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Jump – Korean Martial Arts Comedy
Today’s post uses pictures found on the website of the Changzhou Grand Theatre. On Thursday evening, we went to the theatre in order to watch this Korean Martial Arts comedy performance. As you can see already, JUMP is a good … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, Changzhou Grand Theatre, China, Chinese, culture, ESL blog, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, Jump, Martial arts, teaching esl, xinbei
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Teaching is More Than Students in a Classroom
This is Violin, our co-teacher. No, she doesn’t always dress like this. Here, Violin is taking part in a dance competition at the main campus. With more than a thousand Chinese college instructors on campus, there are a lot of … Continue reading
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Learning From Co-Teachers
Last night we took our co-teachers out for a dinner. Typically there is a co-teacher for each foreign teacher. But this year, due to a number of other circumstances, there are four co-teachers being shared by the seven English-speaking foreign … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, co-teachers, communication, ESL blog, foreign teacher, FT, Jiangsu, teaching esl, xinbei
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Interactive ESL Lessons
Teaching ESL at the university level is very satisfying as it is so easy to find something to talk about with the students. They are old enough to have some life experience, even if they don’t have the English words … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, communicate, communication, ESL, ESL blog, foreign teacher, interactive lessons, Jiangsu, students, teaching esl, TEFL, xinbei
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17th Jiangsu Games
Last night we went to the opening ceremonies of the 17th Jiangsu Games. We got picked up by people from the FAO who were the ones to “gift” us with the tickets to the event. We walked down to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Jiangsu Games, C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, culture, ESL blog, FAO, fireworks, Foreign Affairs Office, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, students, teaching esl, xinbei
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XueJia, Changzhou Part 2
With more than a hundred photos taken yesterday in XueJia, I knew that there was more to tell and show. Thomas turned out to be as camera happy as I was as he was busy taking small video clips while … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo carving, C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, communication, ESL blog, Expo 2010, FAO, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, teaching esl, xinbei, Xu, XueJia
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival – Zhong Qiu Kuai Le – 中秋快乐
I took this photo yesterday evening as the forecast for today was cloudy and scattered rain. A good thing I did as the forecast is right on. Why this photo? Well, it is the centre piece of today’s festival holiday … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, chinese language, communication, ESL blog, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, Mandarin, mid-autumn festival, moon, moon cakes, students, teaching esl, Zhong Qiu Kuai Le, 中秋快乐
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Earning Respect in the Classroom
This is the main building in which I teach, building number three. Maureen has most of her classes in building four. However, we do share one teaching room on the third floor of this four story building, a classroom that … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, classroom, communicate, communication, ESL blog, foreign teacher, FT, Jiangsu, respect, school, students, teaching esl, xinbei
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Learning English is Hard Work
There are a lot of hours that go into preparation to teach, there isn’t much question about that. Creating the lesson plan is just the first part of the process. Once the plan is in place, one has to run … Continue reading
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Tagged adapting lessons, brain storming, C.I.T., Changzhou, China, course preparation, ESL blog, foreign teacher, lesson planning, teaching esl, teaching style
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Skies Over Changzhou
For all the stories one hears about smog and pollution, this scene is one that wouldn’t be expected. Yet, this is exactly as it looks – blue skies do exist in China. But to be honest, not that often. Usually … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, C.I.T., Changzhou, China, ESL blog, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, monitoring, pollution, smog, xinbei
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