“It is much more of a leap for most Chinese students to be creative, they find it hard to move away from the crowd in this. A lot of them are uncomfortable with a teacher who steps back and leaves them to it. However done right, most will appreciate it in the end. They hate to be condescended to as much as any Western Student...”

“Compared to universities in the UK, the system of teaching the students are used to here seems to be very much based around rote learning and repetition of vocabulary.”

“Chinese students are forced to memorize a LOT of information.  To give them a script, they can recite it easily, though they may not understand the meaning.  Also, they have a difficult time when you allow them to ‘speak out’ – it is very different from what Chinese teachers usually allow.”