One of the best teaching and learning opportunities I have been a part of during my time at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is the Staff English Book Club. For the second consecutive semester, my students and I have successfully read an advanced-level novel, addressing both linguistic skillsets as well as cultural dynamics through our bi-weekly meetings where open discussion and inspired dialogue foster unconventional education.
For the third semester in a row, I am hosting an English Book Club, run in partnership with 15 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) staff members who are dedicated in their creative learning approaches to language acquisition. Every two weeks, about 100 pages of reading is assigned before meeting on Thursdays at lunch to hold an open discussion on not only what we read within the book, but how those ideas translate to our own personal experiences.