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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 [...] UNREACHABLE AND UNTEACHABLE STUDENTS Every Chinese college and university has them, from top tier down to the bottom 4th tier.Usually every class has at least one and the unlucky teacher may be saddled with several. Occasionally, an entire class may be beyond reach. No matter what the pedagogy, the methodology, the materials; there are some students who [...] 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 [...] In the last 10 years China has reduced or cut the salary for foreign teachers. 10 years ago foreign teachers with a doctorate were paid 5,500 rmb per month for 12 teaching periods each week. (114.58 rmb per teaching period) Today the university pays the same person 5,200 rmb for 16 teaching periods each week. (81.25 per [...] 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 LANGUAGE LEARNING The concept of language learning is linked to the traditional approach to the study of languages and today is still generally practiced in high schools worldwide. Attention is focused on the language in its written form and the objective is for the student to understand the structure and rules of the language through the [...] INTRODUCTION At any given moment there are twice as many Chinese learning English as there are citizens of the U.S.A. English instruction begins in kindergarten and continues into postgraduate study, for both English majors and non-English majors. Everyone in China must study English. Local variants of English such as Chinglish and Chinese English are discouraged as [...] English Corner MY ENGLISH CORNER EXPERIENCE Also: go to the download page and read the free article China EFL: English Corner Over the years I have attended enough English Corers to know that it is better to avoid them like you would avoid SARS, they make me sick. Many foreign teachers have no choice; it is written in their [...] CHINESE ADMINS I just published a study called “Dissatisfied Customers” of a Shanghai joint venture business institute. (It is available on my download page) The study reveals the complaints of the 1,600 students. The Dean’s reaction can be found at the end of the article. She was a horrible administrator who repeatedly lied to her students [...] THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS TO SHOW AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONE CHINESE AND TWO WESTERN TOP EDUCATORS AND IS NOT AN ATTACK ON CHINA. EAST VS WEST Several years ago there was an educational conference in Beijing where the three keynote speakers were the Chancellor of Oxford University, President of Yale University and the President of Peking [...] |
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