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Sounds awful if the first day traumatised you all....what happened in the end? I'm assuming the course is over now.

Never be afraid to say you don't understand.

THANK YOU! ARAGATO! MERCI! DANKE!

I've recently been banging my head against a wall trying to explain these two.

Hiya Large classes are the biggest problem, that and the learning styles/delivery methods. I've been teaching in a uni in the south of China for over a year, and although some teaching aspects are incredibly frustrating, generally I've had a great experience. I was at a Summer camp in Jiangsu Provin...

I teach oral english to classes (between 30 - 88 students) in a Chinese Uni and am having trouble motivating myself: I see students for 90 minutes every two weeks. I have almost 600 students to manage (inc. assessment) They're not English majors They're not always interested in speaking/they're too ...

For a while I had a Chinese boyfriend (I'm from England) and we really enjoyed learning each others' languages. Every day we speak in English and Cantonese (although he's a lot better than I am) even though we're no longer dating, and watch movies together - in both languages. There are so many thin...

Anyone sees great deals in Europe, I'd love to hear about them too! Have been teaching in China all year, currently in my second, and Asia seems to be ripe for people willing to pay the earth and one or two priviliges (sp?: it's 6.30am; I can't see) for native English speakers. What was Japan like f...