My name is David Coffin, and I am an English teacher at Zheijiang Technology Institute of Economy (ZJTIE). I am a twenty-one year old native of Atlanta Georgia. I have just begun my second semester of teaching English. I received my Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults certification (CELTA) this summer at the …
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If you are on this website you must be thinking about coming to China to teach, and I am sure you will have questions! I was in the same position when I was contacted out of the blue by CIPTC. I was worried, but they responded to my emails and sent me online information. I …
After living in a western culture for 40 years a desire to experience something new coupled with a huge sense for adventure originally brought me to China and several teaching jobs have kept me here since. My ‘culture-shock’ journey started off in Chengdu (Sichuan) and after visiting every corner of China from Liaoning to Guangdong, …
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My first day in Bao’an was steady stream of chaos, noise and confusion. The only real thought I was keenly aware of was: “It’s hot, it’s so hot.” I had already sweated through the clothes I was wearing and all I could think about was sleep and the possibility of shower. I passed out in …
Erin – Teaching progress and those little moments with CIPTC Read More »
Where would an engineer begin? At the beginning of course. One day last year I was sitting at my desk doing the usual stuff. Mathematics, figuring out odd variables and potential financial disasters that may come back to bite my company on the bum. I had my resume online, as many people do, and I …
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