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FOR MORE COUNTRIES GO TO: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2010&country=8 RIGHT CLICK THE HOLIDAY TO LEARN MORE AUSTRALIA Holidays and Observances: 1 Jan New Year’s Day 26 Jan Australia Day 1 Mar Labour Day (WA) 8 Mar Eight Hours Day (Tas) 8 Mar Labour Day (Vic) 2 Apr Good Friday 3 Apr Holy Saturday 4 Apr Easter Day 5 [...] REAL REFORM Teaching English in China is a national disgrace English in China – The Unfunny Joke Why English Fever? English fever is running rampant throughout all levels of education in China and in every province. There are three simple reasons: China’s colleges and universities have taken on a hugh debt to finance satellite campuses [...] Watch the movie Iron and Silk on the SYSU intranet. China is always changing but China never changes. Front Stage culture changes rapidly. Back Stage cultures changes at a snail’s pace. Identify the changes in TEFL since Mark Salzman taught in China and identify those things that have not changed. Post your comments. [...] 5% of the post-grad non-English majors have no interest in taking further English courses. 20% of the post-grad Business Majors do not believe English is important for their future. 26% of the post-grad science majors are actively advised by their Chinese science major teachers to ignore the requirements of the English courses and concentrate on [...] STUDENTS OF HOLISTIC ENGLISH ARE WELCOME TO POST AFTER YOUR FINAL EXAM IS FINISHED AND NOT BEFORE. Xinyang Agricultural College “Our new spoken classroom at the school 2-302. It’s different from other classroom. New Oral indeed different from the previous classroom, very English atmosphere. We like it.” Venus Class: 06-business 1 NO: 067013119 [...] 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 [...] World peace begins with a local harmonious society. In China there are a handful of dissidents, supported by outside agitators and Chinese Nationals living in exile, who are against a harmonious society and are attempting to over throw the CCP through various means. These dissidents regularly engage in criminal acts, the most recent of which [...] 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 [...] For China’s Women, More Opportunities, More Pitfalls By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Published: November 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/world/asia/26iht-china.html?_r=1&ref=world EXCERPT: Women’s rights are well protected, at least on paper. In 2005, the government amended the landmark 1992 Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests, known as the Women’s Constitution, to make gender equality an explicit state [...] Chinese MATH education is shameful. [US] Math scores may not be all that bad Published in San Jose Mercury News (November 16). Is it true that “U.S. lags other wealthy nations in higher math” (Page B1, Nov. 11)? Studies show that middle-class American children attending well-funded schools score near the top of the world in [...] |
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