Hi,
I am Canadian and wish to come to Taiwan and teach english for at least 1 year. I am planning to get the ARC over there, after finding a job. I already been in Taiwan and last time I needed to take Round trip ticket.
I wonder if there is anyway to go there on a one way ticket.
I already had student ARC but it will be expired on the time I want to go there because I already travel in and out and they didn’t asked me return ticket only when I left from Montreal they didn’t want to let me go without seeing it.
Is there a way to buy only one way ticket and go to Taiwan… I’m thinking about just buying a return to hong kong but i’m not sure if it will be accepted. My friend from France came there with only one way ticket and they didn’t ask nothing in Paris or Taipei so I am actually really not sure but i’m trying to avoid any bad experience.
Does anybody had similar experience and can share with me, solution or advices… ?
They want to see that you will leave the country, so the day you leave Canada you could buy a ticket to Hong Kong for some point in the future. Of course I’m not advocating that you refund that ticket to HK upon landing in TW, but…
Also, you may want to work on your grammar and typing skills if you’re planning to teach English. If you’re not a native speaker of English (and it shows), it will be extremely difficult to find an employer.
The best thing to do is buy a one way refundable ticket to Hong Kong but others have had luck signing a waiver with the airline. They only check for an outbound ticket about 20% of the time so that is why your friend wasn’t asked.
I’ve been without an ARC for 4 months now, they don’t bother checking me for outbound flights (airline or immigration), as I’m in and out every 2-3 weeks. Some budget qirlines still make me sign the waiver form though.
[quote=“Hokwongwei”]They want to see that you will leave the country, so the day you leave Canada you could buy a ticket to Hong Kong for some point in the future. Of course I’m not advocating that you refund that ticket to HK upon landing in TW, but…
Also, you may want to work on your grammar and typing skills if you’re planning to teach English. If you’re not a native speaker of English (and it shows), it will be extremely difficult to find an employer.[/quote]
You are right, but I already worked as english teacher, my speaking is quite ok. Can you point to me where was the mistakes on my post, I can’t see them.
[quote=“miracletony1”]Hi,
I am Canadian and wish to come to Taiwan and teach english for at least 1 year. I am planning to get the ARC over there, after finding a job. I already been in Taiwan and last time I needed to take Round trip ticket.
I wonder if there is anyway to go there on a one way ticket.
I already had student ARC but it will be expired on the time I want to go there because I already travel in and out and they didn’t asked me return ticket only when I left from Montreal they didn’t want to let me go without seeing it.
Is there a way to buy only one way ticket and go to Taiwan… I’m thinking about just buying a return to hong kong but I’m not sure if it will be accepted. My friend from France came there with only one way ticket and they didn’t ask nothing in Paris or Taipei so I am actually really not sure but I’m trying to avoid any bad experience.
Does anybody had similar experience and can share with me, solution or advices… ?
Thanks in advance[/quote]
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Hi,
I am Canadian and wish to come to Taiwan and teach english for at least 1 year. I am planning to get the ARC over there, after finding a job. I have already been in Taiwan and last time I needed to have around trip ticket.
I wonder if there is anyway to go there on a one way ticket.
I already had a student ARC but it will be expired at the time I want to go there …??? because I already travel in and out and they didn’t asked me return ticket only when I left from Montreal they didn’t want to let me go without seeing it. last part i dont understand but something about going in and out and montreal
Is there a way to buy only one way ticket and go to Taiwan?… I’m thinking about just buying a single ticket/multi-city ticket to hong kong but I’m not sure if it will be accepted. My friend from France went there with only a one way ticket and they didn’t ask for anything in Paris or Taipei so I am actually really not sure but I’m trying to avoid any bad experience. this entire thing is a run on sentence
Does anybody had similar experience and can share with me, solution or advice… ?
[quote=“miracletony1”][quote=“Hokwongwei”]They want to see that you will leave the country, so the day you leave Canada you could buy a ticket to Hong Kong for some point in the future. Of course I’m not advocating that you refund that ticket to HK upon landing in TW, but…
Also, you may want to work on your grammar and typing skills if you’re planning to teach English. If you’re not a native speaker of English (and it shows), it will be extremely difficult to find an employer.[/quote]
You are right, but I already worked as english teacher, my speaking is quite ok. Can you point to me where was the mistakes on my post, I can’t see them.[/quote]
I think it is ridiculous when people act as grammar nazi’s on forums but you couldn’t even write these sentences w/o making 7 mistakes. I make typos all the time (forgetting words or changing tenses halfway through) but your writing is pretty rough.
I didn’t mean to criticize his grammar, just saying that if you want to teach English you should put in a little bit more effort when typing. I know plenty of people who speak English just fine but their writing is sort of a mess – and it’s not just grammar, but structure I’m talking about here – and so it would help your case of trying to become a teacher if you prove that you have a very firm grasp on the language.
Thanks, I admit I am definitely not an English expert, but I think my level should be good enough to find a job even though I’m not native speaker. I’m still holder of a Canadian passport and if they do find out about my accent, which never happened before, I will tell them that it’s the east Canadian accent lol. Anyway thanks for the correction, I will definitely take some class to remember all these rules. Thanks for the advices
Taiwan’s definition of native speaker is based on passport, so you’re good there. I’ve met Afrikaans-speakers teaching English in Taipei just because they had South Africa passports.
As long as you figure out what you do wrong, you could really help Taiwanese kids because you have the same L1 as them, but at the moment, you’re just not accurate enough to not fossilise Chinese L1 stuff in them. Your tenses are not correct and you can’t use plurals which are very basic yet difficult to correct errors. You need to do a lot of private study.
Taiwan annoys me in that they refuse, for example, Polish passport holders who would never make an elementary mistakes like these but the right passport gets to the top of the list. It’s stupid.
I think OP should teach French not English. Anyone who pluralizes “advice” shouldn’t really be teaching English. Maybe teach kindergarten. Avoid adults or you’ll eventually get found out.
To play l’avocat du diable, let’s consider something which isn’t empirical fact, but generally speaking, the over-arching theme of ESL in Taiwan - particularly at the buxiban level. You (OP) aren’t going to be teaching anybody anything. You’re going to be helping them memorize a bunch of nonsense that will be on a standardized test.
And Formosan teachers are free to criticize this opinion. Working in the ESL game for seven years now, “make it easy to memorize” is the constant mantra of publishers. This is my personal experience, and again, I’ve said it’s not fact.
In light of this, as already alluded to, just about anybody can stand in front of a class and say, “Repeat after me: left, right, sideways…again. Left, right, sideways.” Now, when they get to the grammar section, you might have some issues. But seriously, I have hands-on experience with some of the kids who work for our affiliates, and I’m telling you, OP has more on the ball than half of 'em.
So I say, the more the merrier. Our Canadian OP is no more or less qualified to enter the world of Taiwan ESL. If he’s got a bachelor’s degree, come on over. Bienvenue.
My mistake. Your error patters are quite Chinese – the mistakes with plurals and perfect tenses. But your capitalization is very French.
No judgement, your English is great. You just need to prep a lot if you’re going to be focusing on say, perfect tenses or plurals in class. Good luck with it.
English helpers, is there a website where you can learn online on practicing grammar rules for english ??
I’m searching and I tried a few but some have lots of ads and other need to pay, do you guys have any suggestions ?
