The collapse of the buxiban industry in Taiwan

Language learning and linguistics

December 6, 2015December 8, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment English learning and curriculum development, ESL jobs in Taiwan, how to get a buxiban cram school job in Taiwan, Taiwan's Ministry of Education, teaching English in Taiwan

Editorial / The Wild East Foreigners teaching in Taiwan’s ‘buxibans’, or cram schools are finding an increasingly tough job market, with sharply reductions in hourly and monthly wages, fewer teacher openings, and competition with an influx of new graduates entering the stagnant, saturated world of English teaching in Taiwan. In

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Taiwan schools putting business before education

May 11, 2015November 8, 2015 Trista di Genova 9 Comments advice for dealing with Taiwanese schools, Council of Labor mediation, criticism of Taiwan education, English teachers in Taiwan, foreign teachers abuse, language acquisition, lawsuit against Xinmin Private Elementary school in Taipei, Ministry of Labor Taiwan, Ross Kenneger teacher abuse, Taiwan English language teaching, Taiwan's Ministry of Education, teaching in Taiwan, wrongful dismissal proceedings, Xinmin Private Elementary school

BY ROSS KENNEGER / The Wild East / Opinion Working for Xinmin Private Elementary school in Taipei this year was a head-shaking, riveting experience. I’m writing this piece to talk about the chaos I’ve observed in the modern Taiwanese classroom, and to offer other foreign teachers some advice here in

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