Being the Only LÇŽo WÃ i in the Village
Getting to Grips with Being a Foreigner China has been on the up and coming world stage now for a couple of decades and has experienced huge economic [...]
My First Haircut in China
Rumor has it Rumour had it that getting your haircut in China was this huge ordeal, only to be undertaken by those in the most desperate and dire [...]
My Top Classroom Games
Classroom Games Every lesson needs to include something fun for the children to do. No one wants to sit through an hour and a half of a language [...]
My First Week Teaching in China
Feeding Me In When I entered the world of TEFL/TESOL/ESL teaching I had heard various stories of what to expect once I finally made the leap in to [...]
My Bizarre Chinese Medical Exam
Mixing Leisure with Work I touched down in Fuzhou Airport at roughly 3am and was relieved to have finally made it. It had been a very long trip from Prague, Czech Republic, to [...]
Interview with Disney English teacher Mary McGowen
An Interview with Mary at Disney English Beijing, China What is it really like teaching English with Disney English in China? Mary gives us an insight into her life and a review [...]
My first trip to a Chinese hairdresser
The Longest Journey Starts with One Step Having been in Fuzhou three weeks and becoming more settled with daily life I felt ready to branch out and see [...]
5 things to check before accepting a teaching job in China
As tempting as it may be to just throw your laptop, flip flops and Chinese phrase book into a bag and hop on a plane it’s probably wiser to make sure that [...]
Learning Chinese from Scratch
Having been born and educated in England, most schools taught us French or German, possibly Spanish as our second language. I never even considered trying to learn Chinese. [...]
My very first class teaching in China
Amanda Sinclair I’m Amanda Sinclair, a 24 year old born and raised in England. Since finishing my law degree I decided to take a break and teach English in China. I have [...]
