1. Immerse yourself in the Chinese language. Yes, it’s possible to learn Chinese back in the West but only in China will you get daily practice in Mandarin and really hone your skills. Everywhere you go, there’ll be spoken and written Chinese because so few people know much [...]
We have all experienced that moment whilst teaching students a foreign language. A blank or bewildered look, sometimes causing them to revert to an “I don’t understand” in their mother tongue. This reaction to an attempt of giving instructions can be unsettling to a new teacher, and cause one to feel like [...]
If you ever do teach English in China (or other Asian countries for that matter), it is highly likely that you will be teaching very young children. The following is a short introduction into the joys of teaching young children. Why is the demand so huge for younger learners to learn English? [...]
