Michalle gouws
发布时间:2018-08-04 23:47:52
When I first started at EF I was given a Small Star Book B class with 8 naughty boys and 2 quiet girls. Lesson after lesson the parents of this book B class would complain that the brand new local teacher and I where incapable of controlling the class. The local teacher and I did everything we could to try and control the 8 craziest boys I have ever met. We asked for guidance from our senior teacher, researched on line, asked questions at trainings and even screamed and shouted, nothing worked.
当我初开始在EF授课时,我教的班级中有8个非常调皮的男孩和两个安静的小女孩,教授的课程是Small Star Book B。一节课又一节课的过去,这个班级的家长会抱怨我这个新来的外教并且我也不能很好地控制好课堂。中教和我尝试了所有能做的去尝试在课堂上控制住这8个我见过的疯狂的男孩子。我们向更资深的老师寻求指导,在网上搜索,在培训中提问,甚至大声尖叫,但什么都无济于事。
All this time we were looking at the class as an unfair challenge we were to young to overcome, when all along it was a fresh opportunity, a clean slate for new teachers and new students alike to figure out how to be in a classroom together. So we gave up! We gave up on shoving rules down their throats, we gave up on treating them like every other class on the internet and we gave up trying to be every other teacher at EF. Instead we stated trusting ourselves and them and eventually they stated trusting us too.
在此期间,我们把这课堂看作一个对年轻老师来说无法克服的不公平的挑战。但无论如何这是一个全新的机会,是一张对于学生和老师来说全新的白纸,在这张纸上,我们一起探索怎样一起参与融入到课堂。所以我们放弃了!我们放弃强迫他们接受我们的规则,我们放弃像对待网络上其它课堂上学生一样地对待他们,我们放弃尝试变得像EF里的其他老师一样。取而代之的是我们开始相信我们自己和我们的学生,并且终他们也开始相信我们。
Now every time I walk into a new class, I walk in trusting myself. I trust that I am in control of my own behavior in class and I trust that all the students are capable of being in control of their own behavior too and soon enough, they will trust me to show them how to be the best students that they are capable of being.
现在每次我走进一个新的班级,我都是胸有成竹的,我之所以有这一份自信,因为我知道我该做什么,并且我相信学生在老师的带领下会很快步入正轨,学生也充分地信任老师可以帮助他们发挥他们大所能。
我的中国年
My favourite memory of traveling in china was Chinese New Year. My friend Grace invited me to her house to experience Chinese New Year in the traditional Chinese style. It was an honor to spend such a special day with her family. Her mom cooked an amazing feast and her aunt and cousin came to join us. We ate traditional chinese dishes and drank Bai jiu.
After the lovely meal we gathered around the television to eat watermelon and sunflower seeds and watch Spring Festtival Gala. but halfway through the show the power went off for the whole builing. Grace was really sad as she thaught that that was the end of the festivities.
But in South Africa, where I come from, the power often goes of and we have a lot of games to entertain ourselves in the darkness. I taught them a game where someone makes a sound and everybody else has to guess what it is. Everybody had a lot of fun playing the game and the festivities went on.
I was happy that on Chinese New Years, Grace didn’t only share her traditional customs with me but I could also share my traditional customes with her.
我在中国喜欢的旅行经历是中国的新年。我的朋友Grace邀请我去她家以一种传统的中国方式体验中国的新年。很荣幸可以和她的家人一起度过这特别的一天。她妈妈准备了盛宴,后来她的阿姨和姐妹也一起过来加入我们。我们吃了传统的中国菜,喝白酒。
吃完美味的晚餐后我们围坐在电视前吃西瓜和瓜子,看春晚。但看到一半的时候整幢房子突然停电了。Grace有些不太开心觉得春节就这样结束了。
但是我来自南非,那里经常停电,我们有许多可以在黑暗中可以玩的游戏。我教了他们一个游戏,游戏中有人发出一种声音,其他人必须猜出这是什么。所有人在那天晚上都玩得很开心,节日也愉快地进行了下去。
我过了一个很开心的中国年,不仅Grace给我分享她们的传统节日,我也和大家分享了南非的传统习俗。
下面小E就带大家去见见这位出色的Michalle 老师吧!