Teaching EFL in China : What Every Foreign Teacher Should Know Before They Go.

Intro -- TEACHING EFL IN CHINA: WHAT EVERY FOREIGN TEACHER SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY GO -- TEACHING EFL IN CHINA: WHAT EVERY FOREIGN TEACHER SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY GO -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 CHINA EFL: FOREIGN TEACHER NEEDED -- ABSTRACT -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2 CHINA ESL: AN INDUSTRY RUN AMUCK? -- I. ABSTRACT -- ESL is Big Business -- No Central Government Policy -- II. MANAGEMENT MODELS -- Introduction -- Public Schools -- Public Schools with Private Contractors -- Private Schools -- Private Schools with Western Management -- Private Schools with Western Director -- Training Centers -- Agencies -- III. CURRICULUM -- Introduction -- Band 4 and Band 6 Tests -- Oral English -- AD HOC -- IV. RECRUITMENT -- Introduction -- 1. Salary -- 2. Housing -- 3. Visa/Travel -- 4. Medical -- 5. Travel Expense -- 6. Qualifications -- a. Education -- b. ESL Training and/or Teaching Experience -- 7. RECRUITING INDUCEMENTS -- V. COMPLAINTS OF NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS -- Introductiion -- Bad Management -- Bad FAO -- Classes -- Contract -- Class too Large -- Housing -- Lies -- Medical -- Parental Interference -- Plagiarism and Cheating -- Pollution, Crowded, Filth -- Prejudice -- Profit before Education -- Salary -- Security -- Support, Teaching Materials -- Toilets -- Visa - Foreigner Residence Permit - Foreign Expert's Certificate -- VI. CHINESE STUDENTS -- Introduction -- Kindergartens -- Primary Schools -- Middle Schools -- Top Tier Universities -- 2nd Tier Universities -- 3rd Tier Colleges -- Business Institutes and Private Colleges -- Training Centers -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 CHINA EFL: THE UNQUALIFIED, TEACHING (SIC) THE UNMOTIVATED, IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- I. THE UNQUALIFIED -- II. THE UNMOTIVATED -- Female Responses -- Male Responses.

III. THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT13 -- IV. A NEW SHANGHAI HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH IS DOOMED TO FAILURE -- A. The Program - English for Non-English Majors -- B. The Program Administrator -- C. The Students -- D. The Foreign Teachers -- E. The Chinese Co-Teachers -- F. The Text and Teaching Materials -- 1. Library -- 2. English Corner -- 3. Multi-Media Rooms -- 4. Audio-visual Room -- 5. Computer Room -- 6. English Speaking/Acquisition Environment -- 7. Field Trips -- G. Administrative Failings -- H. Recipe for Disaster -- I. Suggestions for Improving the Program -- V. CONCLUSION -- Language Learning -- Language Acquisition -- Chapter 4 EFL/ESL TEACHING IN CHINA: QUESTIONS - QUESTIONS - QUESTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Can We Talk? -- 1. Why Should 1.3 Billion Chinese Learn English? -- 2. How can EFL/ESL Teaching in China be Called a Success? -- The Kindergarten Experience -- The Middle School Experience -- The College Experience -- 3. Is EFL/ESL Teaching in China a Case of the Blind Leading the Blind? -- Example #1 -- Example #2 -- 4. Can Anyone Really be Expected to Acquire English in this Hostile Environment? -- 5. What is the Chinese English Student's Favorite Wine? -- 6. Is It Inevitable that although We Teach Them English, They will Learn Chinglish? -- 7. What's in a Name? -- 8. What is Worse: Students Who Cheat the System or a System that Cheats the Students? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 CHINA EFL: PROGRAMMING HUMAN ROBOTS -- ABSTRACT -- DISCUSSION -- CLASS OF '07 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS -- Spring '08 Holistic English Freshmen II -- Vocabulary - Reading - Listening - Writing - Conversation -- Spring '08 Holistic English Freshmen II -- Confidence - Motivation - Discipline -- Spring '08 Holistic English Freshmen II -- World View - Business Knowledge -- CONCLUSION.

Chapter 6 CHINA EFL: WHY CHINESE UNIVERSITIES DO NOT PROVIDE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- THE PROBLEM -- EXCUSES -- SOLUTIONS -- Chapter 7 CHINA EFL: ENGLISH CORNER -- ABSTRACT -- DISCUSSION -- DEFINITION: ENGLISH CORNER -- HISTORY OF ENGLISH CORNER -- EFFICACY OF ENGLISH CORNER -- LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT? -- CREATE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT -- FIRST BITE OF THE ELEPHANT -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 8 CHINA EFL: ONE REASON OR MIDNIGHT RUNNERS -- ABSTRACT -- SOME ASSUMPTIONS -- HIGHER EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY -- STUDENTS -- FOREIGN TEACHERS -- CHINESE ADMINISTRATORS -- CURRICULUM -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 9 THE JOURNEY TO NOWHERE ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY -- ABSTRACT -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 10 CULTURE SHOCK -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPARATIVE CULTURE DISCUSSION COURSE -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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