Internship English teaching in China focuses on developing conversational English skills with Chinese students. IFRE presently works with Chinese public schools; most of them are located in rural parts and serve the farmers' children and lower class people living outside the cities. Note : non-native English speakers can also join this project, whereas they cannot join our paid English Teaching projects.

You need to be fluent in English to teach English in China in IFRE's intern projects, but no further qualifications are required. Interns should have enough fluency in English to effectively guide basic conversations with Chinese students. Non-native speakers can also join this project if they fluently speak, read and write English. Note: no salary/benefits are offered to intern English teachers in this China project.

In China , there is growing demand for an English education. With the economic growth, the importance of English education also grows. Many schools in China have established an “English corner”, a specially designed spot for teaching/learning English. These schools are very eager to have native English teachers. Unfortunately, only private, expensive schools in city areas attract native English teachers. Most of the resource-poor schools remain hopeful for quality English teachers for their classes, with native English speakers at the top of their wish lists.

As an intern English teacher in China , you will teach English at these rural, resource-poor schools. Your accommodations and food are included in your internship project, but these schools are not able to offer salaries to teach English, like private schools. If you are interested in earning a salary to teach English, please refer to our “Teaching English in China (Paid)” section.

We offer a “ home base ” in Xi'an , China . Our home base is located in a beautiful area of Xi'an city. This area /community is very safe, clean and accessible to local transport. Residing within this community are many business families, high ranked government officials and people with a high social status. It is near to the supermarket and the shopping mall and you can easily walk to the local bus station if you choose to go into town. The nearby internet café, restaurant, police station and supermarket are just 1-3 km away. Our home base accommodations offer interns a wonderful place to rest and relax after a day's work or weekend travel. This is the ideal setting for individuals looking for a “home away from home” and the perfect arrangement for sharing your daily experiences with fellow interns or local staff.

Dependent on the season and flow of interns, you may be placed with a local host family or with the family of our in-country coordinator. Our host family homes provide similar amenities as our home base, but you will also have your own room. Staying with a host family offers a valuable chance to learn more about Chinese people and their culture. When selecting home base or host families, we were primarily focused on the safety and comfort of our interns. In all China internship projects, breakfast, lunch and dinner is provided throughout the duration of the project. We offer 3 meals a day of local cuisine (Chinese food). Typically, interns eat breakfast and dinner at the home base and have lunch at their project. We offer fresh, nutritious and safe local foods to our interns to eat. We also work extremely hard to maintain our facilities in a positive condition.

Most of our intern projects in China are within 5-30 minutes away from our homebase  by bus. China has very strong and reliable system of local transit so you can travel to/from projects each day. Interns at our Panda Conservation project will stay at a modest economy hotel, close to the Conservation Center . We have a strong partnership with this hotel and they treat our international interns with kind respect and offer a very safe environment. Internet is available at this hotel. Breakfast - lunch - dinner is provided at a nearby restaurant, which offers very delicious Chinese food. In China , our in-country staff provides highly effective field support. Whether you stay in our home base or with a host family, our coordinators visit you regularly (even day or within 2-7 days) to ensure a successful and happy internship experience