Maybe you’ve taught students in America. You might babysit on weekends. Or you hang out with your younger cousins a lot. All of these experiences are useful when preparing to teach in China. However, there are certain aspects of Chinese children that are always surprising. Chinese students differ from American students [...]
Michelle Amy Newell and Mark Percy arrived in Tianjin together and decided to share their first week’s experiences with us. Arrival Coming to work for EF Tianjin has been an awesome experience thus far. We arrived on the 5th of October and stayed in a hotel for two nights. [...]
When a fellow expat advised me to use Chinese words in my classes, I was hesitant. It just didn’t make sense to me. Why would I speak Chinese in my English class? Especially since one of my classroom rules was “English only!” My friend’s idea ended up being useful, though. Why? [...]
