2012年3月27日 星期二

3/27 與師大附中英文指導老師碰面

今天到師大附中與指導老師碰面,
了解一下學生英文程度與班風,很期待下下週的教學!


教書注意事項:
-服裝、儀容、言談有老師榜樣
-務必點名、掌握學生出席狀態
-上課內容應皆事先給老師過目

-不得遲到
-充分備課


2012年3月20日 星期二

3/20 師大英語系學長分享精彩教學經驗

It's a great pleasure today to hear the lecture from Allen, it was filled with practical, positive, and "powerful" tips towards teaching.


Useful notes:
- you're fully responsible for teaching the lessons to the students
-mental establishment: "While we teach our children about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
-principles of teaching: be *Professional & Powerful & Precise
-"Professional" as in you have to be well prepared, and let the students feel they can trust in you for receiving knowledge
-"Powerful" as in making the students feel it natural to follow you because you're a teacher who knows the right thing to do... and how to achieve higher purpose
-"Precise" as in be specific but concise in teaching instructions and explanations
-Q: What should I know about my class? A: English level/ class types (all girls, boys, coed, gifted)/ names (memorize them, how? ex: tell them you need to memorize their names and then take photos, visit their class website...)/ homeroom teacher (maintain harmonious relationship with the homeroom teacher)/ class learder/ English TA 英語小老師/ weekly class schedule (know when to give exams, know their self study classes, know when they have energy-consuming PE classes...)
- "The more organized you are in teaching, the more co-operative the students will be."
- have a schedule of teaching (ex: 4-5 periods for a lesson + magazine)
- give the unit test in their self study classes
- arrange at least 2 periods for review before big exams
- Q: What to say to them for the 1st time? A: be professional looking, tell them your expectations (participation/ attitude/ scoring criteria/ specific catchy slogan), simple and straight-forward rules (create a negotiation space between you and the students, but the difference is the rules are set by you)
- Q: Should I go to my advisor before every class? A: Yes. At least email the advisor of your procedures and major activities before class, so you can get good advice, and save a lot of trouble experiencing the wrong ways of teaching. Also it's polite to invite the advisor to your teaching regularly.
- Your feedback comes mainly from your teachers and peers, need not ask students to give feedback sheets every class... but you can give them one before you leave
-When you ask questions in class, be fast paced to keep the flow... can call their names/ use "big cross" etc fun ways
- rehearse lesson before class, memorize outline, download short funny videos
- General class management principles: 1) discipline & cleanness 2) positive atmosphere 3) advancement of scores and build-up of confidence
- *suggested fun and short video clips on youtube "kid's reaction to _____"
-擅用相機 ---解決髒亂問題、讓學生表現好點
-幹部老師選,學生推薦
-提深成績的方法:pair up 比賽、make a bet, (30-70元/大冒險ex: 帶蛙鏡唱歌)
-agenda: 感謝欄、佳文分享、連絡本“學生與你溝通想法的平台!你月認真回覆、他們越認真與你分享!“...Tina you can do that in English some day...
-在乎學生的表現,雖不代表他們的成績會立即好起,但他們絕對會改變態度,變得更肯定自己、更積極



2012年3月13日 星期二

3/13 文學教育&英語教學

今天師大前英語系主任,莊教授來專講。


Useful notes:

-Literature can...活用於生活中、呈現文字之美、具音樂性(押韻)、趣味性、提供wit and humour
-Literature can... in literature there is ambiguity between the lines, and life itself is filled with various ambiguity and uncertainty, so by reading some ambiguous good literature, students can learn to adjust to the real world. This can then be a good balance from the one-way, planned atmosphere of traditional teaching, telling students the world is not all planned out, there are some uncertainties that needs to be adapted and coped with skills of being flexible and creative

-語言是思考... 並創新
-"richness of simplicity"
-語言溝通4層面:1.表層意思(文字&修辭)2.深層意思(隱喻, similes, metaphors, literary allusions)3.跨文化(communicate effectively/ critically, bring in the culture behind the language, it'll mean much more and more interactions can be sparked)
-4 levels of questions: 1. factual 2. interpretation 3. application 4. evaluation
-矛盾修飾法:bitter-sweet, terribly good, a wise fool (often seen in Shakespeare plays), laughing tears (喜極而泣), weeping laughter (悲極而笑), cautiously optimistic, the sound of silence
-改編名句,激盪新意"Not that I love Caesar less, but I love Rome more", "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"..."You can sent your boy to school, but you can't make him think."
-Einstein: "Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school"
-Poetry can be taught by introducing songs with simple lyrics... and guide students to rewrite the songs
-英文老師評分好文章,通常重視內容。遇好文章則讚歎:"Wow! This kid can really think~"
-global "Englishes" (plural), versus traditional value of standard American English
-經典文學&兒童文學 是培養學生對英文樂趣的好文本
-Don't teach too much, let them learn and express and participate
-Creativity is connecting things
-Say "no", by saying no you can focus on the more important things in your life... and that makes all the difference!