This semester we use Success with Reading as outside reading material. Instead of giving the students tests to check if they read, I have them do an oral report. Students take turns as scheduled talking about an article assigned. (more…)
A new friend from across the Taiwan Strait left a message on my WordPress blog yesterday. Out of curiosity, I clicked on her name and was amazed at what I saw. (more…)
Teacher’s Day. What was my Teacher’s Day like?
7:40 Attended the morning assembly with students. (more…)
This afternoon on the radio I heard Hsu, Wei (徐薇), a famous cram school English teacher, say that when she was studying at TFG (北一女), her English teacher had them memorize the editorial in the China Post every day. (more…)
This is an article about the importance of parents’ participation in their children’s life. It is written by Hung, lan (洪蘭)
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/5161783.shtml
聯合報╱洪蘭】2009.09.27 04:12 am (more…)
Today is Saturday, but I was at school teaching 209 for two hours.
Given that they had to stay at school on Saturday from 8am to 5pm, I tried to make the class fun. Group discussion was my solution. This was the first time they did group discussion. The procedure was just like what I had done on Thursday in Class 214. (more…)
When Steve Jobs took the calligraphy course, he didn’t expect it would ever contribute anything to his career. That’s why he said,
“… you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. ” –Steve Jobs “You’ve Got to Find What You Love”
To give students more chance to speak English and to enhance the interaction between students, today I had Class 214 do group discussion in class. Before class, I drew the grouping chart on the blackboard, telling the students to put their desks into small clusters.
To my amazement, the students had already sat in groups of 5 to 7 when I stepped into the classroom. (more…)
A student wrote in her weekly journal about how hard it was to collect reply slips in her club. So she decided to hand in any reply slips on time from now on. This is so-called empathy. I’m glad that she leanred a valuable lesson from the experience.
When we make a mistake, what really matters is whether we’ve learned something from it. Of course, if the mistake hurts someone, the first thing we have to do is apologize.