Yuan Zhen
Bio
Yuan Zhen is from Yuci, China and received his master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in English education from Southwest University. He has been an English teacher at Shanxi Yuci No.1 Middle School since 2015. He is also an editor of English Weekly, a famous English newspaper for K-12 students in China. Outside of teaching he enjoys traveling, cooking and swimming. During his year in the United States, he enjoyed traveling to attractions in the U.S. and sharing Chinese culture with his students. His primary objective for participating in the Teachers of Critical Languages Program was to learn different teaching methods so to increase students' interest in learning and deepening understandings between Chinese and American students. For the 2023-2024 academic year, Mr. Yuan was hosted by Butler Academy in Hartsville, SC.