http://cloudychina.com/2009/05/27/im-a-tape-player-ii/ Blogging about my time in China Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://cloudychina.com/2009/05/27/im-a-tape-player-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Applecart T. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:19:29 +0000 http://cloudychina.com/?p=64#comment-7 Classic cultural things. I taught in Japan 11 years ago … similar though different things … I hated singing, too, but mostly it was at karaoke with alcohol and a mixed crowd, so not so bad. I don't know how you can encourage English conversation more, except to refuse to accept to hear Chinese in class or to give some kind of incentive for people to use English, but it seems like no one cares what the outcome is / what grades or progress is made? Classic cultural things. I taught in Japan 11 years ago … similar though different things … I hated singing, too, but mostly it was at karaoke with alcohol and a mixed crowd, so not so bad. I don’t know how you can encourage English conversation more, except to refuse to accept to hear Chinese in class or to give some kind of incentive for people to use English, but it seems like no one cares what the outcome is / what grades or progress is made?

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