During 2005 and 2006 I taught ESL (English as a Second Language) at various locations across Mainland China. This is my teaching portfolio.

1. China
Spent 19 months in
China as EFL teacher

2. Working Abroad:
Henry Badenhorst
Journey 5:
China
(2005-2006)

3. Teaching in
Guangdong
province
I spent 2 months
teaching EFL in
Zhongshan at a
private school for
the Bond Language
Institute.

4. Itis a prefecture-levelcity in thesouth of the PearlRiverDeltain Guangdong provincein
southernChina. The citywasoriginallya county renamed inhonour of Dr.Sun Zhongshan,
who isalsoknown asSun Yat-senand consideredby many to be the "Fatherof modern
China"
Zhongshan 中山

5. Zhongshan 中山
Time for morning exercise.
Every morning the students
had ‘controlled’ exercise with
music before school started.
My first job, a private school
in Zhongshan. TEFL teacher
responsible for teaching
English to grade 3-5.

7. Judging an English
speech competition at the
China Hong Kong English
School (Zhongshan), which
was broadcasted on CCTV.

8. Houjie 厚街
Houjie (厚街) is a town
under the jurisdiction
of Dongguan
prefecture-level city in
Guangdong province,
southern China. I spent
6 months here at the
JuniorOxford Bi-lingual
school as a EFL
Kindergarten teacher.
Right: Pic taken from
my apartment.

10. I taught kindergarten
to the children of
Taiwanese factory
owners residing in
Southern China.

11. Trip to Beijing
July 2005

12. Trip to Beijing
In front of the
Forbidden
City
At the Summer
palace in
Beijing

13. Beijing
Military guard below
Mao Tse Dong’s picture
at an entrance of the
Forbidden City
Mao’s picture at the entrance of
the Forbidden City taken from
Tian Men Square

16. Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of
stone and earthen fortifications in
Northern China, built originally to
protect the northern borders of the
Chinese Empire against intrusions
by various nomadic groups.

20. Summer camp at Zhongshan-July
2005
Some of the kids we had to teach
through activities and games. The
camp was held at the same school
I was teaching at in December
2004 up to February 2005.
On a “zebra” at happy
Valley Theme park in
Shenzhen

21. Below: Happy Valley Shenzhen
where we took the kids on an
outing.
Right: Right to left Henry, Andrew &
Dylan, the South-African delegation,
performing Shosholoza, a
traditional South African mine
workers song.

22. Street scenery
Old men gathering
House of Sun Yat Sen
Lake fun

23. Guangzhou
Shamian island

24. Hong Kong
I made 4 visits to
Hong Kong over the
span of 3 years.
These are some
highlights.
Brightly lit street at
night. The city that
never sleeps.

25. Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria
Peak
Street scene from
walkway crossing

27. Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen harbour is home to
hundreds of people living on fishing
junks. Their traditional lifestyle is
dramatically juxtaposed against a
modern high-rise community
spread over the nearby hillsides.
On a fishing junk with Kitty.
Aberdeen floating village (Chinese:
香港仔水上人家). Aberdeen
harbour contains approximately
600 junks, which house an
estimated 6,000 people.

29. Delter Telfort
International
Business Institute
I worked for Delter International
Business Institute for a year at 4
different locations around China,
namely Nanjing (1 month), Wuhu
(4 months), Liuzhou (4 months) &
Shanghai (3 months).
The Delter International Business
develops & delivers high quality
“western styled” curriculum at its
Telfort and Delter International
Business Institute, located
throughout China.

30. Nanjing
(南京)
I was placed in Nanjing
for a month before
being transferred to
Wuhu in Anhui
province.
Often went cycling with
friends through the city
and surrounding
countryside

32. Wuhu 芜湖
•Wúhú (literally "Weedy Lake")
is a prefecture-level city in the
south-eastern Anhui province,
People's Republic of China.
•Wuhu City is located in the
southeast of Anhui Province, on
the south bank of the lower
reaches of the Yangtze River.
•I taught Business ESL to college
students at the Anhui
Traditional Chinese Medicine
College for 4 months and lived
on campus.

35. Wuhu street scenes
Those who are retired or bored?
Every city or town has many parks
where hobbies are eagerly
practiced.
Chinese chess is a serious ‘hobby’
and those on break or those retired
find themselves in parks or on
sidewalks challenging opponents
with curious onlookers enjoying the
spectacle.

38. Wuhu street scenes
Markets are plentiful and
carts are used to transport
goods.
Wuhu is one of the poorest
cities in China.

41. Wuhu Transportation
Dad can chauffeur you
around on the back of his
“ air-conditioned” bike…
Or you can cycle, or Take a
yellow Tuk-Tuk or then again
there is always the bus, but if
you are a foreigner the red
Chery taxi’s (not in picture),
even though more expensive is
probably your safest bet.

43. Anhui Traditional Chinese
Medicine College
Male student dormitories:
Laundry was hung to dry
for everyone to see. I lived
just below all this chaos.
The campus: Students from all
over China came to study
Traditional Chinese medicine. My
job was to teach English.

44. Work & Home @ Wuhu
The entrance to my apartment
on campus. Notice the white
picket fences. The College was
extremely good to me and I had
a cosy newly refurbished
apartment.
Our offices: Rex, Cecilia (China) &
Ann (Canada) and I had to share
one big office. We taught
foundational English & Business
English for the Business diploma
programme.

46. Parties & Parades
Campus students look on as
the cheerleading squad gives
a performance.
Opening of the “Olympic”
Sports park. Different groups
performed with Chinese
precision. Celebrations are
for most the only
entertainment allowed.

47. My students
Students during a
lesson in the
classroom
Class photo of Business
students – Wuhu Traditional
Chinese Medicine college

48. Campus
Entrance at the hostel
where I had to climb
over the gate sometimes
after returning from
town.
A dreary looking winters day,
with added pollution, made
campus a very depressing
place to be if you were free.

49. Outings with my students

50. Canal scenery
Wuhu

52. Yangtze river scenery
Wuhu

54. Romantic Wuhu
For the romantically inclined…… Restaurant on the
water. Each unit can ‘house’ a family.

55. Day trip: Xuancheng-Anhui
• Xuancheng (宣城) is a
prefecture-level city in
south-eastern Anhui
province, People's
Republic of China.
• One Sunday when I was
bored I just boarded a
train and this is where I
ended up. I wondered
around and took some
great pics that
characterises Chinese
life.
• Tourists don’t usually
get to experience this.

56. Hangzhou (杭州) is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern
china. it has also been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of
China for much of the last 1,000 years, due in part to its beautiful natural
scenery; the city's West Lake is its most well-known attraction.
Hangzhou

58. Hongcun (宏村)is a village in Yi County county, Anhui Province, People's Republic of
China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan. The two traditional villages of
Xidi and Hongcun preserve to a remarkable extent the appearance of non-urban
settlements of a type that largely disappeared or was transformed during the last
century. Their street plan, their architecture and decoration, and the integration of
houses with comprehensive water systems are unique surviving examples.
Anhui trips: Xidi, Hongcun &
Huangshan

60. Huángshān - literally "Yellow
Mountain", is a mountain
range in southern Anhui
province in eastern China.
Huangshan is a frequent
subject of traditional Chinese
paintings and literature, as
well as modern photography.

61. Trip to Dalian via Yantai & Qingdao
October 2005

64. Shanghai 上海; is the most populous city in China. The city is located in
eastern China, at the middle portion of the Chinese coast, and sits at the
mouth of the Yangtze River. Due to its rapid growth over the last two decades
it has again become a global city, exerting influence over finance, commerce,
fashion, technology and culture.
Trip to Shanghai - 2005

65. Shanghai
December 2005, 5 months
before I knew I would actually
live in Shanghai, I made a
winter’s weekend trip to
Shanghai. Here I am at the Bund
promenade with The Pearl
Tower, The Jinmao Tower and
other skyscrapers behind me.
Some of this skyscrapers and
landmarks closer up. I took a
boat ride on the Huangpu river
to take these shots.

66. • Huangpu river
• The Bund
• Shanghai skyline scenery

69. The Bund – Shanghai
The Bund or Waitan "outer bank" is a
waterfront area in central Shanghai. The
area centers on a section of Zhongshan
Road (East-1 Zhongshan Road) within
the former Shanghai International
Settlement, which runs along the
western bank of the Huangpu River,
facing the high, modern skyscrapers of
Pudong.

71. Shanghai
old street
Shanghai Old Street,
historically called
Miaoqian Dajie, is an old
business street that has a
combination of tourist
attractions, shops,
entertainment and
cultural exhibits.

73. Liuzhou 柳州After 4 months in Wuhu I
asked for a transfer to
Liuzhou in Guangxi
province to get a different
taste of China.
Liuzhou 柳州 is a
prefecture-level city in
north-central Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous
Region, in southern
China. Population: 3.6
million.
As with much of Guangxi,
the landscape around
Liuzhou is a mix of rolling
hills, mountain peaks,
caves and karst scenery.

74. Liuzhou
Downtown Liuzhou. Liuzhou's population is
made up of around 30 different ethnic
groups. As in China as a whole, the majority
are Han Chinese. However around 40% of
the population is made up from various
minority groups, with the Zhuang minority
being the largest.
Liuzhou is located on the banks of the
winding Liu River, approximately 255
km from Nanning, the provincial
capital. Its an industrial city and the
air pollution is quite bad but has very
scenic spots .

75. Liuzhou
Downtown Liuzhou where
we often frequented
restaurants
The Hong Guang Bridge
crossing the Liu River into
downtown central Liuzhou

76. Delter @ Liuzhou
On the right the teaching
building, and on the left our
apartments. Late coming
was thus no excuse…..
Group photo of the
Liuzhou Delter staff,
including the Chinese
English teachers

77. Teaching @ Delter (Liuzhou)
English club members who came
in the evenings to improve their
English. These conversational
classes were voluntary and
students were self-motivated.
My Sunday teens classes whose
English were actually at a much
higher level than those of the
College Students.

78. Teaching @ Delter (Liuzhou)
Private lessons for
kids
Some of my
Business-English
students

79. Teaching @ Delter Liuzhou
Left: Taking a selfie.
Above” Teaching block on
campus. The English level of
the students were very poor
and we focussed on basic
conversational English.
College is a technical railway
college.

80. Liuzhou Colleagues
Conchi (Right) from Spain with a
Chinese student, rehearsing for
a Snow White play we as
teachers participated in as part
of a concert. I was telling the
story in English with a Chinese
translator while the others
performed it.
Aaron (Australia) with Angelina’s
husband (Phillipines) who came to
visit her, celebrating a birthday. The
College provided us with fully
furnished apartments on the
campus

82. Liuzhou parks
Liuzhou park
Dule Park

83. Liuzhou hills
Climbing a hill near my
neighbourhood
On top op Ma-An Shan (Horse
Saddle mountain), with a
beautiful view of Liuzhou city
down below

84. Exploring per bike
During my breaks Conchi or
Ron and I would cycle around
Liuzhou to explore
We bought Giant touring bikes for
off-roading and it was such an
adventure to go where no foreigner
has gone before

85. Cycling trips with Luizhou cycling club
We took one day trips of up to 120 km around Liuzhou in the rural areas much to
the amazement of the locals, who could not understand why somebody in his
right mind would cycle for fun

87. Most beautiful scenery
around Liuzhou. Guangxi
province is a mountainous
region with a sub-tropical
climate, ideal for rice
production, reminding one
of Vietnam which is in
actual fact not too far
away.

88. Cycling scenery
Communal washing area I
came across for the rural
women to do laundry
Extensive rice paddies
for miles and miles

89. Exploring Liuzhou
Conchi (Spain) with 2
local girls who wanted to
talk to us
Ron (Canadian), our Director of
Studies, with Conchi in the front, on a
Liuzhou city bus , on our way to
explore Liuzhou’s fascinating life.

90. Liuzhou food

91. Exploring Liuzhou
Cable car taking one up to Ma-
An Shan Park, which could be a
very daunting experience as one
is not always sure how
important safety is for the
Chinese…
Whilst in the Cable car I took
this picture of the Hong Guang
Bridge crossing the Liu river
into central Liuzhou.

95. Trip to Nanning I visited
Nanning for 3
days over
Chinese new
year January
2006, and we
visited the
South Lake
Park in the
centre of
Nanning, which
is the capital
city of Guangxi
province.
Below left with
a T-Rex @
Zhuluoji
Dinosaur Park

96. Longsheng & Longji
• Conchi and I took a week-end
trip to the Longsheng Rice
terraces and we stayed in the
wooden buildings in the
Longsheng village where not
much has changed over the
last 500 years.
The Yao minority people lives
here.
The Longsheng Rice Terraces
are located in Longsheng
County, about 100 km
from Guilin.
• The terraced fields were
mostly built during the Ming
Dynasty, about 500 years ago.

100. Yangshuo & Li
River
I took a trip by myself
to Guilin and then took
a ferry boat to
Yangshuo on the Li
river.
In Yangshuo I met other
foreigners I met before
at Huangshan
mountain, and we took
rafts the next day down
smaller sections of the
Li river. We then cycled
back to Yangshuo town.
Yangshuo is a county in
Guilin, Guangxi
Province, China.

101. Yangshuo & Li River
Guilin @ night
Yangshuo town

102. Yangshuo & Li River
At the start of our rafting
adventure
Yangshuo rice
paddies

103. Yangshuo & Li River
Anne from New
Zeeland
Anne and I together on the raft
going down a rapid

104. On the Li River
Relaxing on the Li. This
is bliss.
We had to cycle back to
Yangshuo when the raft trip
ended.

109. Scenic Yangshuo
Recycling rubbish is for many an
income. Hard work it must be! The
Chinese is renowned for their
strength and willingness to work.
Yangshuo centre with the
incredible Karst hills unique to
this part of the world

112. ShanghaiAfter 4 months in Liuzhou
@ Delter, I decided to
move to Shanghai where I
found a TEFL job with the
same company I worked
for in Nanjing, Wuhu and
Liuzhou. I stayed with
Delter another 3 months
completing my year,
Before my return to SA I
did a 6-week summer
camp for Naling in
Shanghai for 10 Korean
exchange students who
had to learn English. In
August 2006 after 37
months, I returned to SA.
My favourite picture of Shanghai. Taken @ the
Bund.

113. Working in Shanghai
Boats on the
Huangpu river
At the Bund: The Pearl
Tower in the
background

114. Working in Shanghai Delter
The entrance to the Teacher
apartments, which are next
door to the teaching complex
Scott and another teacher
from the US who were my
colleagues

115. Exploring Shanghai
One of the neighbourhoods
of Shanghai near the school.
This neighbourhood tended
to be predominantly Anhui
people, keeping their
provincial culture alive in the
mega city.

116. Exploring Shanghai
Cycling for exercise and
adventure in Shanghai. Behind
me a barge on the Huangpu
river.
Jacgui an Australian colleague
trying to decipher a map…..before
GPS came out….we often cycled
together to explore Shanghai.

119. Shanghai: Modern vs Traditional
Shanghai is a city of
contradictions. Modern
skyscrapers and shopping
malls….
Versus the old traditional style
fishing village scenery . One can
walk from the one into the other
by crossing the street.

120. Shanghai: Nanjing Nan lu

121. The Bund @ dusk & night

126. Chongqing tripChongqing (重庆), formerly
transliterated as Chungking,
is a major city in Southwest
China and one of the five
national central cities of the
People's Republic of China..
It serves as the economic
centre of the Upstream
Yangtze area, a modern
manufacturing centre and a
transportation hub for
Southwest China.
I took a week trip to
Chongqing during June 2006
including a 3 day boat trip
on the Yangtze river before
inundation.

127. Trip to Chongqing
This guy fixed my one
shoe for me which came
apart
You see a lot of carriers in
Chongqing transporting various
goods.

128. Informal food stalls… And
small little tuck shops
selling phone cards and glue
characterises Chongqing
……but more so the
friendliness of the people

129. Trip to Chongqing
Night
scenes of
Chongqing
& scenes
of the
harbour
from
where the
Yangtze
river trips
depart
from.

133. Boat trip on the
Yangtze river
The Yangtze, Yangzi or
Cháng Jiāng is the longest
river in Asia, and the third-
longest in the world. It
flows for 6,418 kilometres
from the glaciers on the
Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai
eastward across southwest,
central and eastern China
before emptying into the
East China Sea at Shanghai.
It is also one of the biggest
rivers by discharge volume
in the world. The
prosperous Yangtze River
Delta generates as much as
20% of China's GDP.

138. The Yangtze river Gorges
The 3 Gorges
The smaller gorges

139. Yangtze river scenery
One of the towns we
stopped at along the
way.
Lonely sunflower on
the banks on one of
our stops

142. Small
gorges
Daning River is a large
tributary of the Yangtze
River, joining the
Yangtze River at the
western end of Wu
Gorge. The Lesser Three
Gorges, stretching 25
kilometers (16 miles) in
the lower reaches of
Daning River, are some
of the the highlights of
a Yangtze River cruise.

146. Three Gorges
Dam project
In 2005 the dam was
still under
construction and the
river level not yet
raised.
Today, much of what I
was able to see lies
under water.

148. Shanghai Summer Camp
Arrival of the Korean
students at Shanghai
International
With the Chinese teacher,
Apple, in the middle and
Sydney, one of the Korean
students.

149. Shanghai Summer Camp
Day 1: I gave them instructions
on how the 6 week camp was to
be conducted. It was an
immersion camp where they
were only allowed to speak
English during the camp.
Sydney, Alex and Kim busy
studying. I chose textbooks for
them. They were enthusiastic
students.

150. Shanghai Summer Camp
Kimchi - Korean food, which was
served by our Korean cook thrice
daily. We all lived together in the
penthouse for the duration of the
camp, which also served as our
classrooms.
Kim, Apple, Sarah and
John (L-R), watching a
video during a break.

151. Shanghai Summer Camp
We went on outings once a
week. Here we are waiting for
the train to Shanghai central.
Alex and John in a tourist
tram taking people around
Nanjing Nan Lu (Road)

152. Shanghai Summer Camp
BBQ on penthouse
patio in Shanghai
Clarke and Kim enjoying their
food which was different than
their usual Kimchi.

153. Shanghai Summer Camp: Karaoke night

154. Shanghai Summer Camp
• Group photo of
all the
participants.
• L-R: Apple, Me,
shy girl, Alex,
Sydney, Kim,
John and Clarke.
After 6 weeks of
intensive
immersion
English I was
ready for a
break.

157. China: The End