Teaching Chinese-Mandarin in Sydney

[JenniV]

A friend of mine wants to know how and where she can study teaching (Chinese-Mandarin) and get a decent enough certificate to be able to teach in schools. She's also interested in giving tutorials of Mandarin. Can anyone help? Do you know where she can study to be a language teacher? Do you also know where she can conduct private tutorials in public places and where to advertise this kind of thing? I didn't study in Australia so I couldn't really help her. Does anyone also know what kind of certificate she needs?

Thank you in advance. :)

[Hermit]

The Language Exchange (http://www.thelanguagexchange.com.au/private_tuition.cfm) has the following announcement in its site:


At the Language Exchange, we are always looking for new staff to teach any language!

If you are a dynamic, qualified language teacher with at least 2 years experience, contact Lx about joining our team.

Perhaps your friend might start by contacting them and asking what qualifications are required and where they can be obtained from.

There also is a list of Mandarin teachers who state what qualifications they have. Perhaps your friend can get some useful tips by reading that.

HTH

[JenniV]

The Language Exchange (http://www.thelanguagexchange.com.au/private_tuition.cfm) has the following announcement in its site:



Perhaps your friend might start by contacting them and asking what qualifications are required and where they can be obtained from.

There also is a list of Mandarin teachers who state what qualifications they have. Perhaps your friend can get some useful tips by reading that.

HTH

Thank you so much Hermit. I will send her the link. ;) :)

[aRnsEv]

wo ai ne. (is thet hoe yuo speel et?)

[Pictureresque]

wo ai ne. (is thet hoe yuo speel et?)

Who do you love arnie?

[JenniV]

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[siliegrrl]

There are still a few high schools here in Melbourne that teach Chinese-Mandarin so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same in Sydney. Have a look around at a few local schools and see if anywhere does it and then advertise in their school newsletter her services. If there had been a tutor when I was learning it for all those year I would have been very grateful as our teacher sucked!

[JenniV]

There are still a few high schools here in Melbourne that teach Chinese-Mandarin so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same in Sydney. Have a look around at a few local schools and see if anywhere does it and then advertise in their school newsletter her services. If there had been a tutor when I was learning it for all those year I would have been very grateful as our teacher sucked!

Thank you siliegrrl, she explained to me that she only wanted to teach adults...so High School is probably not a good idea. :)

[siliegrrl]

I think she may have trouble if she is looking at university students purely because universities try and keep good past students on to tutor. SHe might have some luck with the schools if she is willing to take on year 12's which would be 17 - 18 year olds, close to adult hood. Another option might to approach the local council and put classes on. I get a community newsletter at the start of the year and at half year that list people who are teaching various things, including languages. There are also adult schools she could try which woulld all serve as good work expierance if she needs that in order to go onto what she really wants to do :)

[Drifter]

Regarding possible tuition opportunities:
Hi, I don't know if this is of any use to you, but... there is a website called Language-School-Teachers.com. It caters for many countries, not only Australia. Apparently, people wishing to learn another language (including Chinese-Mandarin) can post ads there in the hope of attracting a tutor (likewise, taechers/tutors can post their profile for potential students to browse) whether for in person instruction or by phone / internet correspondence. It is apparently possible to search by country, city and desired language to find interested students (children and adults): I've never used it (came across it whilst browsing) but I'll post a link to the site just in case it may help -

language tuition site (http://www.language-school-teachers.com/default.asp)

...out of curiosity - using the search function revealed several people in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, etc (not sure of date the ads were posted though) requiring Mandarin instruction (some needing just basic tuition for reasons of impending travel).

EDIT: just looking through it, there are fees involved in this one.

[JenniV]

Regarding possible tuition opportunities:
Hi, I don't know if this is of any use to you, but... there is a website called Language-School-Teachers.com. It caters for many countries, not only Australia. Apparently, people wishing to learn another language (including Chinese-Mandarin) can post ads there in the hope of attracting a tutor (likewise, taechers/tutors can post their profile for potential students to browse) whether for in person instruction or by phone / internet correspondence. It is apparently possible to search by country, city and desired language to find interested students (children and adults): I've never used it (came across it whilst browsing) but I'll post a link to the site just in case it may help -

language tuition site (http://www.language-school-teachers.com/default.asp)

...out of curiosity - using the search function revealed several people in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, etc (not sure of date the ads were posted though) requiring Mandarin instruction (some needing just basic tuition for reasons of impending travel).

Thank you dvd Drifter! I'll send her that link as well. :)

[Drifter]

Thank you dvd Drifter! I'll send her that link as well. :)

Just had a look at the site - there are apparently fees involved in joining and contacting students through them. Gotta know that.

[jokiin]

Could always try advertising in a local paper for private tuition, a few regular students would no doubt help. If I could find something like this locally I know I would do it, I need Mandarin for work these days, it would make my job so much easier, would come in handy when I'm in China which is regularly these days. My brother taught English in Japan (he lives there), and there was no certification or anything required, probably different here though.

[Pictureresque]

Dokka itte yo! :mad: :mad: :mad:

If you haven't got anything useful to say in this thread please keep your verbal diarrhea elsewhere! There are virtually hundreds of other threads in EYO Forums you can express your gayness towards each other. Please...


What are you talking about?
Arnie said: wo ai ne.
Which means I love You. What is wrong???

You gave me a bad rep for that as well. :mad:

[JenniV]

What are you talking about?
Arnie said: wo ai ne.
Which means I love You. What is wrong???

You gave me a bad rep for that as well. :mad:

If you haven't got anything useful to say in this thread please keep your verbal diarrhea elsewhere!

Do you get it? Can you read the title of this thread? There are threads when where you can spill your verbal diarrhea and there threads where somebody actually needs help, expecting serious replies. What's wrong?!? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sauer/angry-smiley-005.gif http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/waffen/violent-smiley-100.gif

[JenniV]

Could always try advertising in a local paper for private tuition, a few regular students would no doubt help. If I could find something like this locally I know I would do it, I need Mandarin for work these days, it would make my job so much easier, would come in handy when I'm in China which is regularly these days. My brother taught English in Japan (he lives there), and there was no certification or anything required, probably different here though.

Yes, she needs to find out what kind of certificate she needs to have and where to obtain it. I didn't study here so I don't know the education system here well either.

In Japan you can be a private English tutor or even in schools without certificate because parents will do anything to get their children educated and the schools are mostly private schools. Sometimes you're also risking not to be paid for a whole month's work, because the school may or may not choose to pay you as there is usually no legal contract signed.

[Ed W]

This might be of interest to her:

http://www.lang.unsw.edu.au/teacher_education/pdc_tcl.htm

She can also contact her local TAFE, and places such as WEA and the Macquarie Community College http://www.macquariecc.nsw.edu.au/ . They are always looking for people to conduct courses, but I don't know what the pre-requisites (if any) would be.