NON-NATIVE JOBS | high-income-teaching

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Can You Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher?

English teachers are always in high demand in China, with many commanding great salaries and other benefits.

But what if you're a non-native - but fluent - English speaker wanting to work in China?

Is it possible?

There are hundreds of non-native English speakers teaching in China. You can see them on WeChat, telling about their experiences and they're doing alright.

Please do read on but we'd like to reassure you now that MMA is placing hundreds of non-native English teachers with highly paid salaried jobs in China. We do NOT place them all in 1st tier cities and actually most are placed in 2nd tier cities - some in 3rd tier cities; beautiful places like; beautiful Suzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xi’an, Shenyang, Chengdu and Chongqing. Some are placed in 1st tier cities as well but mostly it's 2nd and 3rd tier.

MMA is a Swiss organization, now based in Shanghai with Chinese supervisors and staff. We have many local government contacts we use to assist our highly skilled and fluent NON-NATIVE English teachers, in finding the best openings and opportunities we can.

When you browse on Baidu or WeChat looking for job listings, you come across a huge amount of English Teaching positions in China (more than 100,000 just now). You will see the phrase "native-speaker" listed as a requirement on most of the these listings. If you're a non-native English-speaker, how can you overcome this seemingly insurmountable obstacle?

The Truth is, it's not too difficult

Before explaining; can we ask, how good is your English? Are you able to tell the difference between, say, 'their' and 'they're'? Or, 'your' and 'you're'? Are you comfortable asking for the 'bathroom,' and not the 'toilets'? Can you easily pronounce 'squirrel' or 'sixth' or 'those thistles' and not get tongue-twisted?

WE FIND TEACHING JOBS FOR NON-NATIVE YET

FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS - SEE AT PAGE BOTTOM

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Can You Play The Part of a Native English Teacher?

Do you have the determination to pretend you're not Sven from Oslo, or Giovanni from Milano, or Floribelle or Onur or whatever it is; but can you become Frank or Francine from Northern California, or Manhatton Island?

If you responded, 'Yes' to the above several questions; you have the potential to be a perfectly adequate non-native (native-)English teacher in many cities in China.

There's an annoying feeling that English training centers in China only care about the skin color of their foreign teacher; white is good, pale white is better. This is not completely true though. If your English isn't perfect but your have fair skin, you may still struggle to get a decent teaching job in China.

MMA works with and for non-native English teachers, who have a degree and some kind of TEFL certificate. It has many deep connections with local government and business contacts; which it used to secure better jobs for its registered candidates.

Don't be put off by stated 'requirements.'

You may not be a native-speaker and there's no need to say so, rather say that you're a fluent and competent English-speaker. You do not need to have everything mentioned on their 'requirements' list. Remember there is a huge demand for English teachers and the schools must provide them for their students and their guardians.

The schools want to employ you and they don't care about your exact qualifications. The thing is, to get a work visa you need to be a native English-speaker to qualify, but - in fact - there are many ways to qualify.

Of course, if you're trying for a high-end opening, you may be found wanting but if you simply want to well-paid job and you're fluent; this can be done for you, as long as your English is good enough.

PRO TIP: Don't make, 'I'm not a native English-speaker, BUT . . .' a phrase you use in your application. Leave it to them to ask you during your interview.

WE FIND TEACHING JOBS FOR NON-NATIVE YET

FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS - SEE AT PAGE BOTTOM

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Do you positively have to have all of the listed requirements to apply for a 13,000 RMB to 23,000 RMB position in China? The answer is, 'NO!" you don't and deep down you know it, we know it, the school knows it too.

If you're from a non-English speaking country and applying to work in China as an English teacher, don't put your nationality on your resume.

MMA is working as a procurements agency for a whole bunch of schools and other bodies in China, many along what's known as the 'Coastal Corridor.' These are largely 2nd tier cities on the coast between Shanghai and Hong Kong and are among the most attractive cities there are. Of course some of crammed full of industry too and without that - there'd not be such a soaring demand for English teachers.

Let MMA worry about the applications, you concentrate on making a good job of the speaking interview when you're called on to do that. It's not so daunting just 10 minutes at most via Skype or something similar and we'll prep you on that anyway.

There are 4 different situations that exist when NON-NATIVES are applying for a legal visa to work in China.

WE CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL 4 SITUATIONS

Situation #1

YOU HAVE A DEGREE (BA, MA ETC.) from a native English country.

Example: You are from the Philippines (or any other 'non-native' country) and have a degree from the USA (or any other qualifying country; UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia).

Situation #2

YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN EDUCATION.

Example: You've a degree in Primary Education, Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education Degrees, or Educational Leadership Degrees. or similar.

Situation #3

YOU HAVE A DEGREE RELATED TO ART, SPORTS OR SCIENCE . . . and you speak fluent English.

SEE NEXT BOX

We'll Lead You, and Get You Past the Gatekeepers!

AN APPLICATION FOR NON-NATIVE YET

FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS IS AT PAGE BOTTOM

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MMA Places Non-Native Teachers, in Lucrative Jobs in China!

FROM PREVIOUS BOX

You have a degree related to art, sports or science. (BSc.) AND you speak fluent English.
You can get a work permit as a subjects teacher. You will teach your specific subject (art, sports, science or whatever it is) and English, at the same time.
Example; you have a degree in fine arts. You can easily get a job as a fine arts teacher - in your school you will teach art and English at the same time.

Situation #4

Your school has a close relationship with the local government. You will not be able to find anything at all about this particular situation on the Internet. (ESSENTIAL: You can speak fluent everyday English).

This relationship between the school and the local government has been developed over time. With such a relationship the school can easily get visas for their teachers. They've done it before and they'll do it again and again.

DO NOT be concerned if the school tells you they can get a work permit for you, even though you are a non-native English speaker. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of non-English teachers enjoying the good life all over China. The school will use their local 'power' or connections to get the work permits they want and this situation can be relayed on.

There are certain requirements to obtain a visa to work in China.

Remember the school doesn't care much about those regulations but it DOES CARE that you can speak fluent English. When you have an online interview with your school, you will speak to someone who 'believes' he or she can communicate well; oftentimes they can't.

You'll be asked three things;

Where are you now?
What visa are you holding, if any?
What salary do you want?

You will answer exactly how we explain to you. And you will get the job offer - and we will get your legal visa for you.

To simplify these issues, let’s define economic corruption as the use of public office for personal gain.
Thus illegal acts solely between private individuals may be bad but they are not examples of corruption.
Corruption, under this definition, is clearly more pervasive when the state plays a major role in the economy via ownership or control of resources.
These same resources are needed to facilitate profitable activities.
This is the case in China.Despite a steady increase in the role of the private sector in China, corruption has been increasing.

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MMA Places Non-Native Teachers, in Lucrative Jobs in China!

In these following situations, you can get a work permit as a teacher in China as a non-English native speaker.

ANY KIND OF TEFL CERTIFICATE HUGELY IMPROVES CANDIDATURE

Any TEFL certificate hugely helps in all 4 situations and can be the decider.

>> we give you some tips, on how to proceed . . . start video!

AN APPLICATION FOR NON-NATIVE YET

FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS IS AT PAGE BOTTOM

Most Legal Advisors; Demonstrate The Wrong Conclusions!

What is meant here by the term, 'Legal Advisor'? This means any Internet platform acting as a recruitment agent; para-legal English language recruitment platforms. Anyone who's telling you what the English language work situation is like in China.

The conclusions these advisors reach is certainly and (mostly) legally correct. But does not demonstrate the true situation at all. Advisors telling you that the only way to teach in China is by having a degree, 2 years experience, a TEFL certificate and citizenship from the USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, NZ, or SA - are not doing you any favors.

This is only legally correct. But consider this!

The Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs (in China) released recent data showing that the current Chinese market requires about 100,000 foreign teachers, but there are only 30,000 teachers who are 'legally' recognized by the government. This means that 30% of the English teaching jobs in China require a legal visa and work permit, while 70% of them are willing to (and do) hire teachers without all of the requirements.

The legal advise is wrong in 70% of cases = Largely WRONG!

What happens in reality; is that 7 out of 10 teachers, do not have all the 'legal' requirements; a degree, a TEFL certificate, 2 years teaching experience, and native-English residency.

How do they get employed and a visa then? A small proportion of them go to China on the old F visa, or the M visa or the new combined work visa (since 2017) but most of them are given jobs using firms such as MMA and using the good relationships that exist between schools, agencies like MMA, and local governments and secure the Z visa in most cases.

MMA is the only Chinese procurements agency that has succeeded in using both Chinese and foreign non-native English speaking staff (Swiss primarily) both in their China-based offices (Shanghai) and have

expert native English-speaking agents

living outside of China to vet applicants

for English fluency in their candidates.

MMA places non-native teachers with

lucrative jobs in China, and also shows

them how to save up to $50,000 while

working a 12 mo. contract with a school.

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The Basic Contributing Requirements

As of 2019, there are 3 SAFEA primary requirements;
and 3 MMA common requirements to teach in China:

A Bachelor’s Degree [SAFEA]
Two Years Work Experience [SAFEA]
Native English Speaker [SAFEA]

Any kind of TEFL Certificate [MMA]
Two Years Teaching/Instruction Experience [MMA]
Registered & Completed Export & Business Workshop Training [MMA]

Please note that these are what SAFEA recommends, and there is no reason to be alarmed if you don’t meet one of them. Also, meeting these requirements does not ensure you will be able to get your dream job right off the bat, different employers are free to impose their own requirements (outlined above) and it’s not uncommon for the best jobs to be just as strict as those back home.

Second tier and third tier cities are much less strict and this is where MMA primarily operates.