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How to feel more prepared for teaching

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Moving over to the other side of the world to teach classes of hungry students hours of English can obviously be a rather daunting prospect, particularly for those with little to no prior teaching experience. However there are ways in which you can prepare yourself before you arrive in your new Teaching world. Prepare some lessons First of all, you are gonna need to think of some pretty entertaining and effective lesson plans. A good one to start with is the introduction lesson. Remember these kids will be new to you and you will be a fresh face for them.…

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The top 5 TEFL courses as ranked by Google

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  TEFL certification is one of the things that I am being asked more and more nowadays. Almost every new recruit wanting to do this great experience is either fresh out of  uni or doing it for a refreshing and beneficial change from their normal typical lifestyle. Thus, there is demand for a cost effective, high quality and quick TEFL certification method. So, using our good friend Google, here is a review of 5 of the many many sites offering that all important certification. 1) TEFLcourse.net http://www.teflcourse.net Price for 120 hour certification: $240 TEFLcourse.net is the site that i personally used…

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Amazing Chinese places to visit

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When you’re off teaching English in a country as large, diverse and beautiful as China you wont find it hard to find somewhere worth a visit. But to help you get some inspiration here’s a few pics of some of my personal favorite visiting spots. Pandas in Chengdu The Panda is a national symbol of China  and Chengdu, the Sichuanese city that is home to the World Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center is an excellent place to see them. Summit of Emei Shan Emei Shan is one of the four  sacred mountains in the whole of China. Climbing the…

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Xijiang Miao village courtyard

Xijiang Miao Village

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A while back I went to a very remote and culturally different place in China and have been meaning to write about it ever since. This place is Xijiang, a remote mountain village in isolated Guizhou province and home to the Miao people; one of the ethnic minorities of China. This place is  becoming more and more popular than tourists and if burying relatives alive and drinking Rice wine from a yaks horn sounds interesting to you, then you may want to consider going… The village is now a very popular tourist destination and has an abundance of hostels, guesthouses…

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