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Foreign English Teachers Needed

johnzhu — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:58:57 UT

Dear foreign English teachers in and out of China:

Ours is Zhejiang University Helen Chinatefl Network Co., Ltd. It is one of China’s largest and strongest TEFL Company with a relatively long history and a good reputation, which is located in the famous scenic tourism city of Hangzhou, China. Our company has hundreds of universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools, primary schools, social schools, language schools as well as kindergartens as its base schools. Every year, a growing number of high qualified, well-educated and rich teaching experienced foreign teachers of English from English-speaking countries to join our company as formal member teachers with their detailed resumes on line.

With China opening to the outside world wider and wider, China needs more and more students in primary school, middle school, high school and university to learn many foreign languages, English in particular. So there is going to be a shortage of foreign English teachers. We urgently need qualified teachers from US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc. to meet the demand at present.

These foreign teachers of English must be healthy, well-educated with good morality. Here being healthy means that foreigners must be strong in good health without any infectious diseases and serious chronic sicknesses, who can, according to the contract, well fulfill their teaching obligations.

Being well-educated here means that foreigners must gain bachelor's degree or above. If they have also earned TEFL/TESOL certificate, they will be more preferable. Besides, we expect them to have a couple of years of teaching experience.

Here being with good morality means that foreigners should abide by China's laws and regulations. They must not do anything against China, against the Chinese government and against the Chinese people. They must observe the school's rules and regulations and support the local government, etc.

If any foreign teacher would like to teach English in China via our company, Zhejiang University Helen Chinatefl Network Co., Ltd, we will serve him/her devotedly and wholeheartedly, free of charge. He/She can just send emails at the following email addresses: johnzhunb@yahoo.com.cn faoctn@hotmail.com or call John Zhu at 0086-571-88234567-8181(ext.), or fax to John Zhu at 0086-571-88234511. The company’s website is www.chinatefl.com .

All candidates are requested to send John Zhu the following documents and information:
1. A copy of valid passport,
2. A copy of degree certificate,
3. A copy of TEFL/TESOL certificate if available,
4. A copy of physical examination record with a form attached,
5. A letter of reference,
6. A detailed CV, including: passport name, gender, date of birth, complexion, marital status, nationality, native language, permanent address, home phone number, cellphone number, email address, education background, working experience, computer skills, interests and hobbies,ore
7. Suggested monthly salary,
8. What kind of school would you like to teach? and,
9. Contract duration.

Now I am looking forward to contacting you via email or by other contacting means as soon as possible.

I here wish you good luck and every success in seeking an ideal job opportunity!

Good wishes and kind regards,

John Zhu
Hangzhou, China

I will try to be a qualified blog master.

johnzhu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:47:17 UT

Notes from johnzhunb:
I have recently opened another 2 blogs: One is http://johnzhunb.blog.163.com/ , which is my picture blog. There are many more pictures of mine, my students, my friends, my relatives and some foreign friends on it. The other is http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?myprofie ,which is my English blog. I sincerely expect my blog friends to browse these two blogs if available. Most importantly, I hope that you will join my newly-opened two blogs. I urgently need your mighty assistance and support. Your contribution is badly needed in either Chinese or English.
The following is my article contributed to johnzhunbgooglegroup.

I will try to be a qualified owner of johzhunbgooglegroup
By johnzhunb
As the owner of johnzhunbgooglegroup, I will try my utmost to be a qualified owner. Though I am a university graduate, majoring in English, I find it very hard to express myself in English in any field. For example, I worked in high school for about 40 years and I have been quite familiar with campus life in high school and university. However, I am unfamiliar with some other aspects such as military affairs, economics, medicine, science and technology, industry, agriculture, etc. Therefore, I said in my motto “Learning English and something new is my lifelong process. As long as I am in the world, it would be good and beneficial for me to study on and on”.
In order to well open my new blog, I must be good at English and computer skills, which may be at least two pre-conditions. What makes me more confident is that English was my major in university and computer science is my hobby. I taught English conscientiously to senior students in high school for about 35 years.

What’s more, upon my retirement in 2000, I was lucky to be engaged at the International Department of Ningbo Huamao Foreign Languages School under Huamao Group. During the whole 7 years at school, my work contained three parts. First, I was in charge of foreign teachers’ affairs, including employing foreign teachers of English on line, signing contracts with them, dealing with their salaries and benefits, coping with their daily living problems, drafting memos, etc. which made me enhance my competence in both oral and written English. The second part is for me to be an English-Chinese bilingual translator and interpreter. I did over 100000-word translation of important documents from Huamao Group and Huamao School, which mostly went abroad. The third is that I was English editor of Huamao School Paper (monthly). I had to edit 2 pages of articles mainly from senior students and some foreign teachers. I devoted my plenty of time and earnest endeavors to the correction and revision of articles with a few good dictionaries at hand. All my time and efforts yielded fruitful outcomes, which made me have considerable progress in English. The seven years of English learning was just like going abroad for my further education in English.

As for my computer skills, it should date back to 1998. Between 1997 and 1998, I was engaged in my postgraduate courses in English. It would be a must for me to write English course theses. At that time, my wife said to me that I was nearly retired from high school and it was unnecessary to have a computer, which would cost us about 10000 RMB. I insisted that our family would rather purchase a computer than an air-conditioner. That was my first desktop. After 2000, to meet the needs of relatively heavy written work at home, I decided to install a new desktop with a larger hard disk and a bigger memory, which was my second one. When I was working at Huamao School, many of my colleagues had a laptop. I admired them very much for that. So I was eager to have one. Maybe in 2003, I purchased a laptop produced by Beijing University High Technology Co. I used it for about 4 years, which was my first laptop. However, through 4 years of my utilization, it needed upgrading. According to my son’s suggestion, there was no need for me to do so, as it was already out of date. About a month ago, supported financially by our company, I bought another brand-new laptop, IBM-Lenovo, the best kind of all. I now treasure it very much. I use it in the office in office hours and utilize it at home at night, chatting with many friends, Chinese or foreign.

To be honest, I have not attended a training class for a single day. I have learned computer science and skills from my friends and colleagues. More importantly, I always practice it daily without letting my computer idle.

Nevertheless, I have achieved somewhat results in my English and computer skills. However, there will be a long, long way for me to go. The world can be cognized, but the process of cognition will be endless and boundless. I said before, so long as I exist in the world, I shall study on and on till my real end.

What I said above may give you some impression. I am wondering if my idea and concept can be accepted by you, my dear readers. I would like you to air your views. Any comments and suggestions will be welcomed. Thank you very much.

Email: johnzhunb@yahoo.com.cn

John Zhu's Brief Introduction

johnzhu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:39:40 UT

My Brief Introduction
I graduated from Hangzhou University, now known as Zhejiang University, majoring in English in the 1960s. After graduation, I worked as an English teacher in high school. Now I am a senior teacher of English (an equivalent to associate professor of English in university), director of Ningbo Municipal Foreign Languages Translation & Interpretation Association, and special advisor in foreign teachers’ affairs for Hangzhou Helen Education Network Company, Ltd.

Since 1984, I have not only taught English to senior students conscientiously, but have also devoted my spare time to writing articles for English Learning edited by Beijing Foreign Studies University, Foreign Languages Teaching in Schools by Beijing Normal University, Shanghai English Post for Middle School Students, China Daily, etc., publishing quite a lot of articles and works in those papers and magazines. The year of 1993 was the 50th anniversary of the Voice of America. I contributed an article to its column. As a result, VOA offered me a copy of The American Heritage Dictionary, College Edition as an award.
During the period between 1997 and 98, when already 57-58 years old, I was engaged in further education in terms of English. Subsequently, I earned a certificate for postgraduate courses in English.

Upon retirement in 2000, I was employed by Ningbo Huamao Foreign Languages School, under Huamao Group. I worked for the school for 7 years, serving as manager in charge of foreign teachers' affairs, concurrently a Chinese-English bilingual translator and interpreter. I translated over 100,000-word important documents for Huamao Group and Huamao School and drafted many English documents, which all went to foreign countries. I was also English editor of Huamao School’s paper.

By the end of August 2007, I left the school for Beijing to study Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University for further education, majoring in Chinese, especially standard mandarin, in order to be a teacher of Chinese overseas.

Qualified Foreign Teachers of English Wanted

johnzhu — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:09:51 UT

John Zhu is now working as director of the foreign affairs office of Zhejiang University Helen Chinatefl Co., Ltd. He is in charge of foreign teachers' affairs.

He will devotedly serve foreign teachers cross China and throughout the world. He warmly welcomes foreign teachers of English to China, especially those who are well-educated, qualified teachers from such English-speaking countries as US, UK, Canada and Australia, etc. Any foreign teacher can, via his company, apply for his/her suitable teaching position in universities, high schools, middle schools, primary schools, social schools as well as foreign language schools. The placement service for any foreign teacher is free of charge.

Any foreign teacher who would like to apply for a teaching position is required to email johnzhunb with the following documents in the form of attachment.

1. A copy of valid passport;

2. A copy of degree certificate (bachelor's, master's and philosophy doctoral)

3. A detailed CV, which should include the items below:

I. Personal primary information:

passport name, gender, date of birth, marital status, nationality, native language, permanent address, home phone number, cellphone number, email address.

II. Education background:

1. What university did you graduate from?

2. What major?

3. From when to when?

4. Have you gained TEFL or TESOL certificate?

5. Where did you earn it?

6. What else further education have you received?

III. Work experience

1. Have you worked in university/high school/middle school/primary schol?

2. How many years? From when to when?

3. What course/subject did you teach?

4. What grade students did you teach?

5. What country? What city? Or what place?

IV. Computer skills

V. Interests and hobbies

Contacting approaches:

Contacing person: johnzhunb

Email: johnzhunb@yahoo.com.cn

faoctn@hotmail.com

johnzhunb@gmail.com

Phone number (Office): 0086-571-88234567-8181(ext.)

Cell phone: 0086-13819157840

Fax number: 0086-571-88234511

Website: http://www.chinatefl.com

Company address:

F16, Blue Sky Business Center,

18 Moganshan Rd, Hangzhou, 310005,

Zhejiang Province, China