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No Comments »I used to think that a good ESL teacher should barely have a voice after a full day of teaching. I used to believe that a good ESL teacher would have the direct attention of the English class at all times. I thought that it was my job to perform and entertain the students with [...]
It often happens after one year. For some ESL teachers in China, it may even occur after six months. No matter how excited you are about teaching, it is inevitable. Eventually, you are going to feel ‘burned out’ and tired of having to expend so much energy preparing for classes and delivering lessons. When you reach this [...]
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A few months ago, in an article entitled Can Non-Native English Speakers Teach English in China? I discussed some of the difficulties that non-native speakers of English may encounter in China in relation to finding teaching jobs. Since that article was posted, this site has received [...]
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
This topic is controversial and should provide some interesting discussion. Make sure you talk about Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the infamous ‘death doctor’ from Michigan in the United States.
Warmup: Ask students if any of their grandparents had terminal illnesses. Discuss the process of taking care of them. Ask your students how their grandparents [...]
I’m sitting here early Wednesday morning in China in my small living room listening to the nighttime sounds of my apartment “neighborhood.” All is not peaceful. Cars go flying by every few minutes. People are arguing nearby. Or maybe they are just having an animated talk. It’s hard to tell. I just heard a door slam [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Asia, Live Overseas, Night in China, Study abroad, teach-English, work-abroad No Comments »I have a small apartment. It’s only 65 square metres. It contains a small kitchen, a bathroom with a bathtub(something I’ll never use), a medium sized master bedroom and another bedroom about the size of a large walk in closet. And I’m paying about 2300 RMB plus a 130 RMB per month management fee. And [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Live Abroad, Rent an apartment in China, teach-English, Work Overseas No Comments »So there’s big news here today and I can’t even talk about it. I’d like to but this site could be blocked. I’ve been there. It’s a peaceful place. At least it was until a few days ago. There is no excuse for the violence that is taking place there now. I’m angry about it. Probably some [...]
R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-U-N-T…is that how you spell it? No, but that’s how I wrote it up on the whiteboard this afternoon. Come on, give me a break. I was tired. I wasn’t used to working the morning shift. I definitely wasn’t on the top of my game today. Besides that, I was hearing some pretty scary stuff [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: China, crime, Criminals, ESL, teach-English, TESOL, Tips, work-abroad No Comments »Before I signed the contract for my first job in China, I remember thinking how lucky I was to have found such a great position. They were offering me a great salary with housing, decent hours, airfare, a travel allowance, free internet, and I would get to live at my dream location; an ancient city [...]
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