Teaching in Primary Schools It was the middle of my fourth week teaching in primary schools in Shenzhen at 5:12pm in the convenience store at the bottom of my apartment building. This was not my first visit here, nor was it my first time stopping here immediately after work buying…...
#ChineseLanguageStruggles: Trippin’ Up on the Third Tone by Ivan Berezowski
Of the myriad struggles beginner students of Chinese language encounter, near the top of that list is tones, particularly the much dreaded third tone, aka the low dipping tone. It is arguably the tone most foreign learners of Chinese mispronounce the most often, and it is often taught to be…...
Teaching Abroad: 8 Epiphanies
Teaching Abroad I’ve slowly become a person who believes that ‘everything happens for a reason', as cliché as it may sound. Truthfully, I never prepared myself for an teaching abroad in China. For someone who decided to move to the opposite side of the world, I didn’t consider a lot…...
Teaching in China by Leanne Overby
Teaching in China My Experience Flashback to July 2016.It’s 9:45pm on Wednesday night. I’m sat at a table in front of my laptop in my parent’s cold basement (they love to crank the a/c in the summer). I’ve logged into Skype and am eagerly waiting for SDE’s call to start…...