After Ali’s teaching, we had a discussion in Teachers’ Association Office.
The following are comments made by the attendees:
Prof. Chen (陳秋蘭教授), Mr. Wu (吳正東校長), Ms. Lee (李淑媛老師), Melody (陳美麗老師), Ali (葛淑瑄), and me: (more…)
Archive for December, 2009
Discussion after Ali’s Teaching
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Ali’s Teaching
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009(Click on a photo when it pauses to see the caption.)
This afternoon, my student teacher Ali (葛淑瑄) gave a teaching demonstration with Class 209. Her NTNU advisor Ms. Chen (陳秋蘭教授) and several teachers of NHSH observed her class.
Ali did a good job. Her fluent English, organized teaching, and encouraging smile made the class enjoyable. (more…)
TIME December 21, 2009
Monday, December 14th, 2009
I got the current issue of TIME magazine today. Just take a look at the table of contests, and you might be attracted by titles such as The Year in Pictures 2009, The Best of 2009, The Ignoble but Undeniable Truth about the Chinese Practice of Feng Shui, and City Guide: Sydney. Well, go check out for yourself.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/asia/0,9263,501091221,00.html (more…)
A Beautiful Life –舒國治：美好的生活
Sunday, December 13th, 2009I just ran into an interesting article on the UDN website, in which Mr. Su defines what a beautiful life is. I’d like to highlight the points I strongly agree with.
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/5293628.shtml
舒國治：美好的生活
A Way to Teach Songs
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Yesterday, to wrap up Unit 9 “A Memorable Event,” I taught Class 209 a very inspiring song “Smile,” which was written by Charlie Chaplin. This is a good song to teach the students rhyming. (more…)
Admirable Young People
Friday, December 11th, 2009http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=226137
高中生編課程 關懷原鄉學童
【聯合報╱記者邱瓊玉／台北報導】2009/12/11 (more…)
Turning the Story into a Comic Strip
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Two days ago, my student teacher Ali, after finishing the reading part of Unit 9 “A Memorable Event,” gave Class 209 an interesting assignment–drawing Chaplin’s memorable event and turning it into an 8-panel comic strip. At that time, some students complained that they were bad at drawing. However, this morning, when I collected the comic strips, I was quite impressed with their drawing skills. (more…)
A Thing Hard Earned Is Treasured Much More
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009The following is a news report in yesterday’s UDN in response to a recent hot issue on college students eating chicken legs in class.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=225475
錢致榕：補習18年上台大 怎會珍惜
【聯合報╱記者湯雅雯／台北報導】2009/12/08 (more…)
A “Silent” Game
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009This afternoon, in Class 214, around 5 minutes before the class was dismissed, I played a game to relax the students, who had sat in class for around 90 minutes.
Acting Out
Monday, December 7th, 2009Today when teaching Class 214 the 7th paragraph of Unit 9 “A Memorable Event,” I asked the students to do silent reading first and tell me the main idea. The paragraph is about Charlie Chaplin’s performance after he was led to the stage by the stage manager. Then, instead of asking the class some detailed questions, I had them do group discussion and act the paragraph out silently.
After we go through the whole reading of this lesson, I will have the students act the whole memorable event out. This time, I’d like a “talkie.”