China My Challenge
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Inspirational, Biography & Memoir, Religious
| Author: | Doris Goheen | ISBN: | 9781460002568 |
| Publisher: | Essence Publishing | Publication: | January 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Guardian Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Doris Goheen |
| ISBN: | 9781460002568 |
| Publisher: | Essence Publishing |
| Publication: | January 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Guardian Books |
| Language: | English |
Finding myself thousands of miles from home in China, unable to write, read, understand or speak the language, I realized I was suddenly ostensibly illiterate.
With none of the resources available to me back in Ontario, I was forced to draw on the years I spent attending a one-room Ontario school where resources were few. The Christmas concerts we did every year meant that the words of the carols and plays were still in my memory, as were the words and tunes of songs popular in 1950s-era Canada, which are so loved by China’s young people today.
Doris Goheen grew up in the village of Newcastle, Ontario and on a farm just north of Port Hope. She currently lives in Cobourg on the north shore of Lake Ontario. After retiring from teaching many years in Ontario, she spent a year teaching English in a college of tourism in northeastern China. When not writing, she spends her time working on her family farm, researching genealogy, travelling and studying the Bible.
Finding myself thousands of miles from home in China, unable to write, read, understand or speak the language, I realized I was suddenly ostensibly illiterate.
With none of the resources available to me back in Ontario, I was forced to draw on the years I spent attending a one-room Ontario school where resources were few. The Christmas concerts we did every year meant that the words of the carols and plays were still in my memory, as were the words and tunes of songs popular in 1950s-era Canada, which are so loved by China’s young people today.
Doris Goheen grew up in the village of Newcastle, Ontario and on a farm just north of Port Hope. She currently lives in Cobourg on the north shore of Lake Ontario. After retiring from teaching many years in Ontario, she spent a year teaching English in a college of tourism in northeastern China. When not writing, she spends her time working on her family farm, researching genealogy, travelling and studying the Bible.
