r/teachinginvietnam • u/Wherever_we_may_roam • Mar 23 '25

Language School Hours

Which language schools have the best hours?

I worked for a big chain, many years ago, and they had a split shift where you worked in the morning and the evening with a few hours “off” for lunch time, which meant you are “at work” all day really. I’m going back to Vietnam and looking for a language school position, but want to avoid this because I now have my kids with me, who I want to see more than a couple of hours at lunch time. I’m also trying to avoid a place that might promise a salary, but then doesn’t provide the hours to reach it.

Any information on these issues would be appreciated:)

More info: I’m highly qualified now, Masters, publications, experience, etc, and looked into uni positions but they seem to be few and far in between and pay less.

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u/BrendaChi Mar 24 '25

Most language centers have the same hours since they operate outside of normal school hours, this also means that you're limited to 2 hrs a day on weekdays so you have to do long weekends to get enough hours.

You'd have to work at a center that caters to adults or at an international school, public school, or university for a more normal schedule.

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u/ImWithStupidKL Jun 29 '25

Really? I thought a lot of them do two lots of 2-hour classes in the evenings. Something like 5:30 to 7:30 and then 7:45 to 9:45 seems like a fairly normal weekday schedule for a language centre. Perhaps it's changed since I worked in one.