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July 23, 2018
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June 12, 2018
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Teacher Guest Post: When Typhoons Bring More Than Just Bad Weather: Culture Shock in Focus
China is exciting, exhilarating and ever changing, but with all of this comes a unique set of challenges. This week Opportunity China's Shenzhen Blogger, Zoe Brent, shares an insight into dealing with a typhoon and the magnification of culture shock that this brought on. This week, I may as well be posting from under the sea. Shenzhen [...]
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June 5, 2018
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Teacher Guest Post: Help! I don’t speak Chinese!
This week Opportunity China's Shenzhen Blogger, Zoe Brent, discusses the challenges that come with living and working in a country with such a diverse and challenging language(s). Zoe shares her top tips on how maximise your language learning capacity whilst in China. I will put you under no illusion - Mandarin Chinese is one of the most difficult [...]
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May 15, 2018
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Teacher Guest Post: Walks in China, favourite places and the joy of teaching
We make our final visit to our Resident Blogger Francesca in Fuzhou. In her final blog Francesca lets us know about some of her favourite walks in Fuzhou and the eternal joys and ups and downs of teaching in China! I downloaded a new app this week that claims to pay you for meeting a certain [...]
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May 7, 2018
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Teacher Guest Post: Budgeting & Weekend City Breaks as a Teacher in China
I would be lying if I said the number one reason I decided to become a middle school teacher in Hangzhou, China, was a burning desire to work with children as they navigate through the most difficult hormonal changes of their lives. Of course teaching is a fantastic profession that allows you to create truly [...]
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March 23, 2018
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5 Ways to Teach English with Movies
5 Fun Ways to Teach and Learn English with Movies Using movies and videos in your classes can be an effective way to engage students. Exposing second language learners to authentic audio-visual materials, such as feature films, can increase motivation and improve core skills in English. In addition, by creating task-based activities to coincide [...]
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March 7, 2018
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Guest post: A Very Happy Chinese New Year from Fuzhou!
This week Francesca in Fuzhou reflects upon her first Chinese New Year experiences... Joining my Student's Family for Chinese New Year Before breaking up for the Spring festival holiday (typically taking place late January/ February and a time when all teachers have a break from work), my school ran an extra activity, offering students [...]
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February 23, 2018
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English Corner, Public School Outreach, and Cocktails…
Here's Francesca's second blog post instalment. She's currently teaching for a language centre in Fuzhou as part of the Teach China Graduate Program. Fun with English Corner... English corner, a well-established concept here in South China, is where like-minded individuals meet to share and discuss topics in English. Unlike in an official class, there is [...]
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February 1, 2018
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How do I start to learn Mandarin? Guest post from Sam Silverman
This is a guest blog post from Sam Silverman of TutorMandarin. TutorMandarin helps students learn Chinese online through PC software or their Learn Chinese APP with live, 1-on-1 tutors. You’re interested in learning Chinese but just don’t know where to start. Plus, you’ve heard some horror stories about how hard a language it is to learn. […]
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January 18, 2018
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