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backtothefront
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 Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: ESL materials/books/resources in China |
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Hi again,
My recruiter and a few mates have said that it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring my own books with me to China because most schools don't have much to offer teachers compared to other countries (don't want to compare countries but I used to work in S.Korea). I own one or two textbooks but I was wondering how other teachers got around this? I heard ESL textbooks are expensive in China? I'm going to Shenzhen any one there know much about this? Any good places in Shenzhen to buy English books? Does Amazon deliver? |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Shenzhen has a couple of book stores that are useful but I can't remember the names of them now. Same for Hong Kong. Ordering books from Amazon will work - they deliver to China. Another source is the internet. There are loads of ESL books you can download and then you can print off the parts you need. There are also hundreds of websites with lots of good and free information that you can copy and paste into a document, which in turn you can make handouts from. Bringing your own books is also an option but that makes for heavy traveling. |
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Shroob
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: ESL materials/books/resources in China |
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| backtothefront wrote: |
Hi again,
My recruiter and a few mates have said that it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring my own books with me to China because most schools don't have much to offer teachers compared to other countries (don't want to compare countries but I used to work in S.Korea). I own one or two textbooks but I was wondering how other teachers got around this? I heard ESL textbooks are expensive in China? I'm going to Shenzhen any one there know much about this? Any good places in Shenzhen to buy English books? Does Amazon deliver? |
The standard of text books vary greatly. Overall though, I've seen plenty of 'Chinglish' in Chinese text books, so my personal impression is they aren't that great, OVERALL. In this day and age you can have books shipped from anywhere in the world. It depends on how willing your employer is to fork out for decent books - that or the students.
Your employer may want you to use a specific book. So bringing your own may not be worth it. I brought with me two grammar books and a teaching methodology book. I've also downloaded lots of books. Books are heavy, when you have airline weight limits digital copies are great. |
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backtothefront
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Totally. I can't bring the books with me on the plane because I'm studying distance learning and I have to bring loads of theory books for my degree course. Surely I could pick up decent stuff in Hong Kong? Just need a couple of CDs to go with my pdfs.
Is it possible to ship stuff recorded delivery from the UK to a central point in Shenzhen like a postal depot for collection? That would save me a lot of hassle. Any one done this? Cost? Time scales?
As always cheers for the help. Loads of good advice! |
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chinatimes
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| Surely I could pick up decent stuff in Hong Kong? Just need a couple of CDs to go with my pdfs. |
I don't know who you will be teaching, but usually they have a book already chosen for the students. Of course, we are expected to add to the book, but students seem more in sync when you use what they are used to and already have.
Pictures, audio, and video all help more than just another page in a book. In addition, group activities seem to be more successful. |
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backtothefront
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:35 am Post subject: |
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I'll be teaching large classes in a public school, up to 50 students. I'm not sure if the students actually will have the books but I know they have a public schools textbook which I haven't seen yet (I heard many teaching gigs in China are under resourced).
I have used a top down processing technique in a South Korean public school, lots of visuals and explanation for the students. I expect this approach to work well for these kind of class sizes. I can draw on these delivered lessons if it comes to it, but I just like having options to shake it up a bit if things get a bit boring. |
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