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I don’t believe that the narrow context of a prescribed reading list would adequately serve the interests of the thousands of students Chinese students I come into contact with. Typically I have students from all walks of life; designers, ad execs, scientists, engineers, army officers, civil servant...

Eric, I like your methods – I’m going to follow your lead on that. Internet censorship is a fairly minor issue because ultimately nothing is blocked – it’s the Internet. You can use tunnels, mirror sites and proxy servers to access banned sites, etc. The websites you mentioned are all available in C...

Well everyone's different so it would be wrong to prescribe a reading list. The blanket approach doesn't work here.

Not sure what you have against Branson though - if students want inspiration they need look no further.

I don't think you should "make them" read anything but reading has to be presented in an intriguing way so students want to do it. That means moving them away from the notion that they should read fiction. For example, the other week a Chinese friend of mine told me she hated reading and that she ha...

Charles 'D*ckens' is censored by the software - f*cking ridiculous

The Benefits of Developing Cultural Contexts when Learning English One of the most effective ways of communicating is a rhetorical device called allusion. In literature or art, allusion is the act of making an indirect reference to another usually famous work. Famous examples of allusion in literat...