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LEARN TO SWIM Throw a baby in the water. Watch them struggle to get to the surface. Watch them struggle to stay on the surface. Watch them figure out how to stay on the surface without struggling. No baby drowns. That is how we teach a baby to swim in the west. You have been thrown [...] Teach With Movies China uses movies to teach English. Well, almost. Universities throughout China use movie clips shown in the classroom during class time. The short clips are repeated over and over again, ad nauseum, until the students have memorized certain chunks of language. Yes, movie clips are used for language learning cum memorization. Students routinely [...] Maybe it is time to seriously think about retiring. For the past 9 years I have tried my best to not only assist my students in improving their English, I have attempted to lead university administrators toward creating an English speaking environment. No matter what I do, they just refuse to get it. No matter what I [...] ENGLISH TODAY, DECEMBER 2010, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS pg. 53 MARTIN WOLFF A hard-hitting opinion piece from an English teacher in China Introduction The mysteries of exotic China arise not only from its voluntary isolation from the modern world during some of the most formative and progressive decades, but from [...] QUALIFIED TEACHERS, BACKPACKERS, WHITE MONKEYS In 1978, when China first opened its door to the outside world, China recruited high quality foreign teachers like Mark Salzman, a Yale University graduate, to teach English as a foreign language (EFL) at the university level. As China expanded the English curriculum to middle schools, the demand for foreign [...] 4 Great Truths IN THE BEGINNING We hold these truths to be self-evident: You can learn a language for a lifetime and never be able to use it for its communicative purpose. Eat a Bowl of Tea LAW Inherit The Wind 12 Angry Men Erin Brockovitch Enron Disclosure Life and Debt McLibel The Corporation North Country The Firm The Insider Paper Chase Working Girl MARKETING Rainmaker Thank You For Not Smoking The Constant Gardner Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price McLibel Jerry Maguire (sports marketing) Ted Koppel documentary on China-US trade Thank You For Smoking MOTIVATIONAL |
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