1using chinese or english in the classroom
he tell us, if the students don’t understand the meaning, how can we help them? with chinese or english? of course, most of the time, we should and must use english in order to set a real intercommunicate environment. sometimes we might use chinese. to translate abstract words like ‘brave’. to give an example to clarify the meaning. to explain a grammer or rules .to explain the cultural references.
if you want to organise activities successful, what can we do before staring pair, group or individual work?
*plan carefully before the lesson.
* give an example and demonstrate how the activity works.
*check that children understand by asking them to explain to you.
what can we do during pair, group or individual work?
*walk around the class ,look and listen.
*make a few notes no strengths and weaknesses of the class.
*only help if children seem very confused.
*stop the activity when most of children have finished even if it is before the set time limit.
we should give clear classroom instructions, make eye contact, with hand gestures, facial expressions, and intonation. pictures or real objects can be used. write key points on the blackboard. check the instructions with them.
don’t correct or assess everything . this may demotivate children and take too much time. encourage the child to correct ,only mistakes which make communication difficult.