Places That Speak Chinese

  So let's have a look now what might take place in a typical writing lesson and, again, we're going to use the format of a straight arrow ESA lesson. Our first stage is to the go to the engage stage and, if we think back to what we said before, what we need to do is try to generate interest. So, an example here could be we show a picture first of all taken from a newspaper or magazine and then we can ask the students some questions. From looking at the picture we can ask them if they can tell us what is actually happening now as shown by the picture. Then, we can generate a bit more interest by asking them to give us ideas about what they thought was happening before this picture took place and what happened after. So, here we're just trying to build up the idea of a sequence of...  [Read more]

Our TESOL training course in Taipei, Taiwan is the ideal place to earn your TESOL certificate. Taipei is the political, economic, academic, and cultural center of Taiwan and is a significant regional hub in East Asia. Taipei mixes old with new as modern skyscrapers exist alongside old Chinese temples and colonial buildings. The most famous of the modern building is, of course, the Taipei 101 tower. At just over 500 meters, it was the first building to break the half kilometer mark and was the tallest building until the Burj Khalifa in Dubai was completed. The culture and history of Taiwan may be explored within the many desirable museums like the National Palace depository. Here, you'll see a large assortment of ancient Chinese ceramics, carvings, paintings and calligraphy. Taipei’s food...  [Read more]