Lessons
- A standard group lesson is 55 minutes once
a week.
- Many adult students opt to take private one-to-one
lessons, sometimes in addition to their group
lesson.
- Private lessons can be anywhere from 30 minutes
to 2 hours
- It is common for teachers to have lots of
short private lessons during a standard day.
- Intensive Course students may study up to
3.5 hours per day.
Daily
Schedules
- Teachers will work according to a 9-hour shift
(eg 1-10, 9-6, 12.30-9.30)
- Includes 1 hour of meal breaks
- At least one hour of preparation time before
first lesson
- Up to six hours of teaching
- Teachers usually work afternoons/evenings
- There are also special spring and summer seasonal
classes for primary age children which take
place between 10a.m. and 12a.m. for which teachers
are paid overtime.
Weekly
Schedules
- Teachers are usually given a regular schedule
of five working days per week
- 3 or 4 different schools during the week
- The schedule is designed to allow teachers
to see the same students, at the same location,
at the same time, each week.
- Some 6-day weeks during the year (13
in total)
- Average 26 teaching hours per week
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