@tigertiger Yea, I know, the biggest problem for me is getting that access. I've already been rejected from two separate schools from doing interviews. I just need the right contact. Hence why I have turned to gokunming to find contacts.
Would you happen to know anyone?
@English tutor @Zhudan Also, finding language exchange opportunities where you can speak in a more free atmosphere may help too. I've used language exchange websites to find people to meet and then I would meet with them once a week. Each time we would meet for two hours (one hour all in english and one hour all in Chinese). Meeting with the same person regularly will help you to expand the topics you talk about and feel more relaxed to engage in conversation. I would suggest preparing something you want to talk about in Chinese each time (like a certain topic, or some questions). hackingchinese.com has a lot of good suggestions for learning Chinese as well.
I found listening to chinesepod.com an invaluable tool for improving my Chinese. I focused on one or two lessons and just worked on learning and memorizing dialogues for two weeks (reading the dialogue, listening to it over and over again). It helps you to internalize language structure, phrases and pronunciation so it comes out naturally. They have all kinds of topics and you can use your smartphone (if you have one) or dl shows, dialogues and vocab review onto an mp3 player so you can study anywhere. You have to pay for a subscription (either monthly, every three months or yearly)- $30/ month. It's worth giving it a try for a month and see what you think. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am conducting this research with Yunnan university. I am here through an American sponsored program to do this work. For the purposes of my project, I need to get contacts in these schools and conduct interviews.
If you know of anyone, I would be tremendously grateful.
Hi,
I'm conducting a research project in Kunming examining the English language teaching practices in public senior middle schools (公立高中) that have an international track (国际班).
If you are an English teacher (foreign or Chinese) in a senior middle school with an international track or previously worked at one (like Kunming number one senior middle school 昆一中, Kunming number three senior middle school 昆三中, or Yunnan normal university attached senior middle school 云师大附中,昆八中,昆十中) I would like to talk to you. If you know anyone in such a school, I would also want to hear from you.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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