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徵短期代課老師_桃園縣南區國小,代四年級與六年級英語

教學地點: 桃園縣南區龍潭鄉的國小

教授年級: 4與6年級.

教材: 皆為朗文

有專科教室

常因出差須要請公假,學校未能尋得能代英語課的人材.因此想自己找找看是否有這樣的人材可以長期合作.

目前須要代課支援的時間為: 10月17日早上四堂課(含3堂四年級1堂六年級).日後還會有相當多的機會代課哦!

教材/教具/教案等我都會準備,只須要事前約個時間互相討論教案即可.

若您有興趣,歡迎在此留言.謝謝!

裝個室內灑水器吧!
5天前和我同在3樓上課的音樂科任說:
今天溫度計上顯示33度….

最近幾天破35度的高溫更讓地處頂樓的科任教室像超大蒸飯箱,真是熱啊!!!六年級浮躁的心情加上這種溫度要繼續上課實在很難.於是我和孩子一起複習唱過的歌,寫習作,登記成績等等也算是愉快的過了一週.

而且我驚訝的發現孩子們居然會"自己唱"2首難度不低的歌了!耳濡目染You raise me up和Big big world之下,孩子們在沒有音樂的伴奏下也唱的挺順!

據說下週一要在屋頂裝灑水系統,看看能不能降溫.突然想到在IDEE百貨外的SPRINKLER是定時噴出非常小的水花,即不會淋的路人一身濕又能適度降暑氣…在教室內也來裝個室內SPRINKLER吧…異想天開中…

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An inspiring teacher
Don’t have much time recently to write anything. So I’ll just share this wonderful post from an English teacher in Australia. I remember when I was doing my final essay in the course of New Media in the Maquarie Uni, I also included her successful case in my literature review.

Her recent post I’ve often taken Elizabeth Bennett shopping is really inspiring!

Do go check it out!

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Take it as a learning curve
We had a seminar the other day at school. The speaker was sponsered by a publisher and what I did is simply passed on the words to the administration. I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that the dean put both my collegue’s and my name on the seminar enrolling system at first. However, I started to have that sick feeling AFTER the seminar.

The reason? Hmmm…there are a lot of them. I figure the experience proofs that 1. NO,I’m certainly not as smart and quick as I thought I am. 2. I should have  trusted more on my intuition.

Preparing tea and sometimes even snacks for the guests seems like a custom for most seminars. I always categorize this preparation as part of the job description of the administration at school, which is why I felt a bit odd when the rep. from the publisher rang me.

She said she rang the dean and ask if there are hot water pots at school since they’d like to bring some tea and coffee for the speaker and audiences.

Surprisingly, the dean said…"No."

Of course the rep. found the answer a bit funny and unusual. But then since that’s how the dean replied, they wouldn’t bother to prepare the refreshments.

And I was stupid enough to let it go without organizing this myself before the seminar starts.

Maybe it’s because my knowledge for this is "it is the administration who should be hosting and organizing seminars"?!

Of all the seminars I’ve been to, the deans are always the moderators of seminars. And honestly I have 0 experience in organizing this occassion.

After I learned that the dean didn’t prepare to talk and do all other "customs", I realize that maybe I’ve made a mistake here.

Maybe preparing for the seminar is not in their job description? But then who’s reponsible for that? Me? I thought I’m only passing on the words?!

I felt extremely uncomfortable afterwards and discuss this with W and my parents. Here are some reflective thoughts from our discussion.

1. If your name is on some public arena, you are committed yourself to this occassion. Organize the preparation yourself even if it is none of your business. Why? Because it is YOUR name on it! And since I’m not someone with influential background, no one would volunteeer to help. The best help is from yourself!

2. If you have overheard the negative reputation of the speaker, don’t be afraid to say no to the sponsor even though it is a free service! This speaker has a pretty good credential and most EFL teachers in Taiwan knew him. Neverthless, being famous doesn’t always equals to good quality. I’ve been to one of his speech some years ago and that one really wasn’t impressive. However, I failed to bring up my concern and experience to the rep. simply because I felt a bit uncomfortable about bargaining with her.

Organizing a seminar concerns both the organizor and the audiences’ time and money. if I want to initiate a seminar. I should look for the best speaker and the most appropriate topic.

Well, the rep. later told me that according to her experiences, the administration at our school does "act funny" in organizing the seminar. And I finally get over this odd feeling after a few days. W said take this experience as a learning curve, "You’ll be full alarmed next time when your intuition senses something different!"

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勝敗的學問
星期六為了孩子的比賽只好和好朋友說抱歉,不能參加她的婚禮了.6點鐘起床,7點半多到了比賽場地.開幕儀式忍受20分鐘的官腔和局長對孩子們非常大人式的"勉勵"-諸如"你們以後競爭的對手不是現場的這些人,是全世界啦…."等等等等.

同行的家長忍不住不屑的說講這麼多官話幹嘛?不如趕快進行比賽讓大家好好渡個週末.若非自己也在教育圈,我還真想附議一下.

先說比賽結果不理想,孩子並沒有在92個參賽者中如願進入前9名.我現在說這些話也許也會讓人有酸葡萄心理,若是傷了各位的眼,請自行跳過吧!

孩子是在前5名上場的,開幕儀式拖到了開賽時間,場面有些亂哄哄.工作人員特別說明家長和老師都必須離場,"因為待會兒有90幾個孩子在現場比賽,怕會太擠".於是我和家長就先離場了.

但是整個賽程會到12點,要家長們從8點多等到12點也未免太強人所難.孩子的媽媽說她想去看看孩子講完後可不可以先出來.沒想到媽媽在2分鐘後衝出來說,大家都擠在後頭看比賽,而孩子已經開始演講了!!所以我幾乎完全miss掉孩子的演講,覺得很生氣也很可惜.

頓時覺得自己很像白痴.5分鐘前工作人員還特別和我說成人皆須離場,結果守規距的人反而是笨蛋!!和學生訓練1個月以來,不管表現如何,有沒有影片公佈在網站上,我當然想親眼看到學生最後在台上的表演!這對家長來說也是同樣重要的事.但是守法的人, follow the rules的人,卻覺得被騙了.

這讓我想到台灣一向"立法嚴,執法鬆"的現象,在教育現場也是一樣.這樣我們的公民教育怎麼說服孩子守法的重要性?

評審的quality也是我有些疑問的地方,我從9點左右進場後,評審不間斷的從第1名聽到第50幾名,約2個小時左右才有20分鐘的休息.這麼長時間的評審,是否會影響評審的品質?我的意思不是否定上榜的孩子,而是強調每一個出場的孩子都是經過長時間的訓練,當然deserve一個基本的公平的起跑點!!

幾次參賽的主辦單位都一樣,但是比賽形式卻每一次都不同.這也讓我也好奇,難道搞一個統一的形式會這麼困難嗎? 為什麼不能先區賽後再決賽,這樣不是更有效率,更有基本的評審公平點嗎?

W聽了這件事後說,那可憐的小孩獨自上場只因為同行的大人太老實!!

"Now Annie, what does this story tell you? Don’t follow the rules!!"

不過,即使如此,每一次的比賽對我來說仍是有些收穫.我其實很希望孩子能留下來看看別人的表演,一方面他會知道自己沒上榜不等於自己的成就被抹煞,他若留下來看完全程,他會知道自己的表現應該是在15名以內的.他也會知道有那些地方是下次比賽可以再改善精進的.

對我來說,我也寫下了自己對參賽選手的comment,留到最後也是想看看我和評審的觀點出入有多大.以下是我寫下的心得:

1.90%的孩子面部表情都很僵硬,這包括我那學生.講的題目是快樂的旅行結果卻面容生硬,若10個孩子裏有9個都這樣,當然很容易被忘記.

2.孩子的音量和手勢很"何嘉仁".這一點我和評審的心得倒是很一致,不知是否是受到補習班電視廣告的關係,有些孩子尖銳,忽大忽小的音量和頻繁的手勢真是讓人挺不舒服的!

3.Pronunciation!還是聽到許多學生的intonation和pronunciation明顯有誤.發音佔30%,石可不注意啊!

最後,雖說勝敗乃兵家常事,但是要真能抱"平常心",我的修養也實在還沒到那個地步.我打算買本孩子愛看的英文漫畫給他,也希望他能理解失敗是人生的一部份,千萬別因此影響了自己對英文的興趣與自信.

比賽結束也代表我終於又有午休了.算是解脫!

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yo yo的複數是什麼?
常常發現自己會"卡"在最簡單的英文單字上.例如- yo-yo 的複數是什麼?

老實說我沒想過這個問題,yo yo的複數要不要加S若不是最近和6年級的複習複數觀念還真不會想這件事.

但部份學生們堅稱-補習班老師說yo yo沒有加s!真奇怪,補習班老師說的一定對?也不是說學校老師教的必定比補習班對,但至少要說出個道理吧?或是,拿出個證據?

於是,除了昨晚問過w "yo yo到底有沒有複數,是不是字尾加s"的這個白目問題後,就開始找"白紙黑字"來證明yo yo 的複數的確要加s..

終於找到了一個網站有詳細說明yo yo的複數,我也才大大的放心了下來.下次上課要和學生證明我的說法可是有根據的!也是因為學生的質疑才費心找這種挺無聊的答案,但是也因此找到這個資源,要謝謝學生給我"動力"呢!

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The seven wonders…in improving oneself
I read this from Lifehack, one of my favorite blogs. With 24 sessions a week, I often find myself stucked in my classrooms from the minute I step in the campus. I try to keep a journal for every class, totally 17 of them, only found it is an absolutely mission impossible. I hardly have time to the toilet between each sessions, let alone to sit down and do some reflection of each class.

However, it is important to reflect, to write, and most of all, to share ideas. I’ve found great pleasure in reading blogs from people with different backgrounds and positions. For that, I believe the power of social networking here. You don’t always require a position to speak up your mind!

So here’s the 7 important questions that would push you closer to success, that is if you do more than answering the questions!

  • 1. What will I try to improve on next week?

  • 2. What was I most proud of this week?

  • 3. What was my biggest accomplishment this week?

  • 4. What have I done to get closer to my life goals this week?

  • 5. What was hard for me this week, and why?

  • 6. What was my biggest waste of time this week?

  • 7. What did I do this week that made me ashamed?

Hmmmm…A lot to think about, isn’t it?

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