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An introduction to our schools - Part 2

In this post, we want to introduce another of our partner schools, one that is quite different from the place we talked about in Part 1. This school is much larger, with over 200 students aged six to 18; it's based in a small town around 25km from the city centre and, as such, employs a different model in the way they go about teaching English.
Whereas the previous school only employs foreign teachers, the majority of staff here are local Chinese, and the school uses foreign teachers once a month to give the students some exposure to native spoken English. These sessions may take place in the classroom but the school also organises special activities, such as playing laser quest, making soy milk or catching fish as pictured here. The purpose of all these activities it to encourage the children to use what they've learnt and engage in conversation with native speakers.
The Chinese staff focus on grammar and book work, whilst the foreign staff are employed to teach and encourage conversation. Many of the young people in this city are not used to seeing foreign faces and this lack of familiarity can be a big barrier to them improving their English language skills. We think it's really important for our staff to go into schools and give students the boost they need.
One of the advantages about our model is that we can cooperate with schools like this to offer our teachers any extra work they want. Our basic contracts are from 15-20 teaching hours per week, but teachers can also work with great schools such as this one on a less frequent basis to boost their paycheques and experience.
If you're interested in working in great, friendly schools like the one discussed here, then send us an email at: guangxier@gmail.com or contact us via our Facebook page.

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