Elwina's+posting

We have learnt different kinds of theories in teaching English in this class such as the steps in teaching writing and speaking. I will be teaching ESL English in HongKong and sometimes the theories may not be too useful because it becomes another matter in HongKong. Students are not at all used to English and there are so many students in a class. I like the games like "this is not a scarf" but the time may not allow us to have those games in class. We have only 35 to 40 minutes each lesson and there are 40 something students in a class. But still, I will try to use the methods we have learnt in class. Although I did not have the chance to teach in Canada, I did had observations. I have observed many ESL classes but to my surprise, I found that the methods that teachers teach have not much difference with HongKong teachers. The only difference is that novels are used in classes in Ontario while Hong Kong uses textbooks with short passages. Besides, what even surprised me is that teachers in the schools that I have obsereved do not tend to use technology, not even power point. Some may use films which is a good idea and I found that students really pay much more attention when they are watching films and they will tend to ask more questions. After my observation, I think that motivation is really important to students' learning. Teachers have to make the lesson more interesting, give students more praise to increase their confidence and the most important thing is that teachers should show interest when teaching. For example, when reading novel, teachers can show different expressions along with the story, teachers can even give more comments and expressions while discovering the story with students. This method can really make students to be more involved in the story and have motivation to learn.

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