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[fallon77]

What's the dealio? EF Shenzhen is now ING English?

Check it out: http://www.ef-shenzhen.com/

Strange.

[englishgibson]

i'd call it more of taking/stealing the brand values of an established organization (EF) than "strange" ... this franchise has got more than 60 centers in china and a few of those have their own clones and such plans .... and we might not know how far such practices around those EF centers go or how much the EF franchisor/head office help those chinese business people ... since i've worked for them, i'd blame the tremendeous "flexibility" of the franchisors/head office

are you aware of the EF shenzhen's previous forums thread and the hard working management of the EF there participating on here?

peace to cloning of EF
and
cheers and beers to all hard working FTs in china that do not contribute to shameful plans of some chinese employers

[danielb]

Did you have a look at the Website EG? I'll go with strange as well. The web address says EF but the webpage says ING.

I would apply but I don't think I would stack up against their teachers.

http://www.ef-shenzhen.com/English/Teachers.htm

[englishgibson]

i've looked daniel

good luck with your applications to EF ING
and
cheers and beers the EF centers in china that are not really EF, but can give you a nice EF

[11:59]

Ah, come on, that website is obviously a spoof. Quite clearly, someone with a grudge against the firm who's looking for a laugh has hacked into their server and swapped the original files with his or her own spoof-site pages. It's also obvious that it's a hacker with a strong sense of humour and some knowledge of teaching in China. After all, some of those teachers' comments are nothing short of hilarious, and capture student Chinglishisms spot on. I mean, come on, surely no self-respecting teacher with a degree, a TEFL certificate and one year of classroom experience would ever permit comments like those to be credited to them! No, I don't buy it; it's clearly a spoof.

[tw]

The school has not changed its domain name that's all. My former employer in Qingdao did the same thing after they'd switched franchise from U-CANDU Toronto College Qingdao Campus to Beijing IELTS Qingdao Campus, Qingdao IELTS or something like that.

Hmmm...just checked the web site and it's now called Qingdao Sino-Canada Foreign Language School.

[danielb]

That's what I think as well tw. EG, you would have a better idea of where to look than me, are those four ING locations the same as the four Shenzhen EF locations?

[Shakhbut]

http://www.ef-shenzhen.com/English/Teachers.htm

I love it. These geeks are straight out of "Cuckoo's Nest".
Check out the English:
"Practice makes porfect. The more you Prachse, the more you improve."

I'm sold, sign me up.

[danielb]

I very love it!