But it's a rare foreigner who can "go into battle" the moment he steps off the airplane. At Hess Language School, for instance, new teachers undergo two to four weeks of training, including practice teaching, an introduction to Taiwanese culture, studies of basic Chinese, help in renting a place and buying furniture, and so forth, in order to lessen the insecurity that comes from an unfamiliar environment.
但多數外國人不是下了飛機就能上陣教英文，以何嘉仁來說，會對新老師進行兩週到一個月的訓練，包括試教、介紹台灣文化、學習簡單的中文，幫他們租房子、買家具等，降低對陌生環境的不安全感。