Sunflower

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Sunflower

Welcome to Simao Teachers' College English newspaper. The most recent edition - MARCH 2007 - is now on-line. CLICK HERE to read it now. To see back issues, please click on the buttons above. SEPTEMBER 2006 and NOVEMBER 2006 have just been added.If you would like a hard copy please contact us.

A new feature and we need YOU!

We are launching a new regular feature called "A Day In The Life Of....." and we are seeking contributions from both China and abroad. Our students have virtually no access to current, meaningful and accurate information about real lives and other cultures abroad other than that portrayed by Hollywood movies.

As well as being a source of information, authentic communication and an incentive for students to improve their reading and writing skills, Sunflower is also used in the classroom to generate discussion, writing and to help develop student creativity. The more interesting and useful we can make it, the greater the benefits for the students.

What topics are we looking for?

As our students are training to be teachers we are hoping to launch the feature with A Day In The Life Of A Teacher - either a nursery, primary or secondary teacher, or a lecturer in further or higher education. In fact, if you have any job relating to education we would love to hear from you.

As well as the lives of teachers, we would like to hear from anyone who is willing to share their daily life with us.

Where will your article be published?

Your article will be published in Sunflower both in Simao (hard copies) and on the web. Sunflower is circulated around the College to teachers and students. Some copies are also circulated around China, to other volunteers and to VSO in Beijing.

We will also send you a copy of Sunflower for the month in which your article appears.

What can you write about?

	Write a short article (maximum 450 words; NO minimum!) about a typical day in your life. Readers will be particularly interested in the details - like what time you get up, go to work, have lunch and even what you eat at meal times. At the end of the article include other 'events' or things that may also happen throughout the week, if not every day.
	Write in first person, for example, "I get up at 7 am, have a strong cup of coffee and jump on the bus at 8 am.....".
	Choose any style of writing, whatever suits you!
	Please include a short introduction about yourself, where you are, what you do and about anyone else mentioned in the article.
	Include, if possible, a photograph of yourself and any other materials relevant to the article.

How do you submit it to us?

There are 3 methods to choose from. These are:

	Write your article in Microsoft Word Format and send it to us as an email attachment, along with digital photographs or other materials.
	Write your article and send it by post - send your details to us on the form below (clicking "yes" for Requesting Postal Address) and we will email you with our postal address..
	Write your article in the form below and submit it to us.

CONTACT US NOW using this simple form

Name:
Country:
Email Address:
Requesting Postal Address:	Yes No
Article:	Type your article here if you would like to submit to us now. Questions you might answer may include: When do you get up? When do you have meals and coffee breaks? What do you do at work - the tasks, the people you meet? Where do you spend your time at work ie. in an office, in a classroom etc. What do you enjoy about your work? What do you do in your free time? How do you travel around? What are the challenges? How long have you been doing this work?
Send Now!

THANK YOU for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you and remember to tell a friend about this!

Good Luck and Happy Writing!

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