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As an ESL teacher in China, I have always been fortunate enough to have worked for schools that have not deliberately attempted to cheat me. However, mistakes have been made by these schools in payroll and the ‘burden of proof’ was always placed upon my shoulders. Fortunately, I had been advised before I came to China [...]
Level: Basic to Advanced
Chinese culture has been in existence for at least 5000 years so there are plenty inventions that orginate from China. My students have always enjoyed the ESL Conversation Topic of Inventions because I encourage them to use our imaginations.
Warmup: Bring in a picture of the steam engine and ask your students if [...]
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China Takes a Whack at Corruption — It appears that the CCP is becoming more serious about fighting corruption in China. In a post entitled China Declares War on an Old Nemesis, I discuss the firing of 12 local officials in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake as well [...]
For months, my friends and students in China have been accusing the world, and especially the United States, of trying to inject politics into the 2008 Olympics Games.Those who have dared to mention to mention the words Tibet’ and ‘Olympics’ in the same sentence are accused of mixing the sacred with the profane. The Olympics Games [...]
As a veteran ESL teacher, I have sent out literally sent out hundreds of email to schools expressing interest in teaching jobs. While this may seem like an enormous amount of emails, I have made the process very easy for myself by creating a package that can be sent with one click of a button. You can read more about creating a [...]
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Since China has their own version of Bigfoot, this ESL Conversation Topic should be very interesting. If you can get some drawings of the American Bigfoot, this would enhance the ESL lesson.
Warmup: Give your students a copy of an article about the Chinese “Bigfoot” from this website. Ask your students to take [...]
If there is one thing that the Communist Party cannot be accused of, it is inefficiency. Just 41 days after the deadly earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, CNN reports that the anti-corruption arm of the Chinese government has announced that 12 officials have been fired “for dereliction of duty and misuse of earthquake relief.” Just 12, [...]
At 8,848 metres (29,029 feet), Mount Everest it the tallest mountain in the world. Since Sir Edmund Hillary’s legendary ascent to the peak of Mount Everest in 1953, over 3,700 people have succesfully made the difficult and dangerous climb. While both Chinese and the Nepalese people always claim that Mount Everest (and its peak) belongs to their [...]
When you signed up to be a teacher in China, you most likely were not signing up to be an entertainer. If you had wanted to be a clown, you could have signed up to work in a circus. No, you just wanted to be an ESL teacher plain and simple, bringing the gift of [...]
Chinese people love to read; there is no doubt about that. Whether I am walking by a bin of books at Walmart, or passing through a bookstore to get to the other end of our local mall, I can always observe dozens of Chinese people eagerly perusing through novels, ‘how-to’ books, and stories of Chinese history. The enthusiasm [...]
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