Five Hundred Times

In the traffic court of a large city,a young lady was brought before the judge to answer a ticket given her for driving through a red light.She explained to his honor that she was a schoolteacher and requested an immediate disposalof her case in order that she might hasten on to herclasses."You are a school teacher, eh?" said the judge, "Madam , I shallrealize my lifelong ambition.Sit down at that table and write 'I went through a red light' five hundred times."Five Hundred Times@小非 @柴…     

Computer Changes Traditional Classroom Teaching

A teacher pronounces an English word in front of the blackboard and the students read after him. Then they are asked to wri tethe word out numerous times in their exercise books after class. As a re-sult, the teacher shouts himself hoarse1 while the students are tired of repe-titions.     

Setting Questions in Class Based on the ＂Wisdom Class＂ Theory

In the process of classroom education, setting questions in class is an important teaching method, which is used in the whole teaching activity and acts as the link between the thoughts of teachers and students. Hence, creating a wisdom class and using according questions to aid the class are of great significance to both students and teachers. In this paper, 40 elementary students from the 9th grade and 10 of their teachers were studied and the result showed that learning requirements facing to the whole class and students＇ learning beliefs are essential principles, and questions should be set by having an exhaustive understanding of the textbook, giving previous homework, creating a thinking atmosphere, and setting a proper difficulty for the students. The proper time to set questions is when the old knowledge and new knowledge of the student conflict in the awareness of the student, when the teacher wants to spread thought, and when the teacher wants to make a conclusion.     

Reflective Consciousness of Teaching and Learning on English Curriculum in Higher Vocational Colleges

In English classroom of higher vocational colleges,there exist two essential factors:teachers’reflective consciousness and students’reflective consciousness.The former is teachers’awareness of learning activities and effect,and it contains the teacher’s reflections on the classroom practice,the presentation of learning tasks,the participation of students and the interaction between teachers and students in the classroom.The latter refers to students’awareness of self-improvement and the growing process.It focuses on the self-realization of students and their professional ability,method ability and social ability.The two factors are interactive to each other;in the interaction,the former is dominated,and the latter is strongly influenced;through the interaction,a harmonious classroom is constructed so as to achieve the effective teaching.     

I,You and She

On the first day at school, Peter learns three words: I, You and She. The teacher says:"I, I am your teacher."She points to a girl."She, She is your classmate. You, You are my student."     

Thou shall not...

A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew, occasionally walk-ing around to see each child's artwork. As she got to one little girl, who was working diligently, sheasked what the drawing was. The girl casually replied, "I'm drawing Cod." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in minute."     

The exploration of student-centred approaches for the improvement of learning programming in higher education

The author has undergone a major shift in the way of teaching his undergraduate computer programming courses. In the classroom, the teacher＇s computer is connected to a splitter and a video projector that display the computer＇s screen to the entire class. Using this technology, the programming language itself is used live in class to help the students learn how to program. The students are learning in a context by far livelier than those of previous methods. Teaching computer programming is not achieved by lecturing and writing the program instructions on board or by displaying program instructions to the class on transparencies or slides of electronic presentations. With the implementation of student-centered approaches, the students migrated from the state of passive receivers to constructors of computer programming concepts. Students are coached to develop a sense of exploration, individuality and autonomous thinking. The enthusiasm for technology has been facilitating and supporting the learner-centered approach. Everyone in this approach is a learner, including the teacher.     

How to Use a Textbook Effectively

No textbook can be exactly designed for students; teachers should manage to use a textbook effectively. There are two facets to understand how to use a textbook: one is to go inside the textbook; the other is the context, the students, and the teacher. A framework will do some help when using a new textbook and we‘ll have to adapt in some ways.     

Oral Test Principles

When constructing a test there are various factors which must be born in mind. Firstly the purpose of the test. both for the learner and for the teacher, must be clear. For the teacher a test may be a means of evaluating a course, of providing information about what needs to be taught , or about the learningneeds of the students.     

A Curriculum Report on Teachers as Decision-maker

Curriculum design is an aspect of education profession which focuses on developing curricula for students.Educators will take many factors in consideration when design a curriculum.In practical teaching,teacher as decision makers to design an appropriate curricu lum and teaching activities play an important part in the whole teaching and learning.Many classroom teachers are working with students of different levels of ability,and they need to be able to adjust the curriculum to keep all of the students engaged and learning.It may also be necessary to change the pace of a curriculum to deal with problems as they arise.The essay analyse five parts in designing the curriculum as a teacher decision maker and get a conclusion according to the whole analysis course.     

The Rock in Life

One day,a teacher was speaking to a group of students.He told them something that they would never forget.As he stood in front of the group of students,he said,"OK,time for a quiz."He took out a big jar①and put it on the table in front of     

Evaluating Chinese College Students’ English Compositions:Different Writing Corrective Feedbacks between a Chinese Teacher and a Foreign Teacher & the Attitudes of College Students

The study aims to uncover the differences between a Chinese writing teacher and a foreign writing teacher in evaluating Chinese college students’ English compositions and find out students’ attitudes towards different kinds of feedbacks. The data collection method, sample analysis and questionnaire have been implemented to probe for the results. The results are supposed to give some suggestions to the English writing class in Chinese universities.     

家教英语支招

Hi Brad, I plan to find a part-time job.I've already passed the first three rounds of interviews of an education institution and attended a fiveday training program for a part-time English teacher for junior school students,one on one.With another two rounds of interviews and real teaching activities ahead,I'm not fully prepared and confident enough since I never have teaching experience before. I remember you mentioned that you are tutoring English to foreign students.Could you please provide some useful suggestions?     

Exploring Teacher Identity： What Counts as Expertise of a Beloved Teacher

A good teacher is often depicted by virtue of certain isolated competencies, such as knowledge, skills and attitudes. Teachers＇ identity and their spiritual and emotional integrity are often ignored. This paper reports a qualitative study of the professional identity of an English teacher in a middle school to understand the identity and ex-pertise of a beloved teacher. Through interviews and classroom observation, the study reveals （1） that the teacher who owns a more advanced diploma or profes- sional certificate but confines himself/herself to transmitting only formal knowledge is not well received by his/her students, and （2） that the teacher who is appreci- ated by his/her students teaches with heart and integrity of identity, and possesses a capacity for connectedness among his/her personal experience, subject, social context and students＇ needs. The study triggers some implications for pre-service teacher education in China. The authors argue that teacher education programs must concern themselves with nourishing persons rather than technicians who are merely equipped with competencies.     

Offering Adequate Pedagogical Progression via Mobile Equipments—— Experiment of a French Engineering School

Students may enter our 5-year engineering school in France at two levels ： first and third year. However, due to their quite different backgrounds （ this is especially true for third year students ）, we need to provide newcomers with a 6-week training period during which they follow classes in the fields where they particularly feel weak. Unfortunately, depending on the student＇s background, this is not always possible to bring him/her to the expected level. Another aspect one needs to mention is that these students may not have the same weaknesses in a given field. However, for economical reasons, those classes follow a uniform program as it is not feasible to provide a customized progression. In this paper we discuss how to redesign a mathematics course so as to offer tailored exercise sequencing. Groups of 20 students could then draw their exercises from an intranet database according to their previously completed work, try to solve it by themselves, request additional hints and even ask for some direct help from the teacher. Such a database is currently under development. If it turns out several students stumble against the same difficulty the teacher could show the whole class room how to solve it using the digital projector. This project goes one step further than our initial mobile education project （ 2003 - 2004 ）. Until recently, we had used the equipment in a unique direction, from the instructor toward the students. Here, in this new project we are focusing on the whole loop in order to offer a more adequate （personalized） pedagogical progression ： from the student to the teacher （when the tablet PCs are monitored by the teacher）, and back toward the students （when a direct help is provided by the teacher）.     

Quizzes Used in Oral English Assessment in EFL

In order to find out the best way to assess students’ oral achievement and to see if quiz can be used as a valid measurement of oral ability,we conducted an experiment.Quizzes were given to students each week.The results of final exam and that of quizzes were compared to see if there is discrepancy between the two.The results of our experiment showed a high correlation between students’ quiz scores and exam scores.The class teacher can very well predict how a student will perform in the final exam.A way to assess students’ oral achievement is also suggested.     

My Favorite Movie

I like watching movies very much. I'm always moved by the stories in the movies. Last Sunday I went to Xin Hua Cinema and saw a film called Not One Less. In the film Wei Mingzhi a 13-year-old girl takes care of the village school when the teacher Mr. Gao is away for a month because nobody else can take the job. She has to keep all the students in the classroom. But one day Zhang Huike one of the naughtiest students runs away to the big city. She follows him and brings him ba…     

对朋友而言,你太过忙碌(英文)

One day a teacher asked her studentsto list the names of the other students inthe room on two sheets of paper,leavinga space between each name.Then she toldthem to think of the nicest thing theycould say about each of their classmates     

练完形填空精(英文)

All parts of an English language examare a challenge. But for many learners1 exams are difficult. Candidates(报考者) across cultures where rules for spokenlanguage use are very 2 can havegreat difficulty performing in these types oftests. The role of the teacher has to be to3 students show their speaking ability.Sue Hobbs, a teacher and trainer atthe Swan School of English, Oxford, Eng-land, has some 4 on how teacherscan 5 students for speaking tests.There are many classroom activities ate…     

Student—teacher Rapport in Secondary English Classes

The student teacher rapport,which is a special Kind of interpersonal and social relationships,influences the process of teaching and learning to such an extent that the result of teaching and learning will be a good one if the teacher and the students have built up a harmonious relationship and vice versa it is extremely important that the teacher should be a good user of the target language and teaching methods.In addition,the teacher has to have the knowledge of students physiological and psychological development.