那时候我还在国内猛攻英语,参加一个外教口语班$ o; o& S: \7 a) O# d
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那个外教讲课没有教材,也没什么章法1 @2 d' ~' a* W6 `( P, z5 x$ G) U
& k7 P* ^8 [0 L- D" A' Z有一节课外教实在想不出该讲什么了,就让大家围一圈做游戏,游戏内容是,第一个人说一个词,第二个人就说另一个词,必须和前一个有关系,并且还要说出来为什么有关系。8 d3 A% [# s- l' X) d$ `
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比如,第一个人说,hospital,第二个人就可以说,patient,然后补充一句,Patients go to hospitals。然后第三个人说drug,等等% I0 O% l# c$ F1 @& c
: c6 a. R ]1 b后来有人说,government,blah blah,下一个人跟着说officials,blah blah。然后就轮到我了。; [* _* ?8 h0 D% z+ h2 R7 r0 \( f, t
- v% ~4 a2 v* h0 w& {9 B7 J我想也没想就说 corruption,officials in China are corrupted. 外教听完一笑。% m* S$ r, w9 ?# _4 Z) {! R/ w. g% ]
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旁边一个大姐就很严肃地看着我说,咱们国家的领导干部都是高素质的人,怎们能说都腐败呢。我想也是,家丑怎么能外扬呢,于是就改口说,excuse me, I meant "policy". officials develop policies.
好玩。云吞很机智啊。你那句officials are corrupted的,一点错都没有。# U' {* |. V( X9 c4 e
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You are right in that many teachers who went to China to teach English do not have many good ways to teach. The reason is that most of them have not much experience of teaching in their own country, let alone any knowledge of educational theories. I once had a teacher, who used to be a lawyer in the States. Everyday at the beginning of the class, all of us had to stand up and pratice breathing----hold breath for a minute or something, then exhaled slowly. He said this would make us speak English better. Another funny thing he asked us to do is to say a sentence with different tones. It was ok to do this, but he asked us to do this one by one to him. Then all the rest of class had to go outside the classroom. When he faked the question if it was ok, a very loud NO surprised him. He asked why and my classmate asked him why, why did he waste our time? From then on, he started to plan his lessons more carefully and more meaningfully.
原帖由 billzhao 于 2009-3-31 20:24 发表 & J# q- x: Z* b* A好玩。云吞很机智啊。你那句officials are corrupted的,一点错都没有。 3 Z" V: D: y7 r% p; {9 Z1 p0 y 5 w! k& A* Q$ w S6 b9 W. IYou are right in that many teachers who went to China to teach English do not have many good ways to teach. The reason is that mo ...