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My right arm area is very sore today. Hmm, I wonder why? Could it be that I bowled 10 games on Friday night? Yes, that’s probably it. You see, it was team building night, and even though the event wasn’t mandatory, I wanted to find out what it was like to bowl in China. Just [...]
The first few weeks of teaching English are usually fun and exciting. Students will stand up and clap as you enter their classroom and give you gifts as you leave. Teachers will shake your hands and administrators will take you out to fancy dinners. It will seem that the students and staff are transfixed by [...]
Level: Basic-Intermediate
This topic will most likely bring some passionate responses from students. Be compassionate and sensitive.
Questions to discuss:
Did you have a good or bad childhood?
What makes a childhood good or bad in China?
How do parents discipline their children in China?
When you have children (or if you have children), what do you do differently than your [...]
The Weekly China Roundup from RR on TeachAbroadChina.com
Besides the fact that it tastes horrible, there might be one more reason to stay away from Cho Tofu. Apparently the stinky food contains two ingredients that cause cancer.
Friends tell me that garage sales would never work in China because Chinese people “dont like to buy old things.”
Arab [...]
Level: Intermediate & Advanced
This is an interesting topic because every country had stories about Unidentified Objects and strange men.
Warmup: Print off a news article about a UFO sighting. Ask the students to read the article and discuss new vocabulary.
What to talk about:
Have you ever seen a UFO? (Remind them that UFO can be anything that [...]
I had a Japanese student in class today. Everyone loved him. He was funny and also very smart. At the end of class, everyone had a lot of questions to ask him about his culture and his language. I sat back and pleasantly enjoyed this blatant display of hypocrisy. Less than one week earlier, a group of [...]
During the past few weeks, social unrest in Western China has erupted into a firestorm of protests and harsh government reaction. As is usual with these types of situations, the information that is available in China about these events is quite limited in scope and very different from Western sources. People who I speak with [...]
I was fortunate enough to have had an ancient wall within walking distance of my apartment during my first year of teaching in China. There were also numerous temples, museums, and ancient structures within striking distance. Since the area that I lived in was once a major part of the ancient Three Kingdoms, walking through my town was [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Warmup: Print off this article about cheating in China and ask your students to read through it together. Talk about some of the new vocabulary words and then discuss the substance of the article. This should be a very interesting subject to discuss since cheating is so prevalent in China.
What you can [...]
In 2005, China heralded its first ever drive-thru McDonalds which opened in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. The highly publicized grand opening was representative of a much larger event taking place in China. And it still continues today. The People’s Republic of China has experienced a recent car boom which is the largest ever in history. People [...]
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