Ever been felt the yearning to spread your wings and travel to foreign parts, to learn a new language, try exotic dishes – all the while imparting your teaching knowledge via your own unique personality? If that preamble resonates with you, then this is the book for you! You will discover in this little volume an invaluable companion to provide the critical aids to unlock a new life working and living in an alien land. It will assist you to navigate the reefs and shoals of the Asian culture by providing you with a total immersion package, more enduring than any promise of virtual reality. Written by a teacher with hands-on experience gained in real classrooms, amongst real students – you may even smell the chalk and hear the rustle of textbooks! Are you ready for the plunge? Dive right in and discover all you wanted to know about teaching English in China in these pages. You will be guided in choosing the best teaching qualification to enrol in before you leave your home country – how to select the school to match your particular background, or a province where the climate is right. You will learn what power adapters to bring with you to run your all devices and accessories; how to open a banking account, understand the somewhat confusing Chinese clothes and shoes sizes; whether you should eat street food or not - and much, much more...You will never need to buy another guide again!