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Saturday Afternoon Rambles
When the weather is right, we love going for long Saturday walks. As part of our reward for putting in a lot of kilometres, we enjoy stopping for a bowl of noodle soup, especially at an Ajisen Ramen restaurant, a … 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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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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San Jing Primary School – SanJing Xiao Xue – 三井小学
This is a grade four class at San Jing Primary School, one of the new “key” schools in Changzhou. The teacher here is Sarah. She is our contact person at this school for all of our needs as well as … Continue reading
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Monday Stroll Through XinBei
Yesterday we began, as usual, with a long walk as it was a non-teaching day. Not long after we began our walk, we saw these three children on the other side of the street looking excited because the saw “laowai.” … Continue reading
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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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XueJia Village, Changzhou District
Today we got to travel with our boss, Athena, her husband, Thomas and their daughter, Angel, to Athena’s home town of XueJia which is on the outskirts of the XinBei district of Changzhou. We have been fortunate to have been … Continue reading
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Lights of Xin Bei District
Bright lights, big city! Yes, the lights of Changzhou make for great evening photography. Most of the lighting is done use LED technology which is one of the local industrial specialty sectors. This is one of my favorite scenes looking … Continue reading
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Where Wednesday Becomes Sunday
Today is a school day here in China. I know that it is Saturday as I write this, a day that is not a school day. But today, though it is Saturday, September 25th, for the teachers and students, it … Continue reading
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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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