Winston Shumaker（中文名陈思顿），是一位在中国执教将近四年的外国专家。他以荣誉学位毕业于美国阿肯色中央大学，专攻英语文学。大学期间，因为表现出色，他获得了无数的奖项。
大学毕业后，他来到中国，先是在北京大学学习，获得TEFL（英语外语教学）证书。随后，他在山东科技大学任教一年。2007年，他来到深圳，至今一直在南山区华侨城中学担任口语教师。
陈思顿的语言天赋极高，他自学了西班牙语，来中国短短几年，他已经能够比较流利地用中文交谈。他热爱旅游，到过许多国家，足迹几乎踏遍了每个大洲。他对中国文化有着浓厚的兴趣，在美国上大学的时候，就开始学习太极。他的父亲，一位阿肯色中央大学的教授，在他上大三的时候，把他领进了太极的奇妙世界。那之后，他常在校园附近的一个健康中心学习孙氏和杨氏太极。大学毕业后，为了更加深入地领略中国文化和学习正宗的太极，他来到中国，选择了和父亲一样的职业-教书，同时学习中文和了解中国文化。在青岛和深圳，他练习了将近两年的杨氏 太极，最终，他找到了深圳市陈氏 太极拳养生馆。在 魏勰老师的指导下，他开始学习陈氏太极，并且取得了巨大的进步。
Winston Shumaker, Chinese name 陈思顿, is a foreign expert who has taught English in China for almost 4 years. He graduated with honors from the University of Central Arkansas with Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts in English Literature, where he received numerous academic awards, including making the Dean’s List and being a two-time Presidential Scholar.
Upon graduating he moved to China, where he studied at Peking University and earned a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate. In addition to his US teaching experience, he has taught a year at the Shandong University of Science and Technology, and is preparing to begin his fourth year as the foreign teacher for OCT Middle School in Nanshan District.
Winston can speak nearly fluent Mandarin, as well as Spanish. He loves to travel and has been to many countries, setting foot on nearly every continent in the world. He has a deep interest in Chinese culture, and began studying tai chi while a student in college. His father, a professor at his university, first turned him onto taiji during his junior year. He then began learning Sun and Yang styles at a health center near campus. Upon graduating, he was thirsty for a deeper Chinese cultural and taiji experience, so he moved to china and began practicing his family’s profession of teaching, all the while studying the language and culture. He spent nearly two years studying Yang style in Qingdao and Shenzhen, then finally found his way to the 陈氏太极拳养生馆, where he has been studying under 魏老师for the past year, making great progress.
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