At the Changchun Foreign Language School my classroom was a listening lab. It was a difficult room to teach in since the kids all sat behind glass partitions and had computers to play on.
Anyway, as I learned to use the (all-in-Chinese) computer software, I spent lots of time listening to conversations that I wasn’t interested in, such as [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Teaching'
Garfield Cat
September 5th, 2007 · No Comments
ESL Games: Wheel Of Fortune!
August 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
If you like this game, check out my ESL games & teaching resources website.Materials Needed:
Deck of specially labeled playing cards
Blackboard (to keep score)
Instructions:(I play the game with cards because I’ve not been able to make a wheel durable enough to withstand my students; unfortunately, CARDS OF FORTUNE! is a stupid name for a game.)Teacher prepares [...]
So Tell Me A Story
August 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
One of the activities I liked to do with my high school kids was having Q&A or Tell-Me-About-Yourself sessions. It took the kids most of the first semester to feel comfortable enough to talk in detail about their lives outside of school.
Once they opened up, quite a few of their responses have been pretty funny:
“My [...]
Kids Say The Darndest Things
July 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The other day I happened to be in the office while a new student was being registered. The student, a boy who is probably seven years old, was there with his mother. The TA’s were telling the mother about the help available for students outside of class when the boy interrupted:
“Oh, I won’t need any [...]