Teacher training in China

[Jvm]

I'm a licensed teacher trainer who has worked in the US and Latin America (and ESL in Asia prior to this). Lately I've been reading quite a bit about how much ESL is taking off in China, as well as the emphasis some organizations are placing on concepts such as student-centered classrooms and experiential learning. It seems there must be a huge demand for quality teacher development there in these areas, but over the web it can be a bit overwhelming! Does anyone have any suggestions about certain sites or organizations that might be interesting to explore? Thanks!

[Stew.t.]

Hi JVM

You might want to try the lancelot school.

http://www.lancelotschool.com/start/start

I do not know any specific chinese based web projects, try www.xing.com

Choose a relevant group though

cheers stew.t.
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[Torsten]

Hi JVM,

In addition to Stew's links you also might want to check into this this TEFL China site. By the way, why are planning to teach in China -- why not in Europe or another Asian country?

Talk to you soon,
Torsten

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[Jvm]

Thanks all for the help!!! I'll research the web pages you've suggested.

In answer to your question, I've been training teachers using the above mentioned methods of Ss-centered classes and the other kinds of innovative techniques that entails.... right around the time I was thinking to schedule a visit to China to visit a good friend in Beijing, I was thinking what ESL work (non fly-by-night) I could consider when I ran across this article about the phenomenon created by Harvard-going Tang Meijie:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/magazine/01China.t.html?ex=1183089600&en=9e67b9f693c71794&ei=5070

And that sent me in this direction :)

Cheers!

[Cooliegirly]

JYM It says you'd have to purchase the article to read it. Do you think you can paste it over here?

[Jvm]

The article was the cover story for the NY Times Magazine, so it is quite big... I'm not sure if I can post something that long! For anyone interested in reading it, feel free to post your email and I can send it as an attachment, unless you have a better idea 8)