Learning From Past Mistakes
The attitude of the TEFL teacher is to always be learning. You need to keep improving and a lot of this comes down to your experience. Things that [...]
My Mandarin is “booo hao”! Will it ever get better?
My relationship with Mandarin Chinese is similar to a twisted love affair that is often the subject of books and films, and if like me, you’ve also embarked on this sometimes masochistic [...]
Getting Back to Work
It’s been a while since I was in a classroom and since I received my injury I’ve not done a whole lot. Being my dominant right hand I [...]
Promoting Cognitive Development in ESL Lessons
Too often we are asked the question at EF; what separates us from other ESL schools? A quick and easy answer would be that in our ESL lessons we don’t dismiss or [...]
The Training Process
Induction, EOA, workshops, activity shares, observations – from the moment you arrive at EF you will become a part of a team of trained and experienced teachers whose job it is to [...]
Hospital Trip
A Not So Humorous Experience A little over six weeks ago I broke my arm. It wasn’t a pleasant experience and luckily I hit my head at the same time, so I [...]
Teaching Phonics
Teaching phonics in ESL is a step-by-step process that essentially familiarizes students with the sounds needed to produce English in order to develop their reading and writing skills. Rather than teaching the [...]
Getting to Know the Locals… Or Not
Coming to China A lot of the foreign friends I know and have met since my time in China have all had varying reasons as to why they [...]
Travel China
When I first accepted the job at EF last year, I really wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into. The idea of moving across the world was exciting for sure, but [...]
Party time in China
It is time to party A fair few of my blogs recently have been of the cultural, exploratory nature and I think this paints a rather mature picture [...]
