2016年7月21日星期四
Teaching quote 1
Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” ― Jim Henson
2016年7月19日星期二
Worlda News: Conghua public welfare teaching
Last week, Guangzhou Worlda International Education has response to Guangzhou foreign expert bureau's invitation, joined in for volunteer teaching in Conghua. Has been rewarded by the government.
2016年7月14日星期四
Tips 2: Chinese Culture, networking and relationship
In China, social and network are big issue to care about in working and daily life. China as an collective society, people will consider relationship between people as an important scale. Having a good relationship with your coworker is more important than your working skill.
In Worlda we have seen teacher and school have misunderstanding sometimes, this is the moment to see the cultural difference. Most of the westerner will insist that "they are right" to defend themselves. But in Chinese culture, who is right or wrong is the second important issue, the more important issue is not to harm the relationship. Shouting and defending is consider "not friendly" in the Chinese people's mind. It will affect the working and cooperating in the future.
So, if we meet incident or misunderstanding, keep a friendly face. Sometimes even if you are the wrong one, if you show a nice attitude, people will forgive you very easily.
In Worlda we have seen teacher and school have misunderstanding sometimes, this is the moment to see the cultural difference. Most of the westerner will insist that "they are right" to defend themselves. But in Chinese culture, who is right or wrong is the second important issue, the more important issue is not to harm the relationship. Shouting and defending is consider "not friendly" in the Chinese people's mind. It will affect the working and cooperating in the future.
So, if we meet incident or misunderstanding, keep a friendly face. Sometimes even if you are the wrong one, if you show a nice attitude, people will forgive you very easily.
2016年7月13日星期三
Tips 1: Chinese Culture, greeting
When teacher comes to Worlda, they will receive a curtural training before they start to teach. It is very inportant to know some of the cultural differences between China and the western country as teacher first land on China.
In this bolg, I will introduce some of the cultural difference to my readers, so that you will not make misunderstanding or embarrassed while dealing with Chinese people.
Tip 1: Greeting
Instead of saying "hello", Chinese people say "ni hao", but I guess most of you know this already, today I am going to talk about the conversation after "ni hao".
Mostly, after "hello" we will say "how are you?", but in China, after saying "ni hao", people will ask "ni chi le ma"(have you eaten). Yes, you may feel weird chinese peole always like to ask people eaten or not. But it doesn'r mean they want to invite you for a meal, many of the westerner will think in this way. They are just asking, they don't really care about you eaten or not, and also not a hin of invitation, it is just a way of opening a new topic. So, don't misunderstand.
See you next time.
In this bolg, I will introduce some of the cultural difference to my readers, so that you will not make misunderstanding or embarrassed while dealing with Chinese people.
Tip 1: Greeting
Instead of saying "hello", Chinese people say "ni hao", but I guess most of you know this already, today I am going to talk about the conversation after "ni hao".
Mostly, after "hello" we will say "how are you?", but in China, after saying "ni hao", people will ask "ni chi le ma"(have you eaten). Yes, you may feel weird chinese peole always like to ask people eaten or not. But it doesn'r mean they want to invite you for a meal, many of the westerner will think in this way. They are just asking, they don't really care about you eaten or not, and also not a hin of invitation, it is just a way of opening a new topic. So, don't misunderstand.
See you next time.
2016年7月8日星期五
Adam's experience in Guangzhou Worlda
There is a big teaching team in Guangzhou Worlda, everyone of them, have their own story. In this blog, we will share some teacher's stories to you guys.
Adam was born in Bournemouth, England in 1984. Before arriving in China he was working in risk management in a financial services company. Adam decided that working behind a desk wasn’t for him, and he packed his bags and never looked back. Adam is currently teaching English and Math in a primary school in Guangzhou Worlda. In his free time, Adam likes working out, going out for nice dinners, playing football, and ping pong.
Since arriving Worlda, what differences have you noticed between China and England?
"The first thing I noticed was the difference of food. Everything here seems to be healthier. Street food and people eating outside is a very different thing here, everything seems like it's a lot more social. Grandparents come outside early in the morning and late at night to do exercise, take their grandkids to school, play chess, tai chi, and other social things. Here is very crowded compared to my quiet little hometown. I’ve enjoyed the hustle and bustle and the experience of getting on the metro during the rush hour. It’s an exciting challenge!”
In the half year you have been living here, how have you enjoyed it?
"The first few weeks were difficult to adjust. The cultural differences, new job, and knowing no one when arriving was daunting. Worlda played a key part helping me settle in to my new city and lifestyle. From the first moment when they picked me up from the airport till now they have been very supportive. The training they provided helped me feel a lot more confident heading into the school. The first few weeks in the school was exciting, however quite difficult. Through the various Worlda social events I have made some great friends who will stay with me for life. My work schedule has allowed me to do a lot of site seeing in Guangzhou, and travel a bit as well!”
How have you found teaching so far?
"The first few weeks were difficult as it was very different from my previous job in England. The support both the school and Worlda offered me helped me overcome any obstacles and I soon began to settle. Since then, I have enjoyed every minute of my new role. I find teaching to be very rewarding, challenging, and a whole lot more fun than sitting behind a desk. The smiles on the kid’s faces makes it impossible to be unhappy, even on a Monday morning. Worlda has always been on hand to offer new ideas, games, and methods of teaching.”
What’s do you hope to achieve over the next semester?
"I hope to continue to improve my teaching abilities and methods. I am confident I can do this with the support of the school and Worlda. I hope to improve my Chinese through my private lessons and the free lessons that Worlda offers to their teachers. Outside of work and Chinese, I hope to continue to see as much of this beautiful country as I can. I hope to travel to Xi’an, Beijing and a few of the smaller cities. The spring festival will allow me to travel to Thailand for almost next to nothing.”
Have you noticed any changes in yourself since coming?
"I think I have noticed myself becoming a lot more tolerant. You have to be prepared for taking time to understand people from different backgrounds and cultures. It has really opened my eyes to the many different ways about doing things. I have more confidence in myself having overcome the huge challenge of coming to China knowing no one and succeeding in completely new lifestyle. America is called the land of opportunity, however China’s rapid growth means that business is booming and there’s plenty of chances to make it big here as well. The decision to give up my comfortable lifestyle in the UK and try something completely new wasn’t an easy one, but it was one of the best decisions of my life.”
We thank you Adam for being a great team leader, teacher, and friend to everyone!
Cite from our home page story:
http://www.worldaedu.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=lists&catid=70
Adam was born in Bournemouth, England in 1984. Before arriving in China he was working in risk management in a financial services company. Adam decided that working behind a desk wasn’t for him, and he packed his bags and never looked back. Adam is currently teaching English and Math in a primary school in Guangzhou Worlda. In his free time, Adam likes working out, going out for nice dinners, playing football, and ping pong.
Since arriving Worlda, what differences have you noticed between China and England?
"The first thing I noticed was the difference of food. Everything here seems to be healthier. Street food and people eating outside is a very different thing here, everything seems like it's a lot more social. Grandparents come outside early in the morning and late at night to do exercise, take their grandkids to school, play chess, tai chi, and other social things. Here is very crowded compared to my quiet little hometown. I’ve enjoyed the hustle and bustle and the experience of getting on the metro during the rush hour. It’s an exciting challenge!”
In the half year you have been living here, how have you enjoyed it?
"The first few weeks were difficult to adjust. The cultural differences, new job, and knowing no one when arriving was daunting. Worlda played a key part helping me settle in to my new city and lifestyle. From the first moment when they picked me up from the airport till now they have been very supportive. The training they provided helped me feel a lot more confident heading into the school. The first few weeks in the school was exciting, however quite difficult. Through the various Worlda social events I have made some great friends who will stay with me for life. My work schedule has allowed me to do a lot of site seeing in Guangzhou, and travel a bit as well!”
How have you found teaching so far?
"The first few weeks were difficult as it was very different from my previous job in England. The support both the school and Worlda offered me helped me overcome any obstacles and I soon began to settle. Since then, I have enjoyed every minute of my new role. I find teaching to be very rewarding, challenging, and a whole lot more fun than sitting behind a desk. The smiles on the kid’s faces makes it impossible to be unhappy, even on a Monday morning. Worlda has always been on hand to offer new ideas, games, and methods of teaching.”
What’s do you hope to achieve over the next semester?
"I hope to continue to improve my teaching abilities and methods. I am confident I can do this with the support of the school and Worlda. I hope to improve my Chinese through my private lessons and the free lessons that Worlda offers to their teachers. Outside of work and Chinese, I hope to continue to see as much of this beautiful country as I can. I hope to travel to Xi’an, Beijing and a few of the smaller cities. The spring festival will allow me to travel to Thailand for almost next to nothing.”
Have you noticed any changes in yourself since coming?
"I think I have noticed myself becoming a lot more tolerant. You have to be prepared for taking time to understand people from different backgrounds and cultures. It has really opened my eyes to the many different ways about doing things. I have more confidence in myself having overcome the huge challenge of coming to China knowing no one and succeeding in completely new lifestyle. America is called the land of opportunity, however China’s rapid growth means that business is booming and there’s plenty of chances to make it big here as well. The decision to give up my comfortable lifestyle in the UK and try something completely new wasn’t an easy one, but it was one of the best decisions of my life.”
We thank you Adam for being a great team leader, teacher, and friend to everyone!
Cite from our home page story:
http://www.worldaedu.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=lists&catid=70
2016年7月7日星期四
How to Teach Your Kids
This is an article that cite from our wordpress blog of guangzhou worlda.
https://guangzhouworldablog.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/how-to-teach-your-kids/
How to teach your kids:
here are some tips for teaching kids to learn in a better way:
1. Encourage your kids more often could do a great help with the self-confidence of the kids, and that helps a lot with kids’ learning;
2. Try to keep teaching the kids in a stable pace and make the process fun;
3. Don’t focus on memorization when you teach kids, try to teach concepts, so that they won’t feel bored
4. When they make progress, reward the kids.
When teachers come to teach in Guangzhou worlda, before they start teaching, worlda will conduct teaching training for all the new teachers, to improve their teaching skills, as well as the way to interact with students.
https://guangzhouworldablog.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/how-to-teach-your-kids/
How to teach your kids:
here are some tips for teaching kids to learn in a better way:
1. Encourage your kids more often could do a great help with the self-confidence of the kids, and that helps a lot with kids’ learning;
2. Try to keep teaching the kids in a stable pace and make the process fun;
3. Don’t focus on memorization when you teach kids, try to teach concepts, so that they won’t feel bored
4. When they make progress, reward the kids.
When teachers come to teach in Guangzhou worlda, before they start teaching, worlda will conduct teaching training for all the new teachers, to improve their teaching skills, as well as the way to interact with students.
2016年7月6日星期三
Guangzhou Worlda Facebook
Here is our facebook page of Guangzhou Worlda,our official page.
Want to know more about us and more about the experience of working in Guangzhou Worlda or China, like us on facebook.
We will update our news, activities or even tips for living in China on the facebook page.
2016年7月1日星期五
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