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Description:
EF Education, founded by Bertil Hult in Lund, Sweden, in 1965, claims to be the world's largest private educational organization and a multi-national group of companies and non-profit organizations in 50 countries. TEFL training programs are offer at certificate and diploma level. For the TEFL Certificate, EF has multi-located training centres such as in UK, Spain, Italy, South Africa and Czech Republic, and the certificate courses feature a subsidized recruitment to all trainees who commit to contracts in China, Indonesia or Russia. Practicing teachers of English or candidates with a TEFL certificate can apply for the TEFL Diploma course either in UK for €800 or other counties for €800 / $1,450.
Contact:
Head office in China
Add: 17/F Silver Tower, No. 218 South Xizang Road,Shanghai, China 200021
Tel: +44 161 256 1400
http://www.englishfirst.com
Email: recruitment@englishfirst.com
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Reviewer: Mary Haycox Rating:: 1
EF Urumqi doesn't honor teacher contracts and in general treats their foreign teachers as disposable commodities. Don't be the next victim. If you contract with EF, be sure to have a personal escape plan to return to your home country.
Reviewer: aijiang Rating:: 1
I agree with Mary. Even if you finish your contract with EF you will not receive your bonus and you will have to fight for flight reimbursement. EF Urumqi management will lie to you from the moment you begin your recruiting process up until the bitter end. EF Urumqi management will change your peer and student assessments to assure that bonuses and flight reimbursement are not given. Basically they will treat you like an overworked king/queen until you finish your contract then they will withhold funds and not answer calls. The contract that teachers sign with EF is also changed according to the financial needs of EF Urumqi management. The education standards at EF Urumqi are crap and they care little about your development as a teacher or your happiness as a visitor to Urumqi. They are a business not a school and their only concern is making money.
Reviewer: Stephen Rating:: 1
Well said
Reviewer: Katrina Rating:: 1
They lie to you and manipulate you so much. Avoid EF Urumqi at all cost !
Reviewer: Francisco Rating:: 1
agreed
Reviewer: Guest Rating:: 3
this is a load of rubbish. EF is a good school - only bad teachers get a hard time
Reviewer: aijiang Rating:: 1
In response to Guest, please be more specific as to what;where;which EF school you refer to. Good teachers also get treated badly ; The harder you work and kinder you are to them, they will give you more hours and exploit you every single bit which is not restricted to just teaching but other ad-hoc activities
Reviewer: Jackie Rating:: 5
Hi guys, good to hear from you all and glad you are all still communicating with each other. Friendship is good. How go the plans for the Alps trip Stephen? Still hear some news of you here in Urumqi and really enjoyed the postcards you sent to Bob. Hi Francisco, I'm sure you heard the big news before me ...the path is now clear. Good luck.
Guys, I'm sure you all remember that my Chinese is crap. so help me out, who is aijiang? I only ask because I don't know if this person ever worked for me in Urumqi?
Anyway, I don't know how this rating system works...you know me and computers.... but I'm going for excellent, simply because I've enjoyed your excellent comments and marvel at how you have time to find these places. I wish I had the time to simply peruse without it being drawn to my attention. Oh well all in a day's life.
I hope you all find a good one someday.
Love, Jackie.
Reviewer: Guest Rating:: 3
Reviewer: Carl Rating:: 5
I really don't get you guys. You got a much higher than average salary while you were in Urumqi compared to other teachers such as me who work in the state system. You also got good quality apartments and free return airfares. Despite all of your complaints, the books you used, in particular the teachers books, are of good quality. As a trained language teacher who has been in the game for more than 25 years, I know what I'm talking about. You also had small classes compared to what you would have in state schools here, or in your own countries, and good support staff. You were very lucky to have a foreign English teacher as a teacher leader - Jackie. For me, I'm totally on my own and its sink or swim.
What I don't understand is why you complained after you left. You socialised all the time with Jackie and appeared to have good communication with her and to be having a good time, at the same time giving the impression that you were a very superior bunch of teachers compared to the likes of a non-EF teacher like me. I would ask what the point is of going on the internet with your not very substantive complaints and warnings. My advice is to get on with your lives away from China doing whatever it is that you are doing. You are gone and forgotten here.
Reviewer: efl teacher Rating:: 2
What I do not understand.. on the Net anyone can complain and any cram school can make their rebuttals. as a efl teacher for 17 years in asia. I know what cram schools and teachers do to each other. and since I want to move to Xinjiang it would be very good to find out more....
goldenpeace2u at yahoo com au
Reviewer: efl teacher Rating:: 3
i give a 2 and now a 3 .. since I have no idea who is who...
Reviewer: Mark Rating:: 4
I have also been at EF Urumqi. I had no problems whasoever and the support for the teachers was very good. the accommodation was comfortable, the admin staff were great.
Reviewer: bebe Rating:: 3
Hi, I will have a telephone interview soon and am getting a bit concerned, especially after seeing some of these very unprofessional comments from the staff! Wow. Any more information the teachers could provide would be greatly appreciated. I am just blown away by the fact that several of the staff actually jumped into this blog, but then the things they said...wow again...I think from that alone I will send out other resumes and skip EF...but would like to hear more from people who have taught there. Also, could someone compare the two markets: companies vs schools and then the subdivisions of understanding the different school markets.
Thank you so very, very much!
bebe
Reviewer: rob Rating:: 2
Nanning China
Beware of scheduling . They will pile classes on you . Do not be afraid to speak up. the contract is just a piece of paper . make sure you have a return plane ticket.. in case ..
I was never told the ages of my students until after i went to work for them
I am not trained to teach very young children and find myself in jclassess with up to 30-35 children .. ages 6-8 . I then teach the lesson 3x over to different classes within 2 hours .. I have receive dlittle training and I am a teacher novice .
Reviewer: Roger Rating:: 5
EF Urumqi provides the highest educational training currently available to our students. Our organization is
provides excellent career opportunities. You will be evaluated and trained on a constant basis. Our facilities are excellent and our teachers have access to huge resources and we provide constant care and attention to our teachers both academically as well as personally.
Reviewer: Toni Rating:: 1
I don't know who is worse. On the one hand, we had foreign teachers who messed around. One guy arrived the first day, got drunk and jumped of the apartment. One guy got drunk and dived into a shallow swimming pool. One guy got beaten up for refusing to pay for the services of a prostitute.
Teachers arguing and swearing in the teachers room. Teachers turning up for meetings half drunk. Teachers bringing students to bars DURING lesson time.
Now that are the teachers. As for the management of the school, it is summed by aijiang here ! Way to go EF Urumqi !!! Fun and games !
Reviewer: Roger Rating:: 5
EF Urumqi Nanmen School
Absolute rubbish ! Our teachers are carefully selected and trained to the highest standard possible. I don't know why these people lie and make up these unprofound accusations. We look after our teachers. The accomodation we provide is excellent.
Reviewer: Harold Rating:: 1
You have no one to blame but yourself. You have been warned about EF!
Reviewer: Mark Rating:: 3
In response to ROGER.
Personally knowing staff at EF, and having the inside scoop, you either A - don't see what goes on, or B - can't keep your staff quiet.
I've never worked there, but knowing people who have, I can assure you I would need a severe head injury to want employement from you.
Cultural differences in business are one thing, and understandable. Misleading, lieing, exploiting, and abandonment are not.
Reviewer: gen Rating:: 1
i have a telephone interview in 2 days. i have yet even to do my tefl course but in consideration of what has been said on here i may not even pick up the phone! talk about a bad reputation
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