Christmas in Beijing

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This week's blog comes from our resident blogger and Teach China Graduate Program 2018 cohort, Jonas Groom. This week, Jonas discusses what it is like celebrating the festive season in China while bringing his own Christmas joy to the people of Beijing. Growing up in Sydney my Christmas back home wasn’t exactly your traditional white Christmas. With [...]

The Christmas Season as a Teacher in China

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This weeks blog comes from Teach China Graduate, India-Mae Alby, her fourth blog installment so far. This week, India shares with us what it is like being an English Teacher around the festive period in Fuzhou. A Peaceful Christmas in Fuzhou It’s that time of year again! Time for me to ignore Christmas music, lights, movies [...]

I’m an ESL teacher in China, but what do I actually do each week?

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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 nearly a year, and over the coming weeks she’ll be sharing some of her China experiences to date, both at school and [...]

Exploring Guangzhou: A Day Trip From Foshan!

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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. Here she tells us about a recent day trip from Foshan to Guangzhou... From Foshan to Guangzhou! Whoever dubbed Paris as the city of lights has obviously never been to China! I [...]

Cost of Living in China – ‘My Colleagues and I Pretty Much Live like Kings’

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This weeks blog comes from Teach China Graduate, India-Mae Alby, her third blog installment to date. She shares an important insight into the cost of living in China by giving an in-depth personal experience of how she manages her time and money since arriving in Fuzhou. My salary stretches a very long way…   When I [...]

Top 5 Mandarin Survival Phrases to last you through your first month in China!

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This week's blog comes from our resident blogger and Teach China Graduate Program 2018 cohort, Jonas Groom. Jonas provides us with a survival guide on the top 5 Mandarin phrases to last you through your first few months in China! Three months into my China journey, I can safely say I have now I have comfortably settled [...]

A Foodie in Fuzhou!

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This weeks blog comes from Teach China Graduate, India-Mae Alby, her second blog installment. She shares her experience of eating at local restaurants and trying new street food in her local area of Fuzhou.    Cheap and Delicious!   I am gaining weight. No question about it. I take full responsibility; I don’t have to eat [...]

Settling in to life as a Kindergarten Teacher in Foshan

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This week's blog comes from Mahalia Peake. Mahalia has a BA in English from the University of Nottingham and is currently teaching in Foshan as part of the 2018 Teach China Graduate Program.  A Fast-paced introduction to life in China, and making New Friends   ‘Fast-paced’ is a term you will often hear when talking [...]

Great Wall of China? Completed it Mate!

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This week's blog comes from our resident blogger and Teach China Graduate Program 2018 cohort, Jonas Groom. Jonas had the opportunity of a lifetime to hike up and see the Great Wall of China in all its beauty.  The Journey Begins!   Now we all know it wouldn’t be a real trip to China without an Instagram [...]

Guest Post: A fun, but tiring first few weeks living and teaching in China

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This week's blog comes from Teach China Graduate Program 2018 blogger and University of Warwick Graduate, India-Mae Alby. India-Mae has been teaching at a Private Language Centre in Fuzhou since the summer of 2018. Arrival, Training, and Teaching   I’m three weeks into my job as an English teacher in Fuzhou, Fujian province, working for a [...]