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Chinese university said work permit denied because I have TESL, not TESOL. Anyone heard of this?

I graduated in 2016 from a Canadian university. At that time, the program was called TESL. A few years later, the name of the program changed because the industry was using TESOL. The requirements of the program remained the same.

When my school tried to apply for a work permit for me, it was denied because they look for TESOL, CELTA, or TEFL. TESL was not one of the acronyms, and my school said Teaching English as a Second Language refers to teaching English in an English majority country, like Canada, US, etc.

Since the requirements of the program didn't change, my school will replace my credential with the proper "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages" to reflect the current program name. I have already completed the requirements and earned the credential while it was called by the old name.

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of this before. My spidey senses are tingling that this doesn't seem right.

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 3 days ago

School said work permit denied because I have TESL, not TESOL. Anyone heard of this?

I graduated in 2016 from a Canadian university. At that time, the program was called TESL. A few years later, the name of the program changed because the industry was using TESOL. The requirements of the program remained the same.

When my school tried to apply for a work permit for me, it was denied because they look for TESOL, CELTA, or TEFL. TESL was not one of the acronyms, and my school said Teaching English as a Second Language refers to teaching English in an English majority country, like Canada, US, etc.

Since the requirements of the program didn't change, my school will replace my credential with the proper "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages" to reflect the current program name. I have already completed the requirements and earned the credential while it was called by the old name.

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of this before. My spidey senses are tingling that this doesn't seem right.

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 3 days ago

Looking for native Chinese speakers for help with learning resources

Easy Job. 100 RMB per hour recurring. Payment on wechat. Task mainly involves voice recording for an online platform. I will not clone your voice or use it to train an AI. Happy to explain everything. :) Message me if you're interested.

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 12 days ago

Looking to hire native speakers for help with learning resources

I will pay you 100 RMB per hour on wechat. The task is mostly voice recording for an online platform. I will not clone your voice or use it to train an AI. Happy to explain everything. :)

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 12 days ago

Are there any native speakers willing to help create learning resources?

I can pay you on WeChat 50 RMB or through another currency on Paypal if you prefer. One resource will take you about 30 minutes and the main task is voice recording. I'd like to make several resources, so I can pay you 50 RMB for each one.

English is my first language, and I've been studying Chinese for about four years. I designed a system for language learning that's a bit like a language resource exchange. It's a creator platform. Almost nobody is using it now, but it's been helpful for my speaking and vocabulary.

I'm not going to use your voice to train an AI or anything like that. The purpose is to create parroting exercises. Please DM or comment if you're interested.

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 17 days ago

Here is how I understand 的. Any logical tricks for understanding result complements? v + 出来,v + 起来,etc.

The way I finally understood 的 was by thinking about the song "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison. The name makes me uncomfortable because the grammar is weird. "Eyed" feels like it should not be a word.

But try to copy this pattern to other nouns. Like "shirted", "doored", " and so on. "open doored house", "blue shirted man". This structure is just 的. It modifies the noun.

I think of 出来 like the a process and result of a verb. So like 这是她做的 is something like "She did this" (factual), but 这是她做出来的 is more like "This was her doing". This works with most verbs I think.

起来 for me is the most difficult, especially with combining or connecting things. Like 他比两棵树叠起来还高。He is taller than two trees combined. 孩子把拼图拼起来了。The child put the puzzle together.

Wondering if you have any logic hacks for this concepts or others.

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u/CutePossibility8745 — 1 month ago