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Students--they are what teaching is all about!
Here is a gallery of many of our former students.
(From 2000 to 2002 in Shanghai--and before!) |
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This is a rare photo of Michael's first class in China, way back in 1987.
He taught for five months at the China Social University in Beijing. It was
enough to "teach him" that he needed to know more about teaching! After
this, he took a LONG train ride home, and
started grad school. |
After earning his
M.A. (in Teaching English as a Foreign Language--TEFL) and working for
several years in America, he finally returned to China to teach summer
classes at the Tianjin College of Commerce (the photo shows one of his
classes). (July/August 1999) |
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After a successful summer, Michael and the family moved to China the
following summer to take a position in Shanghai. While Vivian worked on the
monumental task of learning Chinese, Michael taught English in several ways,
including corporate classes, evening classes, and Intensive English for
children.
(right) Michael enjoyed
catering to the English language needs of his classes at the Gate Gourmet
international airline catering company (Shanghai 2000-2002). |
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(Above left) These five adult students became our
closest friends in SH (two now live in Toronto). (Above right) Michael's first "survival English"
class as an instructor for the Yew Wah Training Institute. (Below center)
Students enrolled in the Yew Wah/SIS Intensive English Program (IEP),
where Michael served as both instructor and Academic
Coordinator. Our difficult task was to take
students with very little English and make them ready for classes with
native speakers--in less than a year! (Below left) An SIS-IEP
field trip to see the studios of Shanghai Cable TV. This spring 2001 trip was
graciously arranged by our friend JinYu (next to Vivian), a Shanghai
TV personality. When he wasn't busy with IEP students, Michael taught in
several Shanghai schools, including Zhen Dan Middle School (below right).
Michael also helped provide teacher training for the summer teachers. You can see more of our Shanghai
photos by clicking "Shanghai Memories"
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(Left) This is one of Vivian's Victory Kidz Clubs--for SIS students like
our son, Andrew (he is at the bottom left). (Center photo) Vivian's
teaching career started
by helping Yew Wah as a substitute teacher, but she ended up with her own
classes! In Xi'an, she taught at the college level. (Right) Here are some of
Vivian's Chinese Language classmates and teachers at FuDan U. Michael also
took classes there one summer. |
