Jaeda Khalilifar

I’M an English teacher of Daxin Primary School. Being a teacher in Shenzhen is a really rewarding experience and I would say that the job offers good work-and-life balance. I’m an ESL (English as a second language) specialist from Montreal, Canada.

It’s meaningful that I’ve progressed in my career development in China, working with kind colleagues and cute students who are keen to learn English with me.

Comparing teaching in Shenzhen with in Montreal, I would say that surprisingly, they’re structurally similar. It’s been easy to adapt to working and living in China, but teaching a large class with more students than in Canada can be a bit challenging.

Chinese students are curious. In the class, they have many questions about what I put on the board. They are motivated learners, and it feels good to teach them. I do a lot of activities with students in the class, and I think that my class is definitely a somewhat liberating period in the day for them.