Meet i-to-i’s official Teach in China Blogger!

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 23, 2009 -
TEFL specialists i-to-i have enlisted an official blogger for their first round of Teach in China internships to give prospective EFL teachers a taste of what teaching in China is all about.

TEFL novice Craig Barber, 22, is keeping the members of i-to-i’s travel community, Campfire, as well as the wider world, up to speed with his experience of teaching in Shanghai over the course of his five month internship.

Craig, who is originally from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, jetted out to China in August after completing i-to-i’s comprehensive 120 hour combined TEFL course. During the course, which is part of the internship, he gained a good footing in TEFL theory on an 100 hour online course and put that theory into practice on an action-packed 20 hour weekend course.

Craig, who has just finished studying classics at university in Leeds, has never travelled outside of Europe before, but that hasn’t put him off. Before leaving he wrote on his blog, which can be found at http://www.i-to-i.com/campfire/craigbarber: “In just a few weeks’ time I will be stood in front of a class of students potentially 100 strong! Despite this my overwhelming feelings are that of excitement and anticipation. I always planned to go travelling after university and now it’s just around the corner.”

He is now putting the skills learnt on the theory element of the internship into practice teaching kids at a kindergarten in Shanghai. Over the course of the internship, which lasts until February, he’ll gain hundreds of hours of teaching practice, as well as earning cash to fund further adventures in this amazing country.

Speaking about his ‘trial of fire’ on his first day, he said: “My first day of teaching ever went much better than I thought it would, it was actually quite fun! The lessons that I had planned went quite well and I had a Chinese teacher in the class with me which made it much easier.

“I left the school after my first 8 hours feeling uplifted and quite pleased with myself.”

The latest update from Craig’s adventure can be seen at http://www.i-to-i.com/campfire/craigbarber. For those who’d like to join Craig in getting TEFL qualified, racking up 300 hours of teaching experience over 4 and a half months in China and earning up to £1,300* ($2,124), there’s still space on internships starting in February 2010. As an added bonus, i-to-i are offering 10% off the cost of the internship for those who book before 30th September, meaning this amazing experience now costs just £895.50 ($1,355.75). Visit http://www.onlinetefl.com/teaching-internships/china/ for more information or contact i-to-i’s TEFL team on 0800 093 2552/800 352 1793. For media enquiries contact Honor Baldry at honor.baldry@i-to-i.com.

*Currency conversion accurate at time of publication. Final bonuses and living allowances depend on nature of the work, the location required to work, and provided participants meet the minimum experience, training and qualifications as set out in the internship description.

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