Aihua

Dave is from Bristol, UK. He studied International Relations at The University of Lincoln. After university he travelled for a year around South East Asia and Australasia. He lived and worked in New Zealand for a year before returning to the UK to gain his TEFL qualification. He lists his achievements as throwing himself out of a plane, twice; canyon swinging and surviving post tropical storm white water rafting. Apart from putting his life danger he is also interested in international politics, football (well, Bristol Rovers who some would say are barely football) and travelling. Oh, and jokes so poor they’re good.

Aihua is an Irish run English school. It has three campuses; Gucheng and Chang yin out in the west of Beijing and Zhongguancun nearer the centre. The Gucheng centre in the headquarters and original sight of the school. Foreign teachers and Chinese teachers work together in class to deliver the curriculum. There are two types of class at the Gucheng campus; Full (fifteen students) and Mini (eight students). Full classes are taught over four hours with the foreign teacher delivering two 45 minute lessons and the Chinese teacher delivering the other two lessons. The Chinese teacher is present for the foreign teachers lessons to provide support. In the mini classes only the foreign teacher delivers two 45 minute lessons and the Chinese teacher is there to support and to summarize the lesson in the last ten minutes of the second lesson.  Teachers at the Gucheng centre can also expect to teach at various off-site public schools.
The Chang Yin and Chunguancun centre have lessons solely taught by foreign teachers. Chinese study advisors are assigned to each lesson and are on hand to offer support and guidance throughout the course.
When I arrived at Aihua I was new to teaching and maybe a bit oblivious to the things that I should be concerned about when starting at a new school. How are classes run? What are the books like? What resources are available to me? What are the students like?
As a new teacher I was very glad to have the support and guidance of an experienced and FRIENDLY Chinese co-teacher (You hear horror stories of foreigners brought to China to literally repeat words for a control freak.). I find my co-teacher is the most important resource I have in the class. Whether it’s modeling a conversation or demonstrating a game they are always there to help.
The main books taught are Super Kids. They are fantastic and most importantly grammatically correct. I have on many occasions flicked through English books in the public schools, allegedly written under the guidance of a native speaker, and been unable to really tell what is being taught. The Super Kids books are great. They are colourful and exciting and keep the students interest. Importantly for teachers they are well structured and easy to teach. You develop a pattern to your lesson plans that make planning them a breeze. Another book I teach is New Interchange. This series of books are a higher level aimed at adults and young adults. They are again well structured and easy to plan for. I have to be a bit more creative in these classes as the students are usually around 11 -14. So making them more relevant and interesting to the students takes a little more time. Even though they are harder to plan for, I find them the most rewarding classes.
To help with planning there are many different resources available. There are FCs for the Super Kids and Super Tots books, as well as posters, VCDs and CDs. Teachers books are available for all the books taught a Aihua, which offer activity ideas and guidance. You also have access to a wealth of knowledge from the other teachers. There is always someone around that can offer a good idea or a bit of advice that will save you time thinking of activities. In the classrooms there are whiteboards or blackboards, computers with projectors and of course your co-teacher, who can help with any discipline issues in your class.
Perhaps my biggest concern I had before I started was ‘what should I expect the students to be like?’ Before I arrived I heard that Chinese children were treated like royalty (Little emperors and Empresses). This I find to be generally true when out and about. In class you can expect students to be filled with energy and wild but I would rarely say naughty. Students with energy are much more enjoyable and easy to teach than the students that sit and wait to be chosen to answer a question. The main fear I had was that students wouldn’t like me and just turn off in lesson. They will like you whatever you do. They are amused by everything. I have shown them the worst magic trick ever attempted by a person of sound body and mind and still they laugh (the old disappearing pencil behind the ear trick is always a good one for the younger kids). Typically, the students are aged between 6- 10 for the Super Kids books, 4-6 for Super Tots and 10+ for Get Ahead and New Interchange.
The reason for coming to China was a love of teaching children and for new experiences. However, the reason for staying is the people. Both the students I teach and the people I work with are fantastic.

Ciara is from Galway, Ireland.  She studied Design and Technology at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art . Ciara has traveled to America, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, England and Morrocco. Ciara’s interests include reading, watching films, nature and socialising with friends.

Working at Aihua is definitely a challenge.  There is always something new to learn and we are always learning as a team.  Not only do we strive to be the best and improve our teaching skills, but we also continually learn about each other’s cultures.  It is definitely fun and exciting place to work at Aihua, as there is always something happening in the area around the school and there is always something new to see. The staff employed at the school is top-notch, as they are friendly and out-going and always willing to help each other out.

In Beijing, anything that you need on a daily basis is available within walking distance.  There are markets, shopping malls, cinemas, parks, and around every corner there is someone selling something on the side of the street; be it food, trinkets or DVDs.  The people are exceedingly friendly, seemingly willing to go out of their way to help you and lend a helping hand when necessary.  The public transportation in Shijingshan is very good, allowing you to get most places you need in a short amount of time.  Being a foreigner in Shijingshan, you must be prepared to stand out in the crowd.  Sometimes, you will attract a crowd on your very own!  Beijing has its downsides, though.  Most prominent among them are the ever-present dust that hangs in the air and the inability to drink water as it comes from the tap.  All in all, however, life in Beijing is very enjoyable, you can’t put a price on experiencing a new culture and way of life.  It has opened my eyes to many things and I will always remember my time in Aihua and Beijing with fond memories.

David is from Washington, DC, in the USA.  He studied Classical Literature at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  David has traveled to Italy, Switzerland, Germany and China.  His  interests include playing music, painting models, cycling and reading.

A Day in Beijing: A Foreign Teacher’s Tale

It was to the distant crowing of some caged rooster that I awoke this morning. The cold, grey light to which I have grown so accustomed filtered its way through the drapes, filling my bedroom with a warm amber glow. With a practiced hand, I grabbed my mobile phone from the bedside table where it still greedily fed itself upon the electricity coursing from the wall socket to which it was tethered. The display, even though dim, clearly stated the time: 05:47. It’s no use, I thought to myself. The alarm’s going to sound soon. Might as well do it now.

A scant few moments later, I was upright and the bedding that had once cradled me, offering me warmth and security, found itself tidily arranged as it had at the origin of each morning before. On light feet, I journeyed from the dimly lit haven where, until recently, I had been sleeping, into the bright halls that made up the remainder of my home. Even at this early hour, I could hear my neighbors beginning to prepare themselves for a day’s work of home renovations. Smiling to myself, I entered the bathroom. Good thing you’re up. At least you’ll get a shower before they find some way to turn off the water.

The water burst from the white plastic shower-head like magma erupting from a volcano pent up far too long. As each bead fell against my skin, it filled me with simultaneous sensations of pain and ecstasy – as though each droplet of water acted as a penance for some unnamed sin committed in my past. Before long, the heat and exhilaration of the water shook the groggy remnants of the previous night’s revelry from my mind and I could focus on the day ahead of me. Six classes awaited me that day – three in each of two different schools, neither of which were a long way off from my current location. With body and soul refreshed, I quickly dressed myself and once more stepped into the blinding light.

Settling myself on the couch, I picked up my digital reader, which had loaded itself with the previous day’s news from various news agencies from around the world. Immediately, I became surrounded by images of violence, greed, and hate, the same way it happens each morning. The names and places may change from time to time, but the stories themselves remain ever the same. The impoverished rebels of some country I couldn’t place on a map had taken three people hostage and demand international recognition for their safe return. A domestic dispute in Hamburg had left a father imprisoned and a child motherless. An American politician elected on the platform of morality and the sanctity of marriage has admitted to fathering two children out of wedlock. Why do I continue to do this to myself, day after day, I thought shortly before I sighed in disgust before setting the reader back on the coffee table and fitting my feet into the black leather shoes that would contain them, like miniature prisons, for the remainder of the day. And then it was out the door, moving from my own sanctuary enshrining the west and its way of life. The time had come to re-enter China.

The moment I stepped out of the familiarity of my quiet apartment, I was thrust into the chaos and confusion of the world around me. A man squatted upon the ground in the hallway outside my door, holding a light-bulb in his hand. He looked at me and held up the object as if it were a relic he had captured after a week-long military campaign in the heart of some distant land. His wide, toothless, grin was infectious and I couldn’t help but give him a smile and greet him with a simple, “[Good morning.]” He returned my salutation and immediately set himself upon the task of closing his eyes and humming to himself.

Around the corner, I looked upon the lifts. One of the two lifts in the building displayed its all-to-familiar red sign stating, “[Now broken.]” The other rested upon the eighteenth floor, so I pressed the button to summon it down to me and began re-reading my plan for this morning’s lesson. I became lost in the preparation for this lesson, imagining each step and the various ways it could go. I reread the page three times before I looked up at the lift, surprised that it had not yet arrived at its destination. The display told me that it still lay on the eighteenth floor. Well, no use waiting around for it. With a quick turn, I entered the stairwell and, holding my telephone aloft to light the pitch-dark path, began with descent to the ground floor.

Upon exiting the building, I was, for the first time that morning, struck by the full glaring force of the Beijing sun. It pierced the grey haze in the clouds and couldn’t escape, all the while reflecting off of every airborne particulate it met. Quickly unlocking my bicycle, I mounted it and was soon on my way.

Roughly halfway between my home and my class, I came upon an old man making food on a road-side stall. I stopped my bike and dismounted. “[Hello. I'd like one of those,]” I say. He looks at me and smiles, responding while beginning to cook my food, “[Oh! You can speak Chinese. How long have you been in China?]” How many times have I had this conversation now? It’s got to be one that I have at least once a day. Just as he prepared my food without any thought, I conducted the conversation while paying no mind to it – allowing my mind to drift from one topic to the next until it was suddenly brought back with the all the force of a sledgehammer meeting a wall – “[Would you like hot peppers?]” I nodded my response to this question, paid the man and cycled over to the nearby park where I would eat my breakfast.

It was barely even eight o’clock and the park was swarming with life. Old men and women practiced Taijiquan on the grass-covered hills to my left, while younger couples danced to music on the courtyard to my right. Young children played in the water of the fountain immediately before me. Incredible, I thought. At home, only tourists looking to cram in as many activities into a day as they managed to shove shirts into their backpacks would come to the park this early in the morning, but yet here they are, in masses, doing what they do.

In no real length of time, I forced myself up from the bench where I had been sitting and cycled the remainder of the way to the school. I entered the building, entered the classroom, and entered the trance of teaching. Before I knew it, the third class had ended and it was time for me to leave. Saying my goodbyes to the young Chinese woman with whom I had been teaching, I once again mounted my bicycle and swiftly carried myself to a local coffee-shop.

Settling down in my usual bench, I told the young waitress that I’d like a Brazilian coffee and pulled out a stack of exams that needed corrections. Just as I had in the classroom, I entered a sort of trance while marking the papers, such that I did not notice the coffee that sat on the table in front of me until I had finished the first class. The coffee, although grown somewhat cool in its long rest upon the table’s surface, was bitter and strong. In short, it was the perfect cup. I nursed it while I continued working my way through the papers laid out before me.

It was shortly before noon before my mobile phone chirped softly from its hiding place in my pocket, indicating that a message had been received. I pulled it out and had a quick read through what it had to say. A fellow teacher had written me, “Hey, our afternoon class has been canceled. Thought you’d like to know. Cheers!” I set myself to the task of finishing the paperwork ahead of me, one which was finished before noon had even arrived. I packed up my belongings and paid the bill for my coffee.

There I was, with the rest of the day free from any responsibility and pre-established plans, save meeting up with a few of the other foreign teachers at a local bar later in the evening. This is it. You’ve got the time free. Go and see something historic. Mounting my bicycle, yet again, I quickly returned home to change into something comfortable and set out again.

Instead, I sat down upon the couch and picked up my digital reader once again and fell into Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. The hours passed by until I realized that the sun had begun to finish its daily course and night had begun to draw her starless veil over the skyline of Beijing.

As the scents of my neighbors’ cooking wafted into the apartment, I realized that I had gone the day without eating anything apart from a light breakfast roughly ten hours earlier. Deciding on a course of action, I sent an SMS message out to a few of the other teachers, seeing if they wanted to join me for dinner, but all replies were negative. Wandering into the rapidly darkening kitchen, I set myself to the task of chopping vegetables and potatoes and stir-frying them.

Soon, the apartment was filled with a heavenly aroma that drove out the earlier ones originating from neighbor’s apartments. After washing up, I settled myself at the table with a beer and consumed the meal I had laid out before me. With each bite, I reminded myself of the distance between my current life and the home that I had left behind. My laptop computer lay at the other side of the table, and I opened it in a moment of homesickness. Flipping through old pictures just highlighted the life that I had given up to come here and form a new one.

Whether my past life was better or worse than the one I live now is a point for continual debate, usually based on the day’s events. The one thing on the matter that I can say with any degree of certainty is that this is an experience I’m glad I didn’t pass up.

Hello, my name is Marco.  I grew up in The Netherlands and my family comes from South Africa. I grew up in a small village near the Belgium border. I graduated from The Language and Culture University in Beijing with a degree in Chinese language and Culture and am busy in a masters program for International Politics at the same university. In 2009 I was awarded an Excellent Foreign Student Scholarship by the Chinese government.  I have been working at Aihua since Spring 2003.

I really enjoy traveling, I have Been to Egypt, and traveled a little in Europe, as well as extensively in Asia and South East Asia. Besides traveling I enjoy reading, sight seeing, and going to the Gym.

I have been living in Beijing for eight years now; and the city has changed quite a bit. The city is working hard to become a cosmopolitan city, and in the city center you can get anything you can get in any other big city around the world. Public transport works well and with the subway you can get almost anywhere in town.

Personally I like living in Shijingshan, the district where the head office of Aihua is located. It is more relaxed than the City center and close to the mountains, which can make a nice get away on your days off, and things also tend  to be cheaper than in the city center. People are quite friendly and helpful. I have lived in the same area for quite a while now and made some nice friendships, it is always nice to have dinner with friends after work in a newly discovered restaurant. Also a lot of Aihua’s students live around here and so every now and then you will run into them, having a chat with outside of the classroom environment can be very refreshing. As Beijing is trying to develop itself as a cosmopolitan city more and more cultural events are organized in the city attending all of them can be a fulltime job in its own. All in all, Beijing has something for everyone.

I have spent almost 4 years in Beijing, now, and I am on my 3rd English language school. I spent some time with EF English First, kid’s schools, but felt compelled to leave to safeguard my sanity and integrity. I am now with an Irish – Chinese school called Ai Hua and although they pay less than EF English First, I can honestly say that I am MUCH happier here. Having worked in other schools and spoken to many English teachers in China I have come to the conclusion that it’s never going to be perfect, but here at Ai Hua, it’s pretty good. Dr David Cotter, the boss, is Irish and is head of the foreign management team. He is a decent and upright man and still believes in honour, a value I find lacking in many people these days. If David shakes your hand on an agreement reached then you can be sure that was said, will be done.

This year is Ai Hua school’s 10th birthday, a testament to its tenacity in the world of “English Language Schools”. Many come and many go but Ai Hua is still here and showing no signs of weakness. In fact, having just opened a new branch in the neighbouring district of HaiDian, we are going from strength to strength. Most of our classes are at our school in GuCheng (ShiJingShan district) although we also go out to some of the neighbouring public schools to supplement their own on-site English classes. The school is not a “Posh” fancy school but an honest, decent one offering a valuable service to the local community. Many of our students’ parents work at the local market selling produce and are not in a position to pay the fees commanded by top end of the market schools. The kind of schools so business and money oriented that the students and the teachers often get trampled in the stampede towards more and more cash, resulting in a very high turnover of teachers. That is not to say we are a charity, the wages are good here with the added bonus of feeling that you are part of a family and not just a number on the Human Resources person’s list of people to pay.

Life at Aihua:
Teaching English in a foreign country to many is an experience and adventure that will never be forgotten. Although like anything in life nothing is too easy. Teaching English to children or adults takes work, effort and determination. When adjusting to a new job, new experience and new challenge what helps all individuals is the people and support you receive along the way. Teaching and working at Aihua in many ways is like being part of a family. The only choice you have is, are you going to become part of that family or not? You and your teaching assistant or study advisor are a team and you together want to help all the children in your class enjoy themselves as well as improve their English skills. As a new teacher you will be given training on a regular basis and have a group of teachers who are always whiling to help out or offer suggestions. When the week starts everyone at the school will be busy and focused on getting through the week successfully. Aihua is not just a training school it’s also a business so there are many things having to be done on a regular basis in order for the school to succeed and run smoothly. As a foreigner teacher you are one piece of the pie which helps the school to become whole. If you need something or help from classes to your apartment life you must speak up. Don’t be afraid to ask for help even when people look extremely busy.
Getting settled in and learning about how to survive in Beijing will be given when you first arrive. The school will help get you settled into an apartment, set up your bank account and show you how everything works or assign someone to show you around.  There will be regular teacher meetings from management which after you have been here for over a month or so you can use to mention any problems you are having or any help you may need. There is a staff member who is the contact person for all the foreign staff to go to when they need something fixed or an emergency occurs.
There with any job in a foreign country at times miss communication can occur. Remember to be patient and understanding and recognize there are cultural differences which will surprise you. Consider this part of the adventure and learning experience.
Have fun and soak it up for all it’s worth.

Andrew is from Hessle in the UK.  He studied Chemistry at Aberdeen University and had a paper published. He has travelled around the UK and to China and Japan.  He is currently learning Chinese.  His interests include, playing music, listening to music, playing computer games and watching DVD’s.  He also likes reading books and writing stories.

Living in Beijing

Wheels hit tarmac after a long haul flight. Airport security passes in a blur of forms and passport stamps. Bags picked up off the carousel. People waiting bundle luggage into a car.

You’ve made it.

Driving down the EXPRY.
You’re in China, you’ve made it to Beijing.

Tiredness fades as new experiences assault the senses. Strange cars coughing out black smoke, bricks piled so high on the back they look like they could fall any moment. Timber on another truck loosely tied together.
A voice laughs. “Welcome to China”

After a few days, the local area starts to become familiar, buildings become landmarks. Getting stared at becomes less unnerving. You’ve a little Chinese under your belt. It’s time to brave the supermarket. Only, nothing’s where you expect it to be, it’s there, after a head scratch and a search it’s time to brave the checkout. Returning home goods in hand you feel a sense of accomplishment. “I did that!”

Five months into your stay, the streets of Shijingshan are your streets. The local restaurant knows your order before you ask. The shop owner will tell you “没有百事可乐”, letting you know the same bottle of coke you buy everyday isn’t available today. And together you’ll laugh.

The weather is warm the sun is shining. The trees are green and the flowers are blooming. It’s your day. What are you going to do? Where are you going to go? Explore the cities many treasures, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, visit the great lake at the Summer Palace or visit the modern downtown district and go shopping. So much to see and so much to do each place filling the senses with something new.

A year later. Everything is so familiar.

It’s home.

What is Aihua?
Straight to the point Aihua is a school, we teach English, but there is more to Aihua than just a school. We provide a unique opportunity to learn English through active and fun classes. What makes me most proud about teaching here is its affiliation with Ireland and sharing the culture of both china and my home country.

Work and life in Aihua
Work hard and play hard, I think this saying aptly describes working with Aihua. On a typical week you will find your self trekking out to the public schools to teach the students English. This is a unique opportunity to really see a part of Chinese culture that you might never have seen before. Some of the public schools that I teach at are my favourite students and I look forward to teaching there every week. On Saturday and Sunday we teach in the Aihua campus and for a nice change the students come to us. They will be your most busy days but the staff picnic in classroom six is always fun. Who cooked what and who has resorted to dehydrated noodles again.

The thing that is truly unique about Aihua is its standards, for every class we are expected to have a lesson plan, pictures, text book and any extra things we wanted to prepare. There are weekly meetings informing us of upcoming events and extra office hours and every second week we have teacher training. While to some people this might seem a bit daunting but I find this a great comfort and moral boost. In this school you are treated like a real teacher and expected to reach the standards that the school asks of you.

Living in Beijing
There is so much to see and do in Beijing, this city is like two worlds, you can walk the streets of Soho and marvel at the modern and the streamlined buildings or see ancient temples and beautiful streets filled with culture and beauty. There is also the random and strange side of Beijing which I love the most. Never a day goes by when you don’t see something that just makes you stop and laugh or catch flies.

The thing that I find to be the most unique about this city is the seasons. Sure it’s a basic thing all places have seasons but there is something about the extreme difference that you can find here that can keep you on your toes. Its spring at the moment and the air is filled with what I can only describe as floating cotton and blossom leaves. It reminds me of a scene in a romantic movie, a Chinese one of course. In a month or so it will be summer which means the night time is the only civilised and cool time to go out with friends. That means spicy street food and cold beers with neon lights as your illumination.

Then comes autumn its starting to get colder and the shops are filled with electric blankets and space heaters. Your co workers will tell you to drink lots of hot water or better yet some Chinese tea. The leaves cover the streets and the street sweepers use home made brushes to clear the footpaths. I almost wish they wouldn’t, the sound of those leaves reminds me of my childhood. Winter is bitterly cold but by this time the heating comes on for all homes in Beijing and your apartment will be cosy and warm. If you’re really lucky and wake up early on a snowy day you can see the city covered in a fresh white blanket of snow. Then comes the end of the year where you get to celebrate the biggest Chinese festival the New Year. The fireworks last for weeks and some people get to see them up close from their balconies. Just don’t singe your eyebrows when you are recording it.

If you chose to live in Beijing you are not just living in any city, here there are so many worlds. Old and new, beautiful and chaotic, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Hello my name is  James. I am 27 years old and I am from British Columbia, which is on the west coast of Canada. I grew up in a small city of about 10,000 people near the Rocky Mountains called Nelson.  After graduating from high school I traversed  back and forth across the country to go to Carleton University which is in the nation’s capital city, Ottawa.  I received a  Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a concentration in Psychology in 2006 and then took additional courses at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in adult probation officer training. I enjoy traveling to Mexico as much as possible and have usually been able to find myself there for at least one or two weeks a year for the last 15 years. I enjoy flying four line sport kites, playing video games, going out for dinner, and staying current on all of the newest movies and TV shows.  A secret goal of mine for before I’m 30 is to save enough money that I can go on a 1 week adventure tourism trip to Mexico to swim with great white sharks(with me “safely” inside a shark cage of course) .

Working at Aihua has been a great experience so far. I would recommend it to anyone who is willing to come with the right attitude.  To fit in here you must be a hard-working and self-motivated individual who is coming for the work experience not the travel experience. To put it as plainly as possible, work will take up a large portion of your time and you shouldn’t come thinking you will have lots of free time during the terms. The staff at Aihua put in a great deal of time and effort to deliver a product that is worth the price of admission to the clients.

Everyone at work is fantastic and will always be willing to help you sort out any of your daily life needs. At the campus where I work at the majority of work happens on Saturday, and Sunday, and then there are classes during the week which the hours will vary for each teacher.

To speak to what your lifestyle will be like in Beijing, it should be great. Depending on your needs, you can live on a shoestring budget and save your kuai, or you can live like a rock star. It’s up to you and there are teachers here living each of those lifestyles.

There are lots of shopping markets and malls everywhere and your salary out in Shijingshan will go a long way. Dinner per person at most of the local restaurants is typically less than 25 kuai each. The school itself is situated very close to a subway station which will take you right into the heart of downtown.  This is a temptation that you must watch out for though if you are trying to save your money as downtown Beijing prices are easily 5x that of what you would pay for the same things out in the local area.

All in all, I knew within 2 months that Aihua was going to be a longer term choice for me than just the 1 year contract that I signed up for. How long will I stay you might ask? I don’t know, I stopped thinking about it.

Living in Beijing:
While I have only been here for 8 months I can confidently say that there is a definitely a multicultural feeling to the city. In addition to this there are always local people who are kind and willing to lend a hand. As for entertainment there is a great deal of shows and museums to keep one busy when they are not working. Of course to every city there are positives and negatives; some examples are the overcrowded buses, subways and general pedestrian walk ways. However this can be solved by bringing or purchasing a bike at any of the local shops, I have only recently purchased a bike and I feel that it was an extremely worth wild expense. I am in better shape and I am able to explore the city with greater ease.

Work and life at Aihua:
In my opinion working at Aihua can be a very rewarding experience as long as you make sure to properly prepare and consider each of your classes. The staff I work with are all very capable people who work hard and support me in and out of the classroom. With regards to the life here at Aihua I would say it boils down to what you make of it. The people here are friendly, good hearted and experienced, they try to include all staff foreign and Chinese alike. If a person would like to make friends there are plenty of opportunities to create long lasting friendships; as long as you work hard and are an open-minded person there is no reason not to love the work and the life that Aihua English Academy provides.

What is Aihua:
In my opinion Aihua is the ultimate attempt to bring quality English teaching to as many people in the most efficient and creative way possible. The school has been around long enough to know how to teach English and how do it the right way. There is no doubt that the Management has a singular goal to educate and promote learning to young people regardless of personal capability. With the three campuses all working the school has been able to reach out and help hundreds of children be introduced and enjoy learning English. There is a philosophy here which says that no student should leave Aihua without having an affection for English regardless of what level they leave with. I believe this to be an important part of the Aihua and I strongly believe in this cause.