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Taiwan (June 2003 – Dec.
2004)
• TEFL to Kindergarten & primary school children.
• Conversational classes to adults.
Working Abroad:
Henry Badenhorst
Project 4: Taiwan
(2003-2004)
Taiwan also known, especially in the past, as Formosa (from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Island"), is the largest island of the Republic of China (ROC), situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the south-eastern coast of mainland China.
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TAIWAN• I spent 18 months in
Taiwan teaching English as a foreign language.
• I lived in Luodong, I-lan county near the ocean.
• The highlight of my stay was a cycling trip of 1000 km around the island for a charity called the Red Heart Foundation.
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Teaching in Taipei• Jump Start Schools provided
me with my very first TEFL job. • I participated in a summer
camp held in Taipei for the month of August 2003.
• During September 2003, I taught at one of the branches.
• These were some of my students. They were quite an advanced group for their age.
• I preferred however to teach in the countryside and moved to Luodong at the end of October.
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TaipeiDoing a Christmas presentation
at Taipei 101
Taipei street sceneHenry Badenhorst 6
Teaching EFL in Luodong, Yi-lan County
• Nov. 2003 – Dec. 2004
• Taught English as a Foreign language
• in Luodong, Yi-lan County, Taiwan
• At Koala Educational Institute for 7 months
• At Cathy’s American School for 5 months
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Luodong, Yi-lan County•Luodong (traditional Chinese: 羅東 ); is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan (Lan Yang Plain).
•Luodong is famed for its large, beautifully landscaped sports park.
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Luodong, Yi-lan CountyThe Luodong Sports
park
The “expat” area. Coffee shops, restaurants, night clubs and apartments for mostly the
expat community in Luodong, across from the Luodong
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Luodong, Yi-lan County
The most popular Schwarma kiosk in Luodong, run by a
Lebanese called Tony and his Taiwanese wife
Rural area on the outskirts of Luodong.
I often went cycling to explore the area.
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Luodong
One of the night market streets
Traditional Taiwanese ice-cream in pancake
delight
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Luodong Sports ParkFriend from Taipei
visiting me and enjoying the park
Kiwi, Chris Carr, my flat mate, enjoying the park on
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Luodong-Beautiful scenery
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Luodong RestaurantsItalian???
My friend Elma & I at a steakhouse
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Trips around TaiwanTrips with Chris (NZ), Elma (SA) and Sandy (Romania)
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Trips around Taiwan: Yi-lan Shan (Mountain)
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Yi-lan beach
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Cycling to Su-AoOne cold day I decided to cycle to Su-Ao, about a 70
km return trip
A Filipino man I met at the beach
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SU-AOLocated near Luodong, it has beautiful white beaches where ex-
pats go to relax
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Luodong to Taipei per scooter
I drove Freeway No.5 from Luodong to Taipei more than once to visit friends.
The freeway runs all along the coastline and is so beautiful that I often stopped to take pics, making the trip even longer with my Honda 50 cc scooter.
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Country-side around Luodong-Exploring with my Scooter
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Country-side around Luodong
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Intermediate class
Elementary class
Koala Educational Institute
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Kindergarten Teaching
Utilising songs, flashcards & games to
teach English
One of my kindergarten classes
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Koala Educational Institute
Tutoring small groups
One on one tutoring
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Trip to Thailand & MalaysiaDuring May 2004, I took a
10 day trip to Thailand and Malaysia, 6 months before the Tsunami….I flew to Kuala Lumpur and then took a bus to Penang island. From Penang I took a power boat ferry to Langkawi and from Langkawi again to Phuket in Thailand. I flew to Bangkok, where I stayed one night in Bangkok and then back to Taipei.
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Penang island Malaysia-2 Days
30
Langkawi island Malaysia-3 days
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Snorkelling at Pulau Payar (Langkawi)
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Phuket• Phuket, which is approximately the size
of Singapore, is Thailand’s largest island.
• The island is connected to mainland Thailand by two bridges. It is situated off the west coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea.
• Phuket formerly derived its wealth from tin and rubber, and enjoyed a rich and colorful history.
• The island was on one of the major trading routes between India and China, and was frequently mentioned in foreign ship logs of Portuguese, French, Dutch and English traders
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Phuket Scenery
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Phuket scenery
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Bangkok
Taiwan Cycling tour 2004• During July 2004, I was given the
opportunity to be one of 4 foreigners to cycle around Taiwan for the Red Heart Foundation,
• in order to raise funds and increase awareness with regards to the suffering and stigma attached to the families of convicted criminals in Taiwan.
• We cycled approximately 1000 km in 11 days from Taipei to Taipei anti-clockwise around the island.
• The event was extensively covered across Taiwan & an article in a SA newspaper mentioned the tour.
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Taiwan cycling tour-Newspaper articles
Local Hualien newspaper
Taipei Times…..before tour began
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Taiwan Cycling Tour-Start in Taipei
All the embassy representatives of the
team: UK, South-Africa, Australia & Japan
The team L-R: Toby (UK), Henry (SA), Kenza (Japan),
Don (Australia) and the Taiwanese representative.
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Taipei startMy bike & I
Team photo-Just before the start in Taipei
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in action
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Resting
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Road scenes
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Nearing the end
Last break before Taipei. Still able to smile but only just.
Group photo: 30 km outside Taipei, after a
very loooong ride
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The EndInterview with Taiwanese
news station
Flowers & a press conference was a welcome relief after
about 1000 km’s in the saddle through Taiwanese mountains.
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Taiwan Cycling Tour-Newspaper articles
Article about me in an Afrikaans newspaper: Die Beeld
Article of tour in Taiwanese adventure sport magazine
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Taiwan Cycling Tour 2004
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The end
After nearly 18 months in Taiwan it was time to move on to mainland China where I accepted a TEFL position in Guangdong.
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