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Middle Kingdom Life offers a wide array of resources for prospective foreign teachers and Western expats including professional advice, reviews, classified ads, and dozens of articles on living and teaching in China.
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Dozens of feature articles that compliment the Guide's content and address issues related to living and teaching in China.
Middle Kingdom Life comprises over 1400 pages of text organized by dozens of articles and over 74 chapters in the Foreign Teachers Guide to Living and Working in China. Every month we will use this section to highlight various articles and chapters from the Guide that we think merit extra attention.
Mr. Joe Synder, a licensed American high school social studies teacher, explains how it is he ended up in mainland China teaching English and why he plans to stay for a while.
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It is commonplace in China for foreign teachers to assign themselves honorary academic titles and many are teaching with fake degrees. Learn why this practice hurts us all.
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A 50-year old British English teacher with over a decade of experience in mainland China explains why he may never be able to return home to England.
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TEFL Primer: This 5-chapter primer will provide you with a basic understanding of EFL concepts and issues in China.
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Soup to nuts: 36 extensive chapters plus a pre-employment checklist and a "Reader's Digest Version" will guide prospective foreign teachers in their decision-making process.
This exhaustively comprehensive section is approached from a psycho-social and vocational-developmental perspective, covering everything you need to know to make an informed and intelligent decision about teaching English in China.
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Life in China is not easy for any of us. One research study reports that 50 percent of all Western expats leave China earlier than originally planned. Our thirty-chapter section will help you mentally prepare for your journey. We take you, step-by-step, from what you can expect the day after you arrive to long-term, ongoing adjustment issues.
You will learn about such topics as culture shock, how to distinguish it from clinical depression, the language barrier, social etiquette, currency and banking, the healthcare system, shopping, eating out and cooking at home, friendships, and even religious worship to name but a few.
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Self-tests: Take one of our four online MKL-exclusive quizzes to assess your potential in China.
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Dating in China: Our eight-chapter section on Dating, Sex, and Relationships will teach you everything you need to know about dating and marrying Chinese girls.
Most Western men have preconceived ideas about Asian women that are very far off from the truth. Learn about the psychology of Chinese women, dating etiquette, and what to do if you decide to tie the knot.
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