any type of employer in the West.
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Publish Date: 2004-9-19
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1095595569-41732.txt |
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TPR Zhuhai, GLV, Fountain School Zhuhai
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Key Words: Tips, Advices
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: Shenzhen and Zhuhai
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Author: John <ehomey(at)yahoo.com>
Teaching is an art and business, not a science.
TPR in Zhuhai has many points. Education doesn't matter. But, it is very organized.
GLV and Fountain are better in Zhuhai. The pay is a bit less, the work a bit more, but the management is ethical and proactive.
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Publish Date: 2004-11-5
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1099665915-54619.txt |
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Walton Foreign Language School
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Walton Language School
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Author: Kim Anne <kimanne(at)libero.it>
I have worked there for only 6 months and decided to share my opinion with you all, in the most honest of ways.
I personally never had big problems with the bosses.
Payments were always on schedule and so were any other basic necessities such as place to live and visa issues.
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Publish Date: 2004-9-29
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1096464218-7902.txt |
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Walton Foreign Languages Centre
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Key Words: Wages, Salary, Workload
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Guangdong Guangzhou
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Title: Warning- Walton School, Guangdong
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Author: Nicki <avgkid(at)hotmail.com>
-although your contract specifies that you only have to work 20 hrs per week, you will be scheduled for more without prior notice.
-although your contract states that you will be paid overtime for working more than 20 hrs per week, the boss will do and say anything to avoid paying you.
-you will receive a lower salary for the first month 'for training' but you will receive no training and very little direction.
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Publish Date: 2004-8-5
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1091697974-89596.txt |
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Xingpeng Chinese English School
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Key Words: Visa
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Guangdong Yangjiang
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Title: Xing Peng, Yang Jiang
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Author: Dawid & Joanna <beriskorf(at)interia.pl>
Our Chinese visas issued in Hong Kong, which we believed to be three-month, were long expired ¨C Peter obtained only five-day ones to Shen Zhen Special Economic Zone, not to the mainland China (!). We can only believe that it must have been partially because of the new Chinese foreign policy and thanks to the school¡¯s president that finally we were not fined. But it turned out that there is no possibility for us to stay in China any longer ¨C we had to leave immediately. Thankfully the president eventually managed to obtain visas prolongation and we were given another two weeks to prepare to leave China. Our days in Yang Jiang were over.
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Publish Date: 2004-1-13
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1074027345-88216.txt |
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Zhuhai Polytechnic College
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Guangdong Zhuhai
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Title: wonderful place: Zhuhai
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Author: G John Murphy
The Zhuhai Polytechnic College is probably the best place I have ever taught in. The conditions are great and the salary is high. They have a large swimming pool and six tennis courts, and of course basketball courts and soccer pitches. I enjoyed teaching there since the conditions were fine and modern and the students cooperative and friendly.
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Publish Date: 2004-7-5
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| Source: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1089081698-884.txt |
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