tough teaching for me, a young college teacher of English, to teach adult students how to write a undergraduate thesis. i kept talking and gave a lecture of 8 periods today. during the afternoon, most of my students buried their heads down and had a short but sound and seemingly sweet sleep. my gosh, poor me! wake them up or not? in what ways? after the recess, i continued my lecture and decided to change that depressing situation. those who were sleepy must come to the front to present a impromptu mini-speech "why i can't open my eyes today?" and it worked. that student shared her own story: she stayed up to watch a tv show till 1 a.m. this morning. actually, i have to confess that my lecture appears useless to them, who in fact can't write an English thesis by the end of their part-time college study, it's totally beyond their ability. i feel quite frustrated between what is to be taugth and what is to be learnt for primary school teachers of English who r overloaded now, suprisingly to know that primary schools kids of 10 ys old begin to fall in love and have a steady boy/girl friend.
In China, there is one type of teachers, and they don't give lectures in classrooms, they don't teach any content course. They're in charge of the entire class, mainly check students' attendance and in charge of the classroom rules or disciplines or sth like this. In some countries, they seem be called home classroom teachers, head teachers or class advisors. r there any teachers of that type in your home country? thx so so much.
by the way, they're named "班主任" in Chinese.
Hi, My job is to train primary and secondary school teachers of english in China. In addition i also teach adult students, i was wondering if there are any similar teachers here in this blog, i wanna be friends with u and share our thoughs on ESL teaching. u can leave a message on http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1252246881 (my personal blog) best regards to every blogger here.
2008年5月7日10:59:24
