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Teaching English in East Asia

Teaching English in East Asia

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Leaving Durham

10/10/201911/03/2020Categories depature, Students, Teaching, UK, Uncategorized, WeatherLeave a Comment on Leaving Durham

It’s been a couple of weeks since I left, but in August and September, I was living and working in Durham. On the first weekend I arrived, the weather was, shall we say, typical British weather – quite wet. In fact, for the first few days the weather wasn’t great. But things gradually improved, as…

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Small world indeed

22/09/201906/03/2020Categories depature, Europe, UK, UncategorizedLeave a Comment on Small world indeed

I’ve been in Durham for the past few weeks, teaching and now the course ended. It’s been an interesting six weeks, and whilst the classes have not always gone to plan, I’ve learned a lot and hopefully the students have too. It’s difficult to see them develop a lot during six short weeks but in…

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Fridays for Future

21/09/201906/03/2020Categories UK, UncategorizedLeave a Comment on Fridays for Future

I’ve been working in Durham recently, and yesterday, my last day, coincided with the Fridays For Future climate strikes, by young people across the world. As this was our last day, we were encouraged to educate our students about it. I was posed with a problem – all the technology in my classroom was not…

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