ENGLISH TEACHERS FACE CLASSROOM RELUCTANCE
Rural students have little interest in learning language; most study it only for college entrance exams
After failing for two years to find a secure office job in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Zeng Yixia had no choice but to return to her hometown more than 1,000 kilometers away when she was offered a teaching position at a junior high school.
Zeng, 39, headed home to Huichang, a poverty-stricken county in Jiangxi province, where she has taught English for 17 years.
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