Teaching can be a daunting task especially when you are new to the job, once you have been trained you will still need to use your skill set to motivate a room full of students to learn. Here are a few things to think about as you start your new career in teaching – Find the enjoyment in learning Albert Einstein once said: “That is the way to learn the most, that when you are […]

Before I start I’ve got to say Beijing is an amazing city! The bustling streets and bright lights are unlike no other city in the world, it definitely has a different energy to a place like New York or London.     Teaching English over here has been a blast and it will become a memory and a place that I will never forget, there is so much to see and do from visiting part […]

I had visited China before and was excited to come back to teach English, I came a few years ago on holiday to Beijing and fell in love with the country. I decided when this opportunity came up to try another part of the country a little off the beaten tourist path and I decided to go to Jiangsu.     I was going to teach at a school in Nantong city, it’s a massive […]

I arrived in Wuhan at the end of August for the initial teacher introduction training before the term began, the climate was very warm. I realised that I was going to be there in the summer but I wasn’t expecting the heat to be as intense as it was, I was really glad that there was A/C at the school and at the apartment. Throughout the year the climate is a few degrees warmer than […]