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Lishan Senior High School Visit

sweetcarina — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:23:19 +0000

Although I come from Ping-tung, I know Lishan Senior High School is quite excellent and famous; therefore, my aunts always persuaded me to study in Lishan before. ( but actually I don’t think I had enough qualificaton to enter Lishan = =” ) Well, I remember that day when I visited Lishan. I was attracted by the spacious campus, lovely view, fresh air and tranquil atmosphere. In terms of the above mentioned conditions, I deem that Lishan provides a great environment for students to study.

We had two class observations and the same phenomena I found is that the students are so energetic as well as the teachers. Besides, it also surprised me that their English classes are whole English teaching and this situation never occurred in my senior high. So, I am deeply convinced that students of Lishan possess better English listenling ability than those of other schools. Teachers also encourages students to answer their questions in English as possible; in this way, students can get used to English-speaking environment gradually. For foreign language learners, “environment” is the key to success. And I can see teachers in Lishan are hard-working to provide students with the best environment to study English. Teachers also put emphasis on the connection between the textbook and our daily life. On the contrary, when I were in senior high, teachers only cared about the grades and the entrance exam, but in Linshan, it seems that we can’t see these tedious teaching beliefs. I admire so much that the pricipal and all the teachers work hard to make every aspects in school perfect. Students of Lishan are so blessed and Lishan is surely a fountain of cultivating the talents. I like Lishan sooooo much !! : )

Long-Men Junior High School Visit

sweetcarina — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:59:12 +0000

Before visiting this school, I considered it just no more than a common school. But 15 minutes later, my opinion was totally changed. With Mr. Yang’s clear explication, we were impressed by all the five-star facilities, vast space of buildings and energetic teaching teamwork! What astonished me most is their counselling rooms and their garden which is like a coffee shop. I deeply conviced that the students and teachers here are blessed, especially for the students since they can use all resources they need appropriately. As for the class obesrevation, it was not surprised me that the class of junior high is sometimes out of control ( the teacher A was angry with the students when we were entering the class), since I had experienced another “crazier” situation of class observation last semester. Well, this proves that those children of junior high are “full of energy”. Moreover, according to that day, it seems that the teaching method of teacher A belongs to a traditional one. What’s more, I am so touched that she edited those “notebooks” for her students. It never occurred to me that being a teacher can be so dedicated, it really impressed me a lot. During the visiting, I realize that there are so many “hard works” waiting for me….and it really somewhat depressed me at that moment since recently I am busy with the graduated school exam and I failed in some excellent schools. Those failures let me doubt about my ability….however,finally and fortunately, I passed the preliminary and got interview qualification of English department of 高師大. This little achievement draws me near my untouchable dream step by step. ( So, dear teacher, I wanna say sorry for I always delayed my new posts. = =” )

Lesson Plan !

sweetcarina — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:49:47 +0000

1. What is a lesson plan? Before last week’s vocabulary teaching, I always regarded a lesson plan as just a “rundown”. But after that, I deem that a lesson plan is like an “artwork” and we teachers are like artists. 2. What should go into an English language lesson? We all know that the basic English ability which students should acquire must involved in the lesson, but what I think the more important one is that an invisible element which can intrigue students’ interest, it is just like a magic. 3. Why is planning important? Since the teaching is a systematic work, we should know how to make what we taught enter the receivers’ memory effectively and what kind of input is more acceptable to the students. 4. What are principles of planning ? According to above mentioned, a lesson plan should be interesting, orderly, effectively and as flexible as possible.

Feedback about ICT

sweetcarina — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:06:16 +0000

ICT stands for Information Communication technology. With the rapid development of technology, our teaching can be diversified. Instead of the traditional teaching, the new and extra materials may intrigue learners’ interests and facilitate teachers’ teaching as well. However, I deem that to konw how to teach with ICT appropriately is quite important. And with ICT during the course, the classroom management is always a hard work for teachers

Here ! Carina !

sweetcarina — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:04:43 +0000

Hey ! Welcome to my blog . ♥
My name is Carina and I am senior of Spanish department . I think that English is an attractive language and I am fond of listening English songs. What’s more, I’ve interested in Linguistic recently and preparing for the graduated school entrance exam lately.

About the two questions

sweetcarina — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:01:39 +0000

Q1:Which of these approaches do you hope will have more influence on tour teaching in future? I will take the ”Communicative” teaching method into account since the goal of what we learn a language is to communicate. Many students in Taiwan are afraid of speaking up English; therefore, if I were a teacher, I would like to let my students can speak English fluently with confidence and without fear.

Q2: What strategies will you use to make your teaching more effective and meaningful?I think the “Reading Approach” and “Affective-Humanistic” will facilitate my teaching. Besides the oral speaking ability, the reading ability is important as well. The “Reading Approach” first emphasized on vocabulary and this would increase the lexicon when we speaking. Since the whole world has become a global village, English has become an instrument for us to know more about other knowledge, in this time, the reading ability does play a crucial role . However, not every stundent is interested in English, by means of “Affective-Humanistic”, the good interaction between teacher and students will encourage students to be willing to learn English.