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April 30, 2019
by: Guest
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April 23, 2019
by: Guest
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
by: Guest
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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April 9, 2019
by: Will Perrins
5 Activities your Kindergarten ESL Students will Love!
Lauren Wilcox has a degree in English from the University of Portsmouth, and is teaching at a language centre as part of the 2017 Teach China Graduate Program. Lauren’s been in China for over a year, and over the coming weeks she’ll be sharing some of her China experiences to date, both at school and [...]
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March 29, 2019
by: Guest
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
by: Guest
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
by: Guest
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
by: Guest
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 12, 2019
by: Will Perrins
My Top 5 Tips for Planning as an ESL Teacher in China
Lauren Wilcox has a degree in English from the University of Portsmouth, and is teaching at a language centre as part of the 2017 Teach China Graduate Program. Lauren’s been in China for over a year, and over the coming weeks she’ll be sharing some of her China experiences to date, both at school and [...]
Published on:
March 5, 2019
by: Guest