8.26 The End of the Summer Break There are only two days left for my summer break; soon I will be going to work again. The school where I work seems to get a lot tougher this year, with some stringent

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8.26 The End of the Summer Break There are only two days left for my summer break; soon I will be going to work again. The school where I work seems to get a lot tougher this year, with some stringent regulation put into force. So I spent the whole morning today preparing for all the files requested. It is some meaningless paperwork; quoted from one of my colleagues: a matter of formality. During this summer, Although I didn't go anywhere for a holiday, it was still quite enjoyable as I read a lot and got to watch the Olympics. Regarding learning English, my weaknesses lie in speaking and writing, the output parts, as do most people. Through some practice, writing is becoming fun to me over the time, and because I always had a lot of thoughts, the sources would never really be a problem. The speaking part gets a bit trickier by contrast. In the new term, I will be teaching two exam preparation courses: one for TEM8, one for IELTS. TEM 8 is the top English proficiency test in China specially catering to English majors, while IELTS is the international test for students going to study abroad. Those kinds of courses are rather boring, as they concern mainly about testing skills for getting a decent score. What I want to teach most is the courses relative to cultural comparisons and newspaper English. It is interesting to dig out the causes behind different cultural phenomenon and break the stereotypes, as well as to know what is happening around the world. However, it could be very demanding for anyone who wants to teach them, because you need to be both good at the language and the related knowledge, not to mention a perceptive mind to see things through the surface. I’m not yet up to the standard, but I will try to make myself close to it one day.

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8.26 The End of the Summer Break

There are only two days left for of my summer break. Soon I will be going to back to work again. The school where I work seems to get a will be a lot tougher this year, it seems, with some stringent regulation put into force some tougher/more stringent regulations being put into place. I spent the whole morning today preparing for all the files that were requested. It is some mostly meaningless paperwork; quoted? given to me by one of my colleagues. It is really just a matter of formality.

During This summer, although I didn't go anywhere on holiday, it was still quite enjoyable as I was able to read a lot and watch the Olympics on TV.

Regarding learning my English learning, I find my weaknesses lie in both speaking and writing, the output parts, as do most people. as is common with most people. Through some practice, writing is becoming fun to me over the time, and because I always had a lot of thoughts, the sources would never really be a problem. With practice over time, I am finding writing to be a fun activity as I always have a lot of thoughts and therefore never run out of things to write about! The speaking part gets a bit trickier by contrast. However I am finding that speaking gets tricker over time.

In the new term, I will be teaching two exam preparation courses: one for TEM8 and one for IELTS. TEM 8 is the top English proficiency test in China, specially catering to English majors, while the IELTS is the international test for students going to study abroad. These kinds of courses are rather boring, as they concern mainly are mainly concerned with testing ones skills in order to get a decent mark. for getting a decent score. What I want to teach most, is are the courses relative to that cover cultural comparisons and English newspapers. It is interesting to dig up/ found out about out the causes behind different cultural phenomenon and breaking stereotypes, as well as to know find out about/learn about what is happening around the world. However, it could can be very demanding for anyone who wants to teach them these courses, because as you need to be both good good/proficient at both the English language and the subject knowledge. Not to mention you need a perceptive mind to see things through the surface ??? I am not yet up to that standard, but I will try to make myself close to it one day. I am not up to that level of English or subject knowledge yet, but hope to improve my skills in both these areas so I will be one day. / I have not yet reached that level/standard of English yet, but hope to improve my skills so I will get there one day.

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