Week+4+July19~July25,2010

1. July19,2010

今天Mr. Brown帶領我們進行Socratic Seminar，這是一種辯論的形式，在進行這種活動之前Mr. Brown提醒我們要先想想這個主題是否有趣?有多少時間?學生人數多寡?還要給學生明確的規範，如不需要舉手、不可以打斷、干擾別人的談話、尊重彼此不同的意見、對於害羞不改開口的學生可以採兩兩分組的形式相互幫忙、任何人都可以開始辯論.

然後他開始念一本很有故事性的故事書給我們聽，書名是“Why Mosquitoes buzz in people’s Ears”，聽故事的時候有種回到小時候的感覺，尤其是老師利用各種不同的聲音角色扮演，非常傳神. 故事念完後，老師帶著我們再把故事出現前後順序的動物走過一遍，接著便拋出這麼一個問題讓我們開始辯論: Who is the most responsible for the owlet’s death?辯論過程中，每個人都對自己的支持的論點找合適的理由，這種即席的英文練習，激盪出不少火花也加速思考能力，對語文的訓練來說很有助益.

Today Mr. Brown guided us a Socratic Seminar. First, he told us that teachers have to think about some questions before planning the activity like this which are 1. Is the text interesting, rich enough? 2. How much time does your class have? 3. How many students do you have? And explain the rules to us which are 1. Don’t raise hands. 2. Don’t interrupt. 3. Respect ideas of others. 4. Paraphrase (use only if class discussion doesn’t go well) 5. Anyone could start to talk. Second, he rearranged our seat. Third, he started to read us a story of “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears”. I really enjoyed listening this interesting story. It seemed that I went back to my young age. Forth, we had to debate who is the most responsible animal for owlet’s death?

During the debate, everyone gave a good reason to support his/her ideas. This activity normally is used once a month. Make sure to give students enough background knowledge upon the topic before debating. However, it’s not necessary that everyone agrees with each other’s opinions at the end. The point is teacher really gets students involved through this activity.

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2. July20,2010

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3. July21,2010

早上GMU孔子學院張院長和中文師資課程負責人付立老師與我們分享教學經驗.  media type="custom" key="6598433"media type="custom" key="6598441"  下午去參觀GMU的孔子學院，我們來到閱讀室看一些大陸編輯的教科書和補充讀物，田老師希望我們兩人一組針對一本教科書做evaluation. media type="custom" key="6598409" ||
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4. July22,2010

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5. July23,2010

繼星談計畫的研習後，我們今天又回到Northern Virginia Community College Arlington Center去看暑期中文班的中文課，班級一共有三班，我們15人分成三組進班看課. 我看課的班級是初級班，學生一共13人，已上過10天的中文課程，學過主題式的課程如招呼用語、顏色和食物. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 中國大陸來的宋老師課堂上使用大量的標的語言，包括教室用語和教過的句型等等，讓學生可以充分練習聽力.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">由於昨天學生去到玉佛寺去戶外教學，所以在暖身活動後，老師就發下紙張要學生寫感謝函，接著利用投影片秀出佛寺有關的圖片，也連結到學生學過的顏色，再次增加印象. 每當利用投影片教學時，一定得關燈，此時昏暗的燈光確實容易影響學生的注意力.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">另外，宋老師的獎勵制度是給人民幣的假錢，學生可以使用該假錢參與點心的拍賣活動，學生的積極度提高不少. 休息時間後的下一堂課，明顯感覺學生的心變浮了，話也多了起來，此時老師開始教新的內容，不知學生的吸收力如何?這是課程編排上一定要納入考量的點.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">We went to Northern Virginia Community College Arlington Center to observe Chinese summer camp’s class. There were 13 novice level students in class. Their teacher, Miss Sung, was from China. Today was the tenth day of class. They’ve already learned some themes of greeting, colors and food. Yesterday they went to Buddhist temple as a field trip. So they wrote a thank you note in class after warm-up activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">I like the way how she used target language in class as much as she could. She also kept reviewing what they’ve learned by using ppt and made connections with Buddhist temple. But the point is when the light was turned off because of presenting ppt, it was too dark to see students. They might loose their attention from teacher.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Also, I like Miss Sung’s reward system. She gave fake money to well-behave students and encouraged them to speak Chinese. Students can use that fake money to buy snacks by auction at the end of class. After break time, some of the students started to be talkative which made Miss Sung to stop them all the time. At the same time, Miss Sung began new lessons. I was wondering how students will learn at this point? Was it better to teach new materials at first session? media type="custom" key="6598385" media type="custom" key="6598387" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">左圖:宋老師中文教學 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 右圖:初級班學生寫的感謝函

media type="custom" key="6598463" media type="custom" key="6598455" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">左圖: 中階班學生做的宗教比較 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 右圖: 課後所有教師的教學檢討

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