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Pardon my ignorance, but what are JET ALTs?

You're right in that it is very difficult to make sweeping generalisations about teaching children in a country as huge as China. And as you say many students have no immediate need to become proficient in English (or any other second language for that matter). There also seems to be a big differenc...

I'm currently teaching ESL in China and am finding that students here are not as motivated and hard-working as I expected. In fact the more I talk to other foreign teachers here, the more it appears to be a myth that education is highly valued by most students here. (It seems to be their parents who...

I am interested in ESL teachers' opinions/views about their experience in teaching secondary students in China. I believe that some teachers are finding the notion that students in China are generally highly motivated is not the case after all. In fact some suggest that their students seem to have l...