Pros and Cons for using a Recruitment Company to Teach English Abroad
For many people, the concept of teaching English abroad is that you simply head out to the country, show off your English prowess, and land a job. As awesome as that would be, let me [...]
Back in the Classroom in China after COVID-19
And just like that, it was all over. Or at least, a small part of it was, here in Chengdu. Another step towards normality, or whatever passes for it in your average English Language Training [...]
Green Means Go: Taking the Fight Against the Coronavirus in China to the App Store
As the countrywide lockdown across China begins to lift, the ebb and flow of daily life starts to return to that of relative normality. In my own city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province (which [...]
A New Normal – A Chinese City in Recovery Part II
Returning to China from our winter holidays, it felt like coming back to a completely different world. It was early February 2020, and I was coming back to the city of Chengdu after spending Christmas [...]
Flipping Classrooms
The word 'change' is on the tip of everyone's tongue. Living in Guangzhou, I am witnessing this first-hand. Business models are evolving and people are adopting new methods to satisfy previously expected productivity levels. Exercise [...]
Once Upon a Time… in China: The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Movie Fan in the Middle Kingdom
One of the things I was most worried about when coming to China, back when I first ventured here in late 2016, was whether I would still be able to get my movie fix. For [...]
Learning to Teach: Mistakes I’ve Made in TEFL
For many of us, TEFL is our first time working as a teacher. This makes our experience exciting; while terrifying, invigorating; while exhausting, and above all, novel in every way. Sure, we complete a TEFL [...]
Travel in Uncertain Times
The journey began in Busan, South Korea - my intended travel destination for the Chinese New Year. What I discovered was a delicious collection of cute coffee shops, art galleries, ancient temples on coasts, and [...]
Streets in Remission: A Chinese City in Recovery
It's a surreal experience, seeing the rest of the world enter a state of lockdown and self-quarantine, just as China begins to dial back its own government-imposed measures. As the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak, [...]
Quarantine Procedures for ESL Teachers Entering China
Updated: 27th March China will Temporarily Close Border to Foreigners from Saturday, 28th March In a measure to reduce the number of imported cases of COVID-19 China will temporarily not be allowing most foreigners in [...]
