Program Blogs

#1 This week’s topic was restaurants and food. The question of the day was, “What is your favorite food?” From …

This week, I have particularly paid attention to the active engagement of students. In asking students basic conversation questions (e.g., …

This week’s classes went better than last week, mostly because I knew what to expect when the connection wasn’t so …

It’s only Week 2, and I have already been so encouraged by the middle schoolers’ incredible passion and enthusiasm. Our …

     Saturday morning was first the Mandarin lesson for Gianni, Sryia, and me. For the first thirty minutes of …

I spent my final week back home in San Francisco, California, before returning to Durham yesterday. To be perfectly honest, …

And just like that, we’ve wrapped up week 2 of the Zhuhai program! I honestly can’t believe that we’ve been …

It is hard not to be selfish, especially towards a room of people that are thousands of miles away. In …

Last week, there were many instances of bad Wifi connection between my computer and the computers of the kids in …

“Teaching children is an accomplishment; getting children excited about learning is an achievement.” Robert John Meehan   Another week has …