My Experience Teaching in China
For one year from January 2009, I worked as Director of Studies for the Hunan Institute of Engineering in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China. While it was not my first time...ESL TeachingTeaching English...
View ArticleBack to School Part One: Getting Schooled
It's my first day of orientation and my first day in the class with a bunch of wild six year old Chinese children.ESL TeachingeducationTeaching EnglishZhuhaiTPR
View ArticleBack to School Part Two: Student Teaching
In the thick of things teaching English to Chinese children and adults. Some great pics and video with this one (if you can get YouTube).ESL TeachingZhuhaiTPRTeaching English in China
View ArticleAn Awkward Conversation about the South China Sea
A conversation with an advanced English student, who also happens to be a gun nut and military enthusiast, about the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.ESL...
View ArticleThe case of the PHD cheat
My Chinese friend turned to me the other day and said "What time is it? I got a plane to Shenzhen to catch.""Shenzhen? What are you doing going there...ESL Teachingeducationexamscheating
View ArticleSpeed Dating in an English Lesson
This week, in the often frustrating battle to make my students speak English, I've been doing a speed dating exercise with my classes. After a bit of context setting, vocab...ESL...
View ArticleIelts in China is a huge scam
From the test prep schools via the test itself to British universities.ESL TeachingIelts
View ArticleIs Your English Better than a Chinese ESL Student?
Are you an English teacher in China? Do you want to know what it's like to be a Chinese student learning to speak and write English? Here's a little quiz...ESL...
View ArticleCreepy Male Student
The stuff of nightmares for all ESL teachers in China.ESL Teachingcreepymalestudent
View ArticleThe Reality of Chinese Students Studying Abroad.
Many Chinese students study abroad in the UK, Australia, Canada and America. But what kind of problems does this present for them and their family?ESL Teachingchinesestudentstudyabroad
View ArticleEnglish Corner Frauds
Anyone that teaches English in China will know what English Corner is. For those of you that have real jobs it goes like this: In every English School across the...ESL Teachingenglishcornerteacherliar
View ArticlePhoto of the week: Teaching ESL in the kindergarten,Xi'an
Teaching ESL in the kindergarten in Xi’an. All the kids are so cute.ESL Teachingeslteaching eslkindergarten
View ArticlePedophiles and a Restrained Media
Over the past two weeks, it’s been discovered that two separate foreign pedophiles – a Brit in Beijing and an American in Nanjing – were working in Chinese schools with...ESL...
View ArticleAre you on the China ESL teacher blacklist?
The ad-hoc grassroots organization, China Foreign Teacher's Union, recently announced they had obtained a secretive ESL teachers blacklist used by various schools throughout China to keep tabs on...
View ArticleShenzhen introduces teacher blacklist as cases of abuse continue to emerge
Education authorities in Shenzhen are planning to implement a blacklist system to prevent teachers guilty of immoral and unlawful behaviour from getting into the classroom. If a teacher is...
View ArticleHow to Teach English in Xinjiang, China
Finding a job in Xinjiang is nothing like finding one in Beijing or Shanghai. So for anybody who might be remotely interested to move out here to Xinjiang, this could come in handy. more »ESL...
View ArticleHow to Land Kickass Teaching Jobs in China
Famous Chinese actress Fan Bingbing's former English teacher and coach tells LanguageClan how to get some of the coolest teaching jobs in China in this exclusive interview. more »ESL TeachingTeaching...
View ArticleTeaching English in China: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming
What do you wish somebody would have told you about teaching English in China before you arrived? more »ESL Teachingesltesoltoeflteach english
View ArticleIn Praise of Teaching English in China
Defending those on the lowest rung of expatdom in China. more »ESL TeachingChinateachingeslenglishkevin mcgearynanfangthe nanfang
View ArticleWorst Boss Ever - Happy Town Kindergarten
Instead of pulling a midnight runner, the female teacher speaking requested two weeks leave to go home to the United States because her hospitalized father is dying. Even with a reputation of being one...
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