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April 30, 2019
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April 23, 2019
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Festivals in China
This week's blog comes from resident blogger and Teach China Graduate Program participant, Jonas Groom. This week, Jonas discusses the differences between Western and Chinese festivals, including his own experience of the Tomb Sweeping Festival. We’re all familiar with the standard Western holidays such as Easter, Christmas and of course St Paddy’s Day (which is always a [...]
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April 16, 2019
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A Weekend in Hong Kong & Shenzhen
Introducing new teacher guest blogger, Alex Feal, who’ll be sharing his teaching in China experiences with us over the coming weeks. Alex has a degree in History from the University of Edinburgh (UK), and currently teaches in a public school in Shenzhen as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program. He’s a passionate traveller [...]
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March 29, 2019
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Escaping the Concrete jungle
Introducing new teacher guest blogger, Alex Feal, who’ll be sharing his teaching in China experiences with us over the coming weeks. Alex has a degree in History from the University of Edinburgh (UK), and currently teaches in a public school in Shenzhen as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program. He’s a passionate traveller [...]
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March 27, 2019
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Guest Post: My Typical Week Teaching in China
This week's blog comes from Mahalia Peake, University of Nottingham graduate currently teaching in Foshan as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program. In this post, Mahalia outlines her typical week as a kindergarten teacher in China. Monday Mornings A typical week as a teacher for me starts with a 7am wake up call on Monday [...]
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March 20, 2019
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My Top 5 Tips for New English Teachers in Shenzhen
My name is Shehan, and I'm an English and Drama teacher living in Shenzhen, China. In the not so distant past I studied Drama at Exeter University, followed by (somewhat paradoxically) Law at Cardiff University. I'm an inquisitive wanderer; I love sport, the arts and I'm learning (or at least trying to learn) Chinese. Where [...]
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March 14, 2019
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My Top 3 Teaching Techniques for Kindergarten Teachers in China
This week's blog comes from Mahalia Peake, University of Nottingham graduate currently teaching in Foshan as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program. This is her fifth blog installment where Mahalia gives us her top 3 teaching techniques for Kindergarten teachers. As an ESL teacher, I am constantly learning. There is no end to the [...]
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March 5, 2019
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My Top 5 Tips for a New ESL Teacher in Beijing
This week's blog comes from resident blogger and Teach China Graduate Program participant, Jonas Groom. This week, Jonas discusses his top five tips for a new ESL teacher in Beijing. I’ve now been teaching in Beijing for six months, so here's my brief advice to those of you who are about to or thinking of taking the plunge [...]
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February 26, 2019
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Life in China as an Expat
Alex has a degree in History from the University of Edinburgh (UK), and currently teaches in a public school in Shenzhen as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program. He’s a passionate traveller and you can follow him on Instagram @latte.wanderer “Yeah, a month in South East Asia every February sounds great, but what [...]
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February 19, 2019
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