Teaching Russian? (Besides English...)

[ZhangXinQiang]

Besides English.......Is there interest in learning Russian in China?

I am living in USA long time. But grow up bigger part of my life in Russia. Right now student in University, studying engineering.

But also learning Chinese (Still a beginner). But.. In future I am thinking of going to China and teaching there (at least this way I can see China much better and also learn Chinese much better).

Also.... Do you think my degree matters? Can I teach there even that I am major in engineering?

[imron]

I would imagine that in the more north and north-eastern areas, there is a reasonable demand for learning Russian as it is quite close to the Russian border.

[roddy]

Yep, you'd certainly be better off in the north-east. That aside, have a read through the discussions on here on teaching Italian / Spanish, etc - basically the same principles apply. It can be done, but it's not quite so easy to find the work as it is for English.

[ZhangXinQiang]

And what about degree?

Or it doesn't matters? Just any degree from University? (electrical engineering in my case)

[atitarev]

I had Russian-Chinese language exchange partners. One form Beijing, one from Shanghai. The Shanghai lady studied it at a uni. It means it is taught at some unis.

[wushijiao]

As others have said, you could probably find something up in the Heilongjiang. I'm not sure if you could get an official job, but I'd imagine that you could do some part-time jobs.

This google search also provided info that the teaching of Russian is still going on at the university level in heilongjiang:

http://scholar.ilib.cn/A-hebsydxxb-shkx200401040.html

Here's a post (from 2007) of college looking for 10 Russian teachers, although I assume they mean Chinese people:

http://www.121job.cn/article/show.asp?id=4753

Still, you could always email them and ask if they need native speakers of Russian. You never know.

[geraldc]

There are a surprising number of Chinese who had to learn Russian at school when they were kids, most of them are in their fifties now.

[monto]

There are a surprising number of Chinese who had to learn Russian at school when they were kids, most of them are in their fifties now.

Da, so had I. That's mainly because we didn't have teachers in English then.

[ZhangXinQiang]

haha, thats good.

Maybe there will be some older students who would want to refresh their memory ...