Teaching Assignments

This week Lugene and I received some more information from Sun Quanzhi (Toby), Section Chief of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation at Shandong Normal University. Toby (many of the Chinese have given themselves English/American names for interfacing with us English speakers), said Lugene would be teaching at the Foreign Language Training Center and Brian will teach at the English Department.

Shandong Normal University has two campuses about 50 minutes by bus from each other. The Foreign Language Training Center is on the campus where we will have our apartment, so Lugene will not have to travel to the other campus. As we understand it, she will be teaching English to government officials, not students. Her classroom is on the 7th floor of a university building that does not have elevators, so she will get lots of exercise.

Brian will have to ride the shuttle that goes back and forth between the campuses so he can teach at the English Department which is on the other campus. He will teach oral English and English writing to students. Many of the students are studying to be English teachers once they graduate. They will then teach English in primary and secondary schools in China.