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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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The Freshmen Arrive.
Saturday and the end of the first week of regular classes means that it is time for the freshmen to move onto the campus. Unlike the return of the sophomores, juniors and seniors who arrived over a period of a few … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Campuses
I took this photo from the fourth floor of a building on the main campus of C.I.T, the floor where the Foreign Affairs Offices (FAO) are located. in the distant background are the two towers of Changzhou City Hall. On … Continue reading
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Another First Day at C.I.T.
Well, today Maureen got to attend her first class. Of course we took the obligatory photos of the first day heading off to school. And yes, mine was taken yesterday. Today we both taught at the same time in the same … Continue reading
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First Day of a New School Year
It’s my first class and as usual the idea of standing in front of a group of students still gives me that special feeling that comes with the first day of school for all teachers and students alike. Maureen has … Continue reading
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Moving Back To Campus Dorms
Sunday and with classes set to begin in not many hours, the last of the students are still arriving. This scene has been taking place for the past three days as students move back to their dorms at the Xin … Continue reading
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A Taste of Educational Bureaucracy
Yesterday we had our first staff meeting involving the Foreign Teachers (FTs) and their co-teachers as well as the head of the Foreign Languages department of C.I.T. and two members of the Foreign Affairs Office (FAO). Sunny is in charge … Continue reading
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Co-Teachers
This photo was taken in September, 2006 using my old Sony DSC-H5 camera. In the photo are both of us and our co-teachers, Mindy and Sarah. These two young women remained as our co-teachers for the two years we spent … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, co-teachers, communication, ESL blog, foreign teacher, FT, Jiangsu, relationships, teaching esl, TEFL
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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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