I work at Tung Hai Elementary School 東海國小 in Taitung City 台東市. Here was my Tuesday...
From 7:50 to 8:40 AM we had a staff meeting. I brought in an armload of assignments to correct, just so I'd have something to do. You would think that the most boring staff meeting would be better than the worst of my classes, but I have never found this to be the case. Even the WORST of my classes is still better than ANY of the staff meetings. Staff meetings are, in other words, the bane of my existence.
During the meeting, various coworkers talked about various things. Someone talked about earthquake preparedness. Someone else talked about our upcoming English-language mentor program. After everyone reported, the principal offered comments on what everyone had said. He also commented on his own comments from last week's staff meeting. Our principal is a great one for comments.
From 8:40 to 11:10 I taught three of the fourth grade classes. The subject of my lesson was numbers and colors. First I showed them a series of flashcards, then I passed these flashcards out. Students had to come up to the front as I said phrases such as "one red ant" or "two blue dogs." After than we played hot potato, and then there was a worksheet featuring a story and a coloring exercise. At the end we played a game.
And the thing is that I really liked this lesson last week, when I wrote it. But by now I've taught it to 12 classes, and the repetition is really getting to me. It could be the most fantastic, enthralling lesson in the world, and after the fourth or fifth time it will still be intensely boring.
Ah well. This is my life.
From 11:10 to about 12 I had a free period. During this time I was correcting assignments from today and yesterday. I was also writing this entry in my blog. But not so much.
From 12 to 1:30 I ate lunch and took a nap. Our lunch today consisted of rice, pork, and vegetables. I never drink the soup. Most of the teachers in my office sit together at a big table to eat their lunch, but I return to my desk to eat it. I just don't like trying to have a conversation when I'm eating, and I also don't like feeling crowded.
From 1:30 to 2:20 I had another free period, so I used this time to prepare for tomorrow's English clubs. These clubs are starting tomorrow, and I want to be well-prepared for them. These clubs are usually more demanding than my regular classes, but they are also more interesting for me to teach.
From 2:20 to 3 I taught one of the fifth grade classes. This was pretty much the same lesson I used with the fourth graders this morning, but after the rest period I found it much less irritating. I keep telling myself that this "review period" will end soon, and after this period the classes for each grade won't be quite so similar.
From 3 to 4 is my prep time, but I have almost everything finished. This means that I can sit here, and type this!
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
English at Tung Hai Elementary 東海國小的英語教學
Many kids at Tung Hai love to study English. We encourage that. Many kids and Tung Hai don't love to study English. For these students, we try to make English more accessible and fun.很多東海國小的小朋友喜愛美語,我們鼓勵他們學習,而對於那些不喜歡的小朋友,我們試著讓美語對他們而言是有趣且容易接近的.
There are three English teachers in our school. I am one of them. The two "regular" English teachers teach each class twice a week, and the foreign English teacher (me) teaches each class once a week. This means that every class, from grade 3 to grade 6, has three English classes a week.我們學校有三位英文老師,我是其中一個.其他兩位老師在班級中一個星期有兩堂課,我(外級教師)則有一堂課.所以從三年級到六年級的班級,每個班級一個星期有三堂美語課.
Our school is using the Longman English textbooks for grades 3, 5, and 6, and the Rainbow English textbooks for grade 4. The Rainbow English textbook was introduced last year.我們學校的三 五 六年級用的是朗文的課本,四年級則是用彩虹版本的課本.
Kids in our school have an English test three times a semester. The "regular" English teachers test them during the two days set aside for testing, and I test them the week before. Their grades on both my test and the "regular" English teachers' tests determine their grade in English for that third of the semester.每學期有三次的美語考試,另外兩位老師的考試是隨著學校的考試舉行,我的考試則在他們考試的前一周.期末時,我的考試和另外的英文老師的考試成績共計於孩子的英文成績.
The "regular" English teachers divide their tests into two parts. They administer their listening text the week before the two days set aside for testing. During one of the two days set aside for testing, they administer a test of reading and writing. 另外的英文老師將考試分為兩部分,他們的聽力考試在段考前的一個禮拜,段考時間則是考閱讀/寫作.
My test comes in one part. The first 5-10 questions on my tests are listening/dictation questions, where students write down the letter, word, or sentence I say. This is usually followed by a reading section, where they answer questions about a story, and a writing section, where they write sentences based on vocabulary used in their textbooks.我的考試方式是5-10分鐘的聽力測驗,這部分學生寫下聽到的字母,單字或句子,接著則是閱讀,根據故事內容回答問題,最後是利用課本中的單字造句.
But the above only applies to the first two tests each semester, because the last test I administer each semester is the "conversation" test. In this test I talk to the students in groups of 4 or 5, and ask them questions from their textbooks. They start from 50 points, or 50%, and based on the number of questions they can answer, move up towards 100.以上的考試方式只在第一及第二次段考,最後一次考試則是以"會話"方式進行,每四至五個學生一組,我問他門課本中的問題,基本分數是50分或是總分的一半,隨著回答問題的多寡往上加分.
That's the basic overview of what we English teachers do at Tung Hai. We work very hard at what we do, and we are always trying to be better! 這是我們學校工作中的大致輪廓,我們很用心地在工作上努力,也一直在改進當中.
There are three English teachers in our school. I am one of them. The two "regular" English teachers teach each class twice a week, and the foreign English teacher (me) teaches each class once a week. This means that every class, from grade 3 to grade 6, has three English classes a week.我們學校有三位英文老師,我是其中一個.其他兩位老師在班級中一個星期有兩堂課,我(外級教師)則有一堂課.所以從三年級到六年級的班級,每個班級一個星期有三堂美語課.
Our school is using the Longman English textbooks for grades 3, 5, and 6, and the Rainbow English textbooks for grade 4. The Rainbow English textbook was introduced last year.我們學校的三 五 六年級用的是朗文的課本,四年級則是用彩虹版本的課本.
Kids in our school have an English test three times a semester. The "regular" English teachers test them during the two days set aside for testing, and I test them the week before. Their grades on both my test and the "regular" English teachers' tests determine their grade in English for that third of the semester.每學期有三次的美語考試,另外兩位老師的考試是隨著學校的考試舉行,我的考試則在他們考試的前一周.期末時,我的考試和另外的英文老師的考試成績共計於孩子的英文成績.
The "regular" English teachers divide their tests into two parts. They administer their listening text the week before the two days set aside for testing. During one of the two days set aside for testing, they administer a test of reading and writing. 另外的英文老師將考試分為兩部分,他們的聽力考試在段考前的一個禮拜,段考時間則是考閱讀/寫作.
My test comes in one part. The first 5-10 questions on my tests are listening/dictation questions, where students write down the letter, word, or sentence I say. This is usually followed by a reading section, where they answer questions about a story, and a writing section, where they write sentences based on vocabulary used in their textbooks.我的考試方式是5-10分鐘的聽力測驗,這部分學生寫下聽到的字母,單字或句子,接著則是閱讀,根據故事內容回答問題,最後是利用課本中的單字造句.
But the above only applies to the first two tests each semester, because the last test I administer each semester is the "conversation" test. In this test I talk to the students in groups of 4 or 5, and ask them questions from their textbooks. They start from 50 points, or 50%, and based on the number of questions they can answer, move up towards 100.以上的考試方式只在第一及第二次段考,最後一次考試則是以"會話"方式進行,每四至五個學生一組,我問他門課本中的問題,基本分數是50分或是總分的一半,隨著回答問題的多寡往上加分.
That's the basic overview of what we English teachers do at Tung Hai. We work very hard at what we do, and we are always trying to be better! 這是我們學校工作中的大致輪廓,我們很用心地在工作上努力,也一直在改進當中.
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