Do online degrees work in China for english teaching positions?
Having taught immigrants for many years, who spoke many languages, which I did not, I can categorically tell you that speaking a student’s native language is absolutely not necessary or even desirable. Speaking their language only makes you into a walking human dictionary and will actually hinder THEIR learning. I also taught international teachers who came from many countries to learn how to teach EFL, some from China. The problem and argument about degrees has been fomenting for some time now. Many Asian countries are beginning to tighten the regulations and education level of foreign teachers because in the past, many charlatans went over there and basically made money fraudulently. Fraudulently in the sense that they had now idea how to teach but just by virtue of speaking English and being “western” they found employment. Also, many of them had less than savory character and morals and abused the locals. So now, it’s much more difficult to find employment if you don’t have a degre
