Do you need qualifications to teach chinese in Brazil

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Kenjee
Expat.com Team

If you are going to teach for one of the "commeercial" language schools then for Chinese you would need little in the way of qualifications other than being a native speaker of the language and passably fluent in Portuguese so that you could communicate at a basic level or better.

As a non-citizen the public school system and public universities are closed to you so that isn't even worth worrying about here.

In private schools and universities the requirements depend on the individual institution and you'd need to ask them directly.

Teaching private students, apart from being a native speaker of the language, some students would like to see some kind of formal education in the language itself, not necessarily a degree per se, but some kind of certificate to teach the language. However, here too being a native speaker of the language is still more important.... also the higher your level of fluency in Portuguese the better you will relate with students so it's always a big plus to be as fluent as possible in Portuguese.

Cheers,
James      Expat-blog Experts Team

You can establish a healthy clientele privately with a website, basic advertising, and visiting larger multinational corporations that do business in Asia.

If you have training as a private tutor then you'll know that a custom lesson plan, teaching material, and responding to student inquires will help set you apart from most teachers and even most of the private language schools.

I agree with James that having fluency in Portuguese is a must have in order to get more business.

If you want to follow up on your pharmacist training then try contacting local private hospitals, Asian institutions/businesses in need of healthcare related work, and large international pharmaceutical firms.

Good luck.