http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp Perspectives on Living & Teaching in China Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had the honor this past week of participating as a judge in a two-day long competition for Chinese professors who teach professional courses in English. This was not an “English contest,” per se, and Chinese English teachers were not eligible to participate in the event. The scope of the ... http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/newest_articles/opening-up-requires-more-than-just-international-trade/ A Different Perspective This is a question that routinely pops up on China Teacher Internet forums from time to time. I was recently reminded of the topic when I noticed that someone had been referred to the site after presumably he conducted a Google search on the terms “TEFL ... http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/op-ed/are-foreign-teachers-who-date-their-students-unethical/ Are You or Were You A Foreign Teacher in China? If so, then we invite you to take our China Foreign Teacher Satisfaction Questionnaire. The impetus behind the survey was derived from the rather surprising findings of our last reader poll. An equal percentage of respondents both agreed and disagreed that ... http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/latest_news/china-foreign-teacher-satisfaction-survey/ Middle Kingdom Life recently received an inquiry from a foreign teacher regarding an online “psychological test” he was asked to take by a prospective employer as a pre-employment screening tool. We had never heard of this test so we scouted around on the Internet until we found the "Evaluation ... http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/op-ed/evaluation-system-for-foreign-language-expert/ Middle Kingdom Life recently reported that there was no existence of the so-called “5-year rule” in China. It turns out we were not entirely correct. There is in fact an SAFEA advisory guideline that stipulates (based on a literal translation): "Foreign experts who come to China cannot ... http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/latest_news/safea-foreign-teachers-and-chinese-boxes/