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'Looking forward to another volunteer vacation' - teaching English in China, volunteer program; personal narrative - Brief Article
Last year my husband and I contacted Elderhostel (Boston, MA; phone 877/426-8056 or visit www.elderhostel.org), who arranged for us to participate in ......(Continue Reading) India rocks! The global media fixate on China's boundless future. India, the English-speaking democracy with a huge middle class, is a far better bet
I have been visiting India as a portfolio manager for ten years. But on my last trip earlier this year I found that something very significant had changed ......(Continue Reading)Teaching English In China
Anyone willing to teach English in China meets with a voracious demand for their skills. As the country steps further onto the world stage, its people ......(Continue Reading)Where there's smoke: Xu Bing, one of China's most illustrious post-Tianannmen expatriate artists, recently mounted his first mainland solo, "Tobacco
When Xu Bing first visited Durham, N.C., at the invitation of Duke University in 2000, he was struck by the overwhelming tobacco odor pervading the town. The smell inspired him to put together the...(Continue Reading)Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979
Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979, by Rodney Koeneke. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 2004. 256 ......(Continue Reading)
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