Only a few more months until summer vacation! Not that I’m counting or anything … If you teach in Chinese public schools, when the students are on holiday, so are you! Different schools have various vacation dates, but you should have roughly two months to do whatever you want during summer [...]
My first few weeks teaching primary school students, I avoided singing songs in the classroom. Singing at work? It felt like cheating. Eventually, I asked an English teacher who was Chinese for feedback. She actually advised me to start leading my students in learning songs. Once I started incorporating songs into [...]
Whether it’s to help pay off your student debt, fund a fulfilling travel excursion after your contract has finished, contribute towards putting a deposit on a house or to simply have some savings behind you. Apply a bit of thriftiness during your time teaching abroad and by the end of your [...]
