seneca (expat in China)

No matter how good a foreign teacher is, the conditions are set by Chinese professionals whose objectives are incompatible with those of the international community. Chinese educators only care about how much a pupil can regurgitate off his or her memory during an exam; they don't know what really matters, i.e. that a pupil can communicate in the target language. To communicate effectively, you have to stop thinking in one language and translate into another. Most of them are not capable of communicating in English. Hence raising the bar for a choice few foreign teachers is not going to improve anything.

Foreign teacher play games with students, at the 2nd international English summer camp hosted in Xiuwen international academy, during July 11-24, 2013, at the city of Zibo, Shandong province.