Creativity has been alive and well and thriving in China for thousands of years, in the literary field as much as in any other. There is no evidence that it is...
Sheila Cornelius
sheilacornuk@...
Feb 1, 2004 9:50 am
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hi all, Thank You for being helpful, *friendly* and thank you for being here! list rules ... 1. *friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid attacking...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Feb 1, 2004 11:53 pm
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Hi; I have numerous challenges in my tutoring task. Apart from the fact that many of my students are smarter than I am, a primary challenge is that they're...
I have tried a book that I like very much, Business Builder, and am trying to find a copy of it. It's American and not published in China. The training company...
Dear Dave, Hi. I've learnt about your search for the book and wonder if this online bookstore based in HK would help. It's called YesAsia. I've ordered some...
Hello, I'm seriously considering going to teach english in china, hopefully starting some time this coming july. I have no real experience of china, so I was...
Guy Taylor
owltoucan@...
Feb 3, 2004 7:14 pm
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Lots of great places. What do you want as far as weather? john "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts" John Wooden...
john pullen
j_pullen@...
Feb 4, 2004 8:07 am
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Hello Guy, Most important is the nature of the college. I'm lucky to teach at a college where- many of the English staff speak good English - students are...
David Lawrie
dalchina@...
Feb 4, 2004 8:07 am
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... The AWL is very useful and really does boost comprehension. Nation says that with a vocabulary of the 2000 high frequency words, 1 in 5 words in an...
Well, cold is fine, as long as it's sunny... anything except lots of rain and cloud!...
Guy Taylor
owltoucan@...
Feb 4, 2004 10:35 am
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My guess is that the far north western parts are more likely with less clouds and rain. Check out Xin Jiang Province. Some people have had very good...
john pullen
j_pullen@...
Feb 4, 2004 7:16 pm
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China's northeast is cold but sunny. At least in Jinzhou. Is there anywhere else in China that is very sunny? I was in Hangzhou and near Wenzhou in January and...
... years ... It's pretty scary, and it's also the reason I think of many of my students as "heroic" in their efforts. Running your post through the analyser...
"Because many common words and phrases are nonetheless not all that common, occurring only a few times per million words of natural text." This is a good...
... A 'comfortable' rate for unknown words in a text is around 1%. The other problem is that often the unknown words are there to relate the academic topic to...
Discussing the pros and cons of English teaching plus culture is a regular topic amongst foreign English language teachers. Some think it's inescapable. Some...
Ok, here is a challenge that might be just too big to complete effectively in this format, but I think is needed. So many newbies come to the list with great...
john pullen
j_pullen@...
Feb 6, 2004 8:42 am
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John Sounds like an excellent project. Perhaps we could set it up like a mini webpage with pages relating to various types of programs the teachers may be ...
Kay Bence
kaybence@...
Feb 7, 2004 12:29 pm
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Hello. I think this is an amazing idea. I am hoping to be able to go to china and
teach someday and would appreciate such a program. Such a project would take...
Has anyone had any experience with using an electronic game show lock out systems in their classes. You know the scene...." hands on your buzzers! The next...
... I've used the listening lab in my high school in Japan to simulate game shows. The student desks have "help" buzzers which are recorded on the teacher's...
Hello All, I think John's suggestion has a lot of merit but I see some problems with such a venture. How does one set of materials take account of all the...
What Jeff says about there being so *many* different instructional situations makes a lot of sense. Here's a variation on John's suggestion (this doesn't mean...
I am laughing at reading the responses on the "make it easier for new teachers thing" you all want to put together for newbies. As a potential newbie I'd like...
JANETHL55@...
Feb 8, 2004 11:53 pm
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Some of the haven't-started-yet new teachers (such as Janet, who was hoping for "keep it simple") may not know to check out the TEFLChina website (maintained ...
... As I am now a seasoned professional in my second term here, I agree that knowing what to expect when I got here would have been a great help. ...
Steve
stephenajenkins@...
Feb 9, 2004 11:29 am
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J Davis wrote:> I am laughing at reading the responses on the "make it easier for new teachers thing" you all want to put together for newbies. As a...
"My question is, has the translation method/rote learning method subsumed/overridden the student's innate learning style so deeply that it is difficult now to...
Steve
stephenajenkins@...
Feb 9, 2004 11:32 am
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J. Davis wrote: I am laughing at reading the responses on the "make it easier for new teachers thing" you all want to put together for newbies. As a potential...
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