4 Tips for Immersing Yourself in China’s Culture
Going on a trip to China is more than exciting, and you're probably the envy of quite a number of your friends right now. While you're there, whether for a week or [...]
Parent to Teacher Meetings
New Course Maps My school, EF Shijiazhuang, has been implementing a new course layout over the past couple months. On the 18th lesson, a parent to teacher meeting is arranged in order [...]
Coordinating with the Local Teacher
What I thought When I first arrived here in Shijiazhuang the only goal I had was to survive. I needed to learn how to plan lessons efficiently and effectively within the given [...]
Keeping a Captive Audience
In my fledgling TEFL career I have encountered many different classes and juggled a few too many grammar forms to the point that it even becomes confusing to [...]
Travelling and Working in China
I am fortunate that being a teacher in China allows me spare time, whilst earning money, to also explore the country. We work weekends, so have the start [...]
Trip To Xiamen
Time to travel In a previous article I wrote about the great location of Fuzhou in accordance to some rather interesting places to visit. I said I would [...]
Chinese New Year Trip to Vietnam and Thailand
Holiday Prep Work The Chinese New Year crept up on us this year in Shijiazhuang. I was fortunate enough to be able to take my paid holiday at the same time as [...]
Summer Course
The Starting Line From the very first day I arrived at my new job at EF Shijiazhuang I had been hearing of the much dreaded summer course. At first, I heard teachers [...]
Exploring Beijing
Easily Accessible Last weekend, I traveled to Beijing with my roommate, Tariq. He had never been to the magnificent city and wanted me to accompany him since I had been there twice. [...]
Animals and Pets in China
There are many aspects to living in China. The difference in communication, culture, food, music, fashion, and even animals, and so many more. So I am a keen [...]
