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Dear Jean,
My husband and I are mature-aged (58 and 60 this year), and both of us are thinking of going over to China next year. We would like to teach conversational English, after my husband finishes his
degree in Naturopathy and Complimentary Medicine.
I finished my degree a couple of years ago, in Mass Communication, majoring in [...]
I was not happy as I watched a tube of gel, a glass container of cologne, and a bottle of shampoo that belonged to me get unceremoniously dumped into a trashcan as I passed through security recently at a Chinese airport. I guess I should have known better. It was just that I had flown [...]
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The good kind of communism still exists in China — This week, I write about the communism in China which exists at a societal level. It is communism at its best. Click here for more…
They threw my gel away — A friend of mine got all of her cosmetics through [...]
“My parents paid for their house with cash,” a friend recently told me. By house she actually meant apartment which is what most Chinese people live in. She also said that her aunts, uncles, and cousins had also paid for their houses with cash.
“No one had to borrow money from the bank,” she explained. “They [...]
Robert Vance here. I am doing a little traveling this week which yesterday involved sitting on a runway for three hours waiting for a typhoon to pass by. I am fine but unfortunately, parts of Southern China are underwater. I will not be contributing much to TeachAbroadChina.com until next week but I wanted to announce that TeachAbroadChina.com [...]
Dear Jean,
I have been in China for 3 months now and in general I have had a first rate experience. I even like most of the Chinese food that I have encountered here which is a surprise because I never liked Chinese food at home. I do have one problem, however, that maybe you can [...]
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Saying goodbye is never easy but it makes for a great ESL conversation topic. Have fun with this one.
Warmup: Go to this website and print off a copy for each student. Tell students about a time when you had to say goodbye to a good friend or family member. Ask some of your students [...]
The best ESL class that I ever taught in China involved a series of skits that I did for students which ranged in age from six to sixteen. I used the ESL skits to teach a lesson about good manners and the students as well as the teachers loved every minute of it. Here is what I did:
Skit #1 [...]
A few months ago, I wrote an post entitled Why China is no Longer a Communist Country. In the article, I detailed how China’s development over the past 30 years has taken it away from its communist upbringing and transformed it into a socialist system. Today, while China is still ruled under a totalitarian form [...]
Warning: this milk may be hazardous to your health — It has been a rough week for parents and babies across China. Over 6,000 babies have been affected by the milk scandal and at least four have died. Could this all have been avoided? Click here to read more…
China Wins Every Medal Count in Paralympics — [...]
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