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The Adoption – Free Enjoy English ESL Lesson – Volume 1, Issue 7

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Free Enjoy English ESL Lesson – Volume 1, Issue 5

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5 Ways to Save Your Voice in ESL Class

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 [...]

What To Do When Teaching English in China Stops Being Fun

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 [...]

The Day I Did Not Shave in China

I only remember being really embarrassed once during my early days teaching English in China. I had just returned from a month long trip to Thailand, India, Nepal, and Laos. I returned to my school in Central China just in time to participate in the summer camp that they were conducting for two weeks. There [...]

Kevan Gosper and Shirtless Men Dominate the Weekly China Roundup

The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) in hot water — It has not been a good week for Kevan Gosper and the International Olympic Committee. It appears that the IOC may have known about Beijing’s plan to censor the internet from the start and Olympic Press Chief Kevan Gosper claimed earlier [...]

ESL Conversation Topic — Bigfoot

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 [...]

How to Make Your ESL Class in China Fun

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 [...]

ESL Conversation Topic — The Titanic

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
The Titanic is a topic that students always enjoy talking about in class. If you direct the discussion in the right direction, you can have a great conversation about this famous sunken ship.
 Warmup: Ask the students if they have seen the movie Titanic. Show them some pictures or multimedia of the ship and [...]

Why Talking about Politics in China is a Bad Idea

The title of this article is a little misleading. I know that you are going to talk about politics in China. Every foreign teacher does; it’s inevitable. Your students will want to talk about politics during social talk. Your friends will want to talk about politics at dinner. You can talk about politics; it is [...]

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