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Appearances are Important
Changzhou is not famous in the same sense that Suzhou, Hangzhou or Nanjing are in the province of Jiangsu, yet it is a city that is trying hard to become more beautiful, more friendly and more modern. While we were … Continue reading
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Clothes Washing and Traditions
For all of its modern appearances, there are numerous opportunities to still find old traditions still in use in China. For example, this woman is on her way to her clothes washing spot on the side of this small lake … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, foreign teacher, FT, Mandarin, on-line language lessons, teaching esl, xinbei
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Filling in Time Usefully While Waiting
This is the view from just inside the east side entrance to Sunshine Gardens, the housing and apartment gated community in which we lived last time we taught at C.I.T. and where we will return in late August. The apartment … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., calendars, Changzhou, China, chinese language, ESL, foreign teacher, FT, interactive lessons, magazines, on-line language lessons, Sunshine Garden, teaching esl, xinbei
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Appendix to the Contract
It has been a few days since I last created a post for this blog. From this point on, I hope to include photos that I have taken in China. This first photo was taken not too far from our … Continue reading
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Tagged appendix, C.I.T., Changzhou, China, communicate, Contract, ESL, foreign teacher, FT, negotiate
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Do the Research About Teaching and Living in China
Yesterday’s post talked about trying to be ready in terms of teaching skills and how to get some. At the end, I said that in the end, it came to being open-mined in terms of the world of differences one … Continue reading
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Tagged China, china daily, china rising, dave's esl cafe, ESL, esl teacher discussion forums, raoul's china, saloon
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A Case For Being Prepared to Teach English
Today I received another e-mail from CIT looking for needed documentation. Even though we had been there two years ago, they do need a current resumé, photo, medical, scan of passport main page, and other stuff in order to be … Continue reading
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Tagged CELTA, China, ESL, i-to-i, teaching esl, TEFL, TESL, TESOL, training
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Contract is Signed
Well, this sets the stage for the return to ChangZhou, Jiangsu, P.R.C. and working at the ChangZhou Institute of Technology (C.I.T.) as a History and ESL English teachers. We spent two years at this university, doing the same assignment from … Continue reading