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Final days and thoughts…

It may be a week after my landing at Toronto Pearson, but some finals thoughts on the experience are in order. Our last week, in Kunshan, was great. I joined another teacher, Megan, in her classroom of 6-8 year-olds and … Continue reading

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Another last day…

Answers came our way earlier this week and we found out that we would be teaching in Kunshan for our third week. Kunshan is the city we were supposed to teach in originally and is approximately 20 minutes on the … Continue reading

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Some updates

The weekend is almost over and though there were moments of relaxation, there were also moments of aggravation. We finished our first week of teaching at Weifang Foreign Language School and the kids were sad to see us go. We … Continue reading

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Days two and three

I have fallen a day behind in my blogging and unfortunately my attention to detail will suffer as a result. But I wanted to share a few exciting things that have happened over the last couple days (we are over … Continue reading

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First Day

My first day of teaching is over and while it was tiring, it was exciting! We arrived at the school for breakfast and were pleased to find fried eggs, loaf bread and a bread similar to naan. There were also … Continue reading

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Weifang

The flight to Weifang was short and sweet (compared to Thursday’s, of course). It was under two hours and despite being on a smaller plane, the ride was probably smoother than Thursday’s. We had to take a bus shuttle out … Continue reading

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Arrival in Shanghai and Day of Touring

We arrived at Pudong International Airport on time and were exhausted. We were greeted by the two teachers from Weifang, Miss Liu and Miss Kerri, who guided us to our pick-up van. The ride to our hotel was about an … Continue reading

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Pre-Departure

With two hours to kill in the airport, now would be a good time to blog! The time has finally come! Actually, it really creeped up on me, considering I didn’t start a countdown until the course was done (last … Continue reading

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Module 2

Module two had a heavy focus on strategies we can use to accommodate ELLs, planning and instruction, and how we can make vocabulary an intentional focus in our classroom. The activities in this module were very practical in nature. Along … Continue reading

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Some more notes on the course…

After completing two modules I thought I would drop in and share some more thoughts on the course. One thing I have been enjoying the most so far is reading the posts from other course members. The activities/tasks set out … Continue reading

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