ESL4Asia Inc. is the leading source for teaching jobs in Taiwan that hires foreign teachers to legally work in Taiwan. It is in our best interest to place good teachers in good schools. We provide job-seekers the opportunities for an adventure of a lifetime. We highly promote teaching and learning, so as a teacher at one of our schools, you will not only get a decent wage or salary but an enriching and stimulating learning experience. We provide our teachers with many fun and interesting activities to do, so our teachers have a balance between work and play.

Teachers' recommendations:

Steven Covault (2004 July- April 2005)

ESL4Asia has been a fair and helpful employer. If Taiwan, East Asia, or the whole English-teaching scene is a new experience, ESL4Asia is a wise decision to first get your feet wet. It is a relief to come to a new continent and have so much ready for you; employment, a place to stay, transportation, and, most importantly, an organization that has you interests at heart and is always helpful and guiding. They genuinely want your time in Taiwan to be enjoyable and productive. This is a company that not only provides living assistance, but also a network of support and friendship with their other teachers.

Taiwan, as a living experience, is also welcoming. The people are hospitable, curious, and respectful towards you. There are great vacation spots and beautiful scenery just a few hours from the unpleasant city life scene. I find myself fortunate being able to live in a foreign country for an extended period of time and make some decent money at the same time. However, Taiwan is at times strange and frustrating. It is a country that is so very different and so very foreign, but still possible to find good salsa, ground beef to make hamburgers, the latest movies, or any book you’d ever want to read.

Regan Peters (July 2005- present)

I have had an enjoyable and rewarding experience teaching for ESL 4 Asia. For first time teachers in Taiwan ESL 4 Asia is a good company to work for. The company will work together with you to organise your preffered work schedule and obtain your ARC. The only thing you really have to worry about is the actual teaching.

Johanna Levac (Feb 2005 - March, 2005)

I'm thankful to have been given this opportunity, to teach and live in Taiwan, and i feel I have you and the company to thank for it. So, thank you!

Mark Bryan (Oct 2005 - present)

I want to start by saying what a pleasure it has been working for your company. You have helped make what is a very daunting experience, a very enjoyable one. I have found the assistance and service I have received to be of the highest standard and would be happy to recommend other prospective teachers to ESL 4 Asia.

Darryl Youzefowich

I remember Taiwan as being quite a big adventure. I taught kindergarten age and I look back with a lot of fondness at my young students. I remember one little girl, her English name was Betty, she was so adorable! She would come and sit on my knee after class and she would look at me with such adorable eyes! Try to have that kind of love while working in a regular job back home! I would spend weekends with some new friends and we would dance in nightclubs until 4:00AM - it was such a celebration, I remember feeling incredibly free. I had a good Taiwanese friend who would take me to old teahouses and we would sip Taiwanese tea. My friends and I traveled around Taiwan on our school break and we headed to the south coast and went swimming in the ocean. I look back on those experiences with such fond memories - great times with good friends and fun teaching too.

Vanessa Cassidy

Thank you very much for the opportunity you brought to me.  I am having a fantastic              time teaching in Taiwan.

It is always good to be someplace where everyone knows your name.  Being in a foreign country is not usually one of these places...unless you are "The Foreign Teacher." You will find that everyone MUST know your name, because this is a vital piece of information that they know about this new alien teacher.  The teacher that looks different and speaks a different language.  Younger children find foreign
teachers fascinating, so the language barrier is not a problem because this forces them to listen, challenging them to learn.  A good foreign teacher has a grand opportunity to make a lifetime impression on our young fertile children.

Some think you are funny, some are curious, others forget that you cannot understand them.  During the first few weeks of landing on their territory, the
children will be very star struck and will follow the teacher everywhere. (the bathroom and all the way home!) The foreigner must carry an abundance of energy
and patience.  The children will remain intrigued by this "alien" that has come to teach them.

My Spanish teacher could, but never would, speak English. She had the right idea- at the wrong time.  I speak English only in my ESL classrooms, this is the idea.  I don't see my students becoming frustrated or overwhelmed as I once became with my Spanish teacher.  This is because my timing is right.  Younger children are very meek therefore they can benefit from a native English teacher, who cannot speak their language.  This can pave a smooth path for the children as they advance to higher grades.  It is imperative that children be taught correct English at this vital age where these first impressions will stick with them throughout life.
　

Christopher Paul Dupont

I just wanted to tell you that everything has been really great here.  My bosses, Joanne and Ivy are nothing short of wonderful and the schools that I work in are really great and really fun.  To be perfectly honest, I have not had even a so-so day yet.  Each and every day is better than the last.   I am spending Chinese New Year in Hong Kong which will be really cool.  I've made some good friends here, most notable Raphael, whom you obviously know.  He says alot of good things about you as well.  Anyways, I hope that you are doing good and thank you for all your help!

Rafael

Sorry I took long to update you.  My flight was uneventfully long.  David (Mr. Tai) picked me up from the airport on time.  I have a place to stay in Jungli, I guess I will be teaching in Shimpo (I hope I spelled that right) in Irene's school.  I am replacing the English teacher from S. Africa, Allison.  Yesterday I went to the school and observed Alison's class.  I will be going to a teacher training in Tai Pei sometime this week.  I will probably start teaching as soon as the trainings are completed.  I have my future students and I think they like me already.  However they are having a hard time giving me a Chinese name  :)  

Still adjusting to the time change.  However, I am enjoying my stay by the second.

Thank you again for letting me have this opportunity of a lifetime.  I needed this change in my life precisely this time... I am grateful to you... I hope to see you and spend time with you when you come here in December.  Maybe I can show you around Jungli.  :)