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An introduction to our schools - Part 3

Here at Guangxi Education Recruitment, we've developed links with many different kinds of schools. These establishments teach a wide range of ages, from kindergarten to adults, and each employs different methods to ensure that they provide the most appropriate style of teaching for their target age group. Today, we're going to focus on one partner company who use an especially creative and fun teaching method to make sure that their young students get the most from their English lessons. This company teaches kindergarten students around the city of Liuzhou; they're different from the other providers we work with in that, although they have their own school, the bulk of their teaching happens elsewhere. The owner, and the person behind their innovative approach, believes that children of kindergarten age should have exposure to English as part of their weekly routine to give them a head start when they study it more intensely as they progress into formal education. As

Introducing Liuzhou - Part 4: 柳州文庙 Confucius Temple

If you spend any time along the riverside in Liuzhou, you can't help but notice the stunning temple which stands across the water from the city centre. In part 4 of this series, we take a closer look... Apparently there has been a temple at this site since the Tang Dynasty (which ruled for around 300 hundred years from the 7th century AD) but what you see today is a far more modern structure, owing to the previous temple being destroyed by fire in the 1920s. It's a handsome building and, at night, appears to emit a kind of glow due to the beams and other structural elements being covered in copper. Accompanied by it's neighbouring wooden pagoda, it's a beautiful sight. Flanked by a riverside park on one side and another of Liuzhou's many limestone karst peaks on the other, the temple and it's pagoda are a popular spot for locals, who come to worship and perform religious rites as well as take an obligatory selfie alongside the classically styled ar