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April 29, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I promised in my last post to talk in more detail about what my GTP year entailed. I will come to that later, but first a brief update on school life two weeks into the summer term – not that … Continue reading
April 5, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Here’s a taste of my experience of teacher training, in response to a question from Elizabeth. I was lucky enough to get a Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) place with a school near me. GTP is one route for graduates to … Continue reading
March 23, 2012 at 8:50 am
(Originally Published on eRenlai.com) Yang Fumin (楊富閔) is a promising young writer whose recently published short story anthology Huajia Nanhai (花甲男孩) was lauded by many famous writers and critics including Luo Yijun (駱以軍) and Shi shu (施淑) amongst others. His … Continue reading
March 14, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Performance Friday 15th April 2011, 7.30pm My teacher gave me some tickets to see this performance, by the Tainaner Theatre Troupe. I’d been to the theatre in the Xinyi branch of Eslite before to see a play inspired by the … Continue reading
March 14, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Performed by 一心戲劇團 (One Heart Theatre Troupe) I saw this DVD in the library had English subtitles and my curiosity got the better of me. For 3 years now I have glimpsed bits of Taiwanese Opera performances in parks, … Continue reading
March 14, 2012 at 12:37 pm
A woman tearfully reads a letter from her paraplegic husband which grants her a divorce from him. The husband looks on as she reads his words advising her to divorce him so that she can have time for herself and … Continue reading
March 14, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Hello everyone, I’m Conor. I’m currently doing a masters in Taiwanese Literature at National Taiwan University and Frances asked me to suggest some books that might be useful for everyone to keep up their Chinese and for discussion if anyone … Continue reading
March 6, 2012 at 6:17 pm
Continuing the theme of ICT and picking up on a member’s comment from my last post, I have to say that I have found no more effective way of getting students to learn characters than repeated copying by hand. Many, … Continue reading
February 19, 2012 at 3:18 pm
The half-term holiday is nearly over. But, as someone told me soon after I started teaching, teachers are never more than seven weeks away from a holiday! We break up for Easter on 30 March… The week before half-term was … Continue reading
February 1, 2012 at 1:34 pm
恭喜发财！Happy new year of the dragon! Welcome to this blog in which I hope to give you a flavour of life as a high school Mandarin teacher. I recently trained as a teacher after a career in the civil service … Continue reading
