I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about the man you laughed at for thinking his city is beautiful.

Do you even read your own posts back after you've finished making them up?!

Having pride in where you live is not a bad thing.

A very curious statement to make. Why would I be proud of living in China, if I am British? It is not my country, I was not born there, I do not owe it anything, nor do I swear allegiance to it.

He's clearly an Indian speaker of English. I will leave it to linguists to argue what qualifies as a native language in India.

No doubt the private English language industry in China is in need of Indian entrepreneurial educators. The rest of the world is already well into their safari for the 'fuerdai' RMB.

Sammy's writing is no worse than Chinese university English teachers when they attempt academic English publication.

Harvard University Chinese majors in the undergraduate foreign language school at Harvard are not required (any likely unable) to write a graduation thesis in Chinese. Every university in China requires their undergraduate English Majors to submit a graduate thesis. The results are either maddening or entertaining, depending on your understanding of the Chinese educational system.

Perhaps my senior students should request assistance from the generous EFL tutors on this website.

I'm going to Turkey and Spain on February 5 for two weeks,

Having a degree means nothing much these days anyway. Tradesman earn much more than most uni graduates nowadays.

You are right there, even being a fitter for british gas, or working for yourself as a boiler repairman/fitter will earn you more than teaching in China or even perhaps being a teacher in the UK will ever do. I am not afraid of hard work with my hands. If i ever return to the UK, I would be more than glad and happy to undertake some manual work. Well paid, and you make some mates.

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Sammy came here looking for help and advice, what a shock she recieved neither from you lot! I pity anybody unfortunate enough to end up in your classrooms!

I take back what I said about your English level! You're clearly a native speaker! I was thrown a little by your initial post as there weren't a lot of discourse markers and I am so used to reading essay plans of L2 speakers! My apologies!

If you can give me a little more info about the focus of your essay I will be happy to help you further with insights gained from.11 years teaching in various countries. I also would understand entirely if you don't want to have this conversation publicly for the degenerates in here to pick apart, so feel free to email me privately if you want. My email is beth.livermore @ yahoo.co.uk

Wrong. Most of us have degrees, teaching certificates, and experience. Having a degree means nothing much these days anyway. Tradesman earn much more than most uni graduates nowadays. Sick and tired of life in China? Many of us have money, we have mobility, and can live wherever we like. I'm going to Turkey and Spain on February 5 for two weeks, I'm looking for a teaching job in China after that, if I don't get one I will just chill out in Oz for a while. We are not always in China. I like teaching oral English in China at universities however, as it gives me time to do more important and fun things. Maybe I will move to Vietnam when I'm finally bored with China and Chinese people. Even the guys on here with not much money seem to have mobility. Maybe YOU are jealous! I'm willing to bet you are stuck working at some crappy TC and feel trapped. Tone down your uppity and snobbish tone, you are nothing special.

Another wonderfully supportive post from the troll troupe!

She was asking if we thought her responses were appropriate and if we knew of any further material on the subject.

It wasn't a survey or a questionnaire!

I'm seriously beginning to doubt your lots ability to read! One sees it as a job application, the other as a survey! And you claim to be English teachers?! You are nothing but jokes!

What condescending tripe that is! An educator should encourage and support, not ridicule. You are a disgrace. You are also assuming an awful amount based on one request for assistance with course work... Which suggests to me it is an essay for academic purposes, not a job application. Quite apart from the fact that you suggest writing in a different language when it's entirely possible the reason she is asking for help is that the paper is required to be written in English. I pity your poor students if that is your attitude towards a learner. You certainly shouldn't be casting aspersions about her moral compass for having the audacity to ask for input on an essay about teaching practice on a forum designed for teachers. It's not her fault that the number of real teachers on this board could be counted on the toes on my left foot! And before you imply it, no, I am not endorsing plagiarism. The internet is a wonderful tool for research and should be used as such to shape and form ideas.

Sammy, please ignore him, your English level is fine to write an academic essay; from what you posted (assuming it isn't copied and pasted) you would sit somewhere around the upper B2 level on the CEFR for your writing and it was a good example of an essay plan at the lower FCE level. It does need more focus and more information before I could advise you further, as my previous post stated, but from what you've got so far it's a good start.

That's quite a broad spectrum. What area of education are focusing on? If it's ESL the responses will vary from country to country. Similarly are you talking about state schooling or private schooling and what age groups?

I'm afraid I don't know anywhere you could get a model essay on such a specific subject, but you could always google it.

Hi everyone,

I need suggestions/advice from anyone who is a master's degree graduate on the followings. It's about education,leadership,learning and change. Do you think my responses address the research questions? Does anyone know where I can get a model essay on education, leadership, learning and change?

1. Title:

My response: Effective leadership and its impact on schooling and learning.

2. Professional challenge

My response
- Leading in a context in which language education is perceived wrongly by stakeholders
- Dealing with a performance orientated curriculum and parents unrealistic expectations
- Local staff professional training concerns
- focusing more on the business of teaching and learning rather than dealing with more with non educational issues.
- Ever changing curriculum due to different requirements from parents.

3. Research questions

A. In what ways can effective leadership bring about a positive change in in an educational setting and how can this improve organisational learning?

B. How can school leaders effect changes and in what ways can this improve learning in an educational setting?

4. Key themes

My response.
A.Meaning and purpose of leadership

B. Connection between leadership and learning

C. The impact of leadership on student outcomes
- leaders should focus more on the business of teaching and learning in order to help students succeed.
- link between leadership and student outcomes
-leaders leaders help teachers to have a direct impact on students
-strategies to identify types of leadership impacts
- Transformational leadership versus Instructional leadership
-Integrated form of leadership
- meta-analysis & advantages- impact of different types of leadership
- high perming vs low performing schools

C. Learning how to learn and assessment for learning
- Education system to prepare students for future by building intellectual and social capital
-how Learning how to learn principles can be promoted in the classroom
- Elements of assessments for learning
- The contribution of Assessment for Learning to Learning how to learn vis-a-vis learning perspectives

D. Learning about learning
-Leaders should understand learning styles

E. Organisational learning
-How can leaders help organsational learning? to what extent should leaders involve teachers,parents and other stakeholders in school policies?

F. Strategies for effecting educational change and its complexity
- explore different meanings of change.

Thank you all for your input.

Cheers