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Harvey (刘洪波) and I had a lecture last night at 北广. It was quite a trip to get out there, but worth it to meet so many students. I’d been out to 北广 last year for a lecture, but this year was more exciting as we’re going to be offering 四级 for and 创新口语 classes […]

This is the first article in a series on ten different ways that you can improve your English. I’ll post a tip each week for the next ten weeks. The first tip in our series is “Know Your Reasons”. Whenever you approach any difficult task, it helps to know why you’re doing it. Knowing your […]

Here’s a list of creative new meanings for familiar words. My favorite: Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. Can you think up any new meanings for familiar words? What about new meanings for familiar Chinese words? from Dowbrigade News

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I’ve never been to 矿业大学 before, so I’m excited about tonight’s lecture with Harvey and Hu Laoshi. It’s supposed to get down to -7˚C tonight, and the high winds will make it feel even colder, so I hope we don’t freeze!! Hope to see some of you there at the lecture. Coming up on this […]

Just got back from a lecture with Harvey (刘洪波) and Hu Laoshi at 北京理工大学. We had a great time and the students were very receptive. Harvey talked about primarily about vocabulary and culture, I talked about spoken English, and Hu Laoshi talked about the four different levels of listening. Our school is right across the […]

According to this article, the number of foreign students applying to US universities dropped by five percent this year. For Chinese students the figure was even higher: But the CGS said challenges remain. Applications from the two largest source countries, China and India, are down 13 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Students from those countries […]

明天胡老师，刘洪波和我要去北京理工大学做讲座。我们的主题，“人人都能学好英语”，也是我们新航道学校的一个重要的主题。如果同学有时间的话，希望我们可以在北理工见！（晚上七点钟在北京理工大学七号楼报告厅）