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WEANING

Every baby is eventually weaned off its mother’s milk. Otherwise, the milk become a dependency that inhibits proper growth and development.

Chinese students of English must also be weaned off of English subtitles for English movies or they will never properly develop their complete set of English skills.

In Holistic English Sections I and [...]

OPINION

The Chinese Government, Chinese teachers of English and Chinese school administrators all claim that China has a National EFL (English as a Foreign Language) program.

Chinese who go abroad to an English speaking country become fluent in English within four to six months.

Foreign students who come to China to learn Putonghua become fluent in [...]

SOLUTIONS

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 [...]

RETIRE

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 [...]

60 AGE LIMIT

November 3, 2010 UPDATE:

WANTED: Retired Foreign Teachers Age 60 – 65 for September 2011 (Apply now)

Zhejiang SciTech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

International Office: Fanny ZSTU <fanny.gf@163.com>

June 26, 2010

There is great confusion amongst foreigners about the Chinese age limitation of 60 for foreign teachers to receive a Foreign Expert Certificate (FEC), a [...]

4 GREAT TRUTHS

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. You can communicate in a language without ever learning it. Foreign students who come to China to learn Mandarin are often fluent within [...]

GOALS

Holistic English Goals

In the Holistic English Program we do NOT teach English language or English culture.

We facilitate English communication at whatever level the students find themselves capable. There is no individual mandatory accomplishment level to be obtained. In other words, the academic pressure is completely off.

The goals of Holistic English, in their [...]

LISTENING?

THE STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?

Chinese teachers, teaching English as a foreign language, to Chinese students, in Chinese, in China; supplemented by young and inexperienced foreign white monkeys who play the guitar and teach songs and games, while experienced native English teachers over 60 years of age are [...]

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