Published on:
April 30, 2019

by: Guest

My Top Tips for Travelling Asia

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 gives us her top tips for travelling Asia. Many expats would agree that one of the biggest appeals to teaching in China is the opportunity to travel, both in [...]

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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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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Published on:
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 [...]

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Published on:
March 5, 2019

by: Guest

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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