Country Overview:

Our unique combination of a comprehensive TESOL training and certification course, a guaranteed paid job, Mandarin language training, and numerous financial incentives will give you the skills and abilities you need to live confidently in modern-day China.

What is so compelling about China? The numbers are staggering: China has a population over 1.3 billion, a fifth of the world; the country spans nearly 10 million square kilometers stretching from the deserts of Mongolia in the north to the tropical Macau peninsula in the South China Sea, including some of the most densely-populated areas on earth as well as some its most inhospitable, uninhabited regions; and over 4,000 years of continuous civilization, one of the oldest in the world.

A generation ago, China began to open up to the world. The very first points of exchange, or "Special Economic Zones," were established in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in the Guangdong Province. Within a few years, Guangzhou and the rest of the Pearl River Delta became part of an open coastal belt, parts of which now include free trade zones, state-level economic and technological development zones, and high-tech industrial development zones.

Teaching opportunities are available in many locations throughout the country. All placements are in urban areas, as rural locations do not typically have the resources to support English language schools.

Hands-on-knowledge of China is in demand in every industry: from consulting to architecture to finance to medicine to engineering to sales. It is no accident that China is the fastest-growing destination for American foreign exchange youth. Beyond the practical advantages of good pay and professional international work experience, a year in the country allows LanguageCorps Teachers to experience the best of historic and contemporary China.