It’s a tad daunting to pack everything you’ll need for an entire year into a suitcase. How do you know what to take? How can you maximize the space? Also, what things do you need that you don’t take in a suitcase? For example, what apps should you [...]
Learning a foreign language is difficult. Especially a tongue like Mandarin, which is drastically different from English. Sure, you can get through your year in China by pointing, grunting, and miming to communicate. But why would you do that when you could throw yourself into learning Chinese and make [...]
When preparing to teach English in China, you’ll probably take all the advice you can get! You might read tons of travel blogs, including the one right here on GoldStar’s website. But plenty of people who aren’t writers have advice to give upcoming expats. I asked four teachers I knew [...]
