As ESL teachers, more often than not, there are numerous cultural and linguistic gaps between us and our students. During our classroom interactions, misinterpretation and confusion is sometimes simply unavoidable. We can either choose to be disappointed or amused when these situations happen. Well, we’ve chosen the latter so we asked other [...]
We have talked to Directors of Studies and Hiring Managers and asked them to share their insights on some of the usual mistakes that candidates make during their application process. Most of the candidates are not aware that they commit these errors while others just seem carefree or indifferent. In our previous [...]
Teaching Teenagers New teachers at York are often surprised at the difference between Chinese teenagers and teenagers in the West. Without wanting to stereotype too strongly, teenagers back home tend to be more surly, negative, and unwilling than their Chinese counterparts, and while this does make our [...]
