{"id":122,"date":"2010-05-14T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2010-05-14T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:22:32","slug":"preparations-for-teaching-esl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/05\/14\/preparations-for-teaching-esl\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations For Teaching ESL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After about a week of getting ourselves acclimatized to Changzhou, it was finally time to begin the work for which we came to China, that of being ESL teachers at C.I.T. \u00a0The process began with a meeting with the department heads, the collective Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) team, the co-teachers assigned to assist the foreign teachers and the foreign Teachers (FT) for a team-building luncheon. \u00a0A few speeches were given and many toasts to the upcoming year and the hopes for good working relationships within the team and with the students.<\/p>\n

In addition to the luncheon, the department head, the co-teachers and the FTs spent a good portion of the day going over the policies and procedures to be followed and the opportunity to ask and answer questions. \u00a0Needless to say, friendships began to take shape even though many were a bit overwhelmed with the expectations being put forward. \u00a0For us, having quite a bit of experience in the field of education and adult training, these expectations based on policies and procedures, weren’t seen as obstacles. \u00a0If anything, we thought the structure was a bit too loose. \u00a0But then again, this was bringing in our Western World views and assuming that these views would be universal in application.<\/p>\n

We still had a few days in order to prepare to meet our students and begin the teaching tasks.<\/p>\n

Now, two more words to consider: \u00a0teacher and student. \u00a0 A teacher is called L\u01ceo sh\u012b – \u8001\u5e08, and a university (or college) student is called D\u00e0 xu\u00e9 sheng – \u5927\u5b66\u751f. \u00a0There are other words for teacher and student but they are dependent on the teaching situation and the type of student that is being taught. \u00a0I continue to use the context of where I worked and who I taught. \u00a0And, as in North America, there are specific words that can be used to indicate whether a student is a freshman, a junior or a senior level student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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