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Tremendous Teachers!
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Feb 13, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Sunday morning at 7am (there are no lie ins for our interns!) we gathered the interns to depart for their first day of teaching practice. 3 weeks of theory work and studying had accumulated in a lot of nervous and excited looking faces as we arrived at the middle school ready for the interns to...

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Having a Ball on the Wall
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Feb 06, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

A chilly morning brought us all out to the busses, (some carrying their pillow), and on our way to the Great Wall of China! The tour guide gave us an interesting insight into the history of the gigantic brick structure that if you lay each brick end to end, they would wrap the world round 5...

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Interns get their Chi On
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 27, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Tai Chi – or T'ai chi ch'uan (太极拳) is an extremely popular kind of Chinese martial arts practiced throughout centuries. I don’t know about you guys, but when I think “martial arts” I think kicking, punching and insane fighting a little a la “Karate Kid...

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Scorpions, and snakes, and spiders! Oh, my!
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 26, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Ellen Lickman

Have you ever eaten a scorpion? How about grasshopper? Snake? Tarantula?
I thought not, and if you’d asked our very brave interns yesterday morning, I’m sure they would have turned green at the thought. Not now, though, because last night saw our trip to...

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Singing in the New Year
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 25, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Reece Ayers

As Chinese New Year dawns, the Chinese set off fireworks in an attempt to scare away any bad spirits that might come with it. If the fireworks failed to send any spirits fleeing, then the interns singing surely would have.

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Shivering at the Summer Palace
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 21, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Ellen Lickman

It was another early start for the TTC-ers on Friday morning as they gathered, some-what bleary eyed but still excitedly, to head off on their first Beijing cultural tour. The two buses set off at 8am and we were introduced to our wonderful tour guides for the...

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A Nice Hot Cup of Mandarin
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 21, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Reece Ayers

TTC’s second Mandarin corner was a more intimate and cosy meeting, giving the interns a chance to learn some new useful vocabulary within the warm confines of BUPT’s Maan Coffee shop.

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Keeping Cool with Calligraphy
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 19, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Amalie Rasmussen

On Thursday the 19th of January the mandarin classes was replaced with the first culture class – calligraphy (shu fa 书法), which is said to be a relaxing and mind-easing art.

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Mandarin at the Market
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 15, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Reece Ayers

2012’s winter interns turned out in full force for their first informal Mandarin lesson this Sunday night.
  It quickly became clear as we approached 6:30pm that most (if not all) of the interns with us at the BUPT campus were, to say the least,...

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Let's Break the Ice!
Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Jan 14, 2012 in Teach & Travel China

Written by Sonya Moulang

We all seem to have had a good sleep last night. There were a few grumbles about roommates waking up at 1 am from jet lag but nothing to serious and most had a full night sleep, even if in a few parts. After tackling the Chinese breakfast of steamed buns,...

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