It’s all new students this semester and only about 70 students total. It’s quite a change from the previous semesters where I’d have over 150.
30 students are sophomores from all different majors who've selected English as their second major. I teach them twice a week - on Monday evenings for English Speaking & Listening and on Tuesday evenings for Intercultural Communication.
40 of my students are teachers in the basic and advanced levels of English Speaking and Listening, We'll see how many are left in each at the end of the 10 weeks … many teachers who sign up for the course find they are too busy once the semester gets going. Right now, after four weeks of class, only about 6 are coming to each of the two sections. I also see them twice a week, sometimes more if they're super-eager to learn English.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
ANNUAL MIGRATION - Part 1
Harbin to Beijing (Jan 24-27)
I took the train to Beijing where I stayed with a Chinese friend and graduate from NEFU, where I work, who's been working as primary-school level teacher with a like-minded group. We baked a chocolate cake together to celebrate our birthdays (hers is a few days after mine).
Her place is way way way on the out-skirts of Beijing (as you can see from the photo above that looks like a open field and apartments in the distance) so needless to say I didn't bother trying to see the normal touristy part of Beijing this trip.
While she was at work, I spent most of my time wandering around 望京 Wang Jing - a suburb which has a large Korean population and riding the bus and subway to and back from there (a hour and half each way because Beijing is so huge). It was great to get a different perspective on the city while also getting to spend time with a good friend!
I took the train to Beijing where I stayed with a Chinese friend and graduate from NEFU, where I work, who's been working as primary-school level teacher with a like-minded group. We baked a chocolate cake together to celebrate our birthdays (hers is a few days after mine).
Her place is way way way on the out-skirts of Beijing (as you can see from the photo above that looks like a open field and apartments in the distance) so needless to say I didn't bother trying to see the normal touristy part of Beijing this trip.
While she was at work, I spent most of my time wandering around 望京 Wang Jing - a suburb which has a large Korean population and riding the bus and subway to and back from there (a hour and half each way because Beijing is so huge). It was great to get a different perspective on the city while also getting to spend time with a good friend!
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