"In China, there's the old thing that... travelling 1000 miles is better than reading 1000 books."

In this episode, I have a discussion with Chinese English teacher Sophia about the boom of learning English in China. We talk about when she first experienced learning English in School, what drove her to become an English teacher and the differences between "Native" English teachers and Chinese English teachers. We also discuss the time she spent teaching English students in a primary school in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), what differences or similarities children in China and children in England have and more...