Finally- I've done all my coop teaching-
Wow.....the time really had gone- ^^;;
I think i tied up pretty well with my students as a last week.
The classes focused on revising what they've learn so far.
Said good-bye with my extra morning and afternoon class students and we watched movie at the last class to have bit more relaxing and confortable feeling for a reward to my students who have studied very hard ^^*
Also we shared a bit of snack too~ hahaha
And as it was my last official teaching day so 1A class gave me a thank card!
What a surprise T.T I felt so happy and it was so touching!
Oh! We took a class picture too~~~~~
At the meeting with Elizabeth, she told me that I've done my work very well and I was very helpful. I got lots of good comments from her~~
I was very happy to hear that ^^*
I think I'm so lucky!!
I had too great students as well as too good teachers as colleages and a supervisor.
I've learned a lot for my ESL teaching with this experience.
It will be the time that i can't forget.
I bet it was a very precious opportunity and time for my future!
Actually...I can feel that my teaching skills have been improved and got much better and heaps of ideas for how to dealing with at the context of ESL teaching~~~~ *^^*
That's why I'm going to keep helping TOPS class, 1A , as a volunteer even my coop work has finished~! *^^*
Anyway !!
I want to thank for everything~~~~~~
and wish me a luck for the rest of work that I have to do to finish the Coop paper!
"Presentation and E-portfolio"
OMG......getting worried already....!!!!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Week 9
20. July - 24. July
It was the first week of teaching after the holiday...so i think that's why there were not many students who came for my extra afternoon classes...T.T hahaha
Actually i was kind of expecting that...
You know...it is possible to forget about something after the 4 weeks of holiday~!
Anyway! i had small number of students whole this week so i had lots of small talks with my students~ I think it was a very useful time to be honest! Because it provided more time for low level of students to practice their speaking~!
It was pretty relaxing and easy starting week-
And the "next week" is gonna be my final teaching week....!!
Time really flies....!!! OMG...!!
It was the first week of teaching after the holiday...so i think that's why there were not many students who came for my extra afternoon classes...T.T hahaha
Actually i was kind of expecting that...
You know...it is possible to forget about something after the 4 weeks of holiday~!
Anyway! i had small number of students whole this week so i had lots of small talks with my students~ I think it was a very useful time to be honest! Because it provided more time for low level of students to practice their speaking~!
It was pretty relaxing and easy starting week-
And the "next week" is gonna be my final teaching week....!!
Time really flies....!!! OMG...!!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Week 8
15. June – 19. June
It was the last week of teaching before the holiday.
I got 2 more weeks to go after the holiday so it means that I’ve done almost my coop experience- 128 hours out of 150 hours.
The time went so fast…!
It has flied…!
I think it means I’m really enjoying in TOPS classes ^^*
I found that there are lots of students who don’t like the holiday?!
It was quite surprising to me because I love (and I’m sure all of my classmates and other friends) and always look forward to the holiday.
I asked them why they don’t like a holiday and they said it is boring, nothing to do and no English.
Yes I understand what they mean…
As they are refugee students they just love to be at school as they learn English, talking and interacting with others etc.
I think they are the students who really study hard and motivated.
I haven’t seen this much motivated, kind, positive, enthusiastic, dedicated students-! ^^*
I’m so appreciated and happy that they and also I have this kind of chance.
I gave them some of ideas what they can do during the holiday, like going local/school library to read books, watch cartoons at TV2 or TV3, talking to neighbor at least once a day, going out for lunch and so on ^^;;
I really hope they enjoy their winter holiday~!
At the meeting with Elizabeth, she asked me whether I can carry on the double tutoring with 1A students after the coop experience.
Actually…. that was what I was thinking….^^;;
because I’ve felt that 1A class needs bit of extra help most of the time..!
I said if my time table of 2nd semester works out to help them then I’d love to carry on~!
I think this is a very valuable opportunity for me and don’t want to miss it~!
I hope my time table could fit to help them out-
It was the last week of teaching before the holiday.
I got 2 more weeks to go after the holiday so it means that I’ve done almost my coop experience- 128 hours out of 150 hours.
The time went so fast…!
It has flied…!
I think it means I’m really enjoying in TOPS classes ^^*
I found that there are lots of students who don’t like the holiday?!
It was quite surprising to me because I love (and I’m sure all of my classmates and other friends) and always look forward to the holiday.
I asked them why they don’t like a holiday and they said it is boring, nothing to do and no English.
Yes I understand what they mean…
As they are refugee students they just love to be at school as they learn English, talking and interacting with others etc.
I think they are the students who really study hard and motivated.
I haven’t seen this much motivated, kind, positive, enthusiastic, dedicated students-! ^^*
I’m so appreciated and happy that they and also I have this kind of chance.
I gave them some of ideas what they can do during the holiday, like going local/school library to read books, watch cartoons at TV2 or TV3, talking to neighbor at least once a day, going out for lunch and so on ^^;;
I really hope they enjoy their winter holiday~!
At the meeting with Elizabeth, she asked me whether I can carry on the double tutoring with 1A students after the coop experience.
Actually…. that was what I was thinking….^^;;
because I’ve felt that 1A class needs bit of extra help most of the time..!
I said if my time table of 2nd semester works out to help them then I’d love to carry on~!
I think this is a very valuable opportunity for me and don’t want to miss it~!
I hope my time table could fit to help them out-
Week 7
8. June – 12. June
We had a little quiz on wednesday class.
I said there’s a prize, chocolate bar, for the first person who gets all answers right.
I wasn’t expecting that much excitement from students but all of them were very excited and encouraged to get all quizzes right as quick as possible ~ haha
There’s no matter being an adult or kids for a prize hahaha
On Friday when I had a meeting with Elizabeth, she said I've been doing so well~!!
Always prepared, enthusiastic and trying hard- ^^;;
I was really, really happy and appreciated with her comments and She even said if I need any recommendation in the future she would love to do that for me~!!
WOW! What a big accomplishment~!
I’ve learned a lot in ESL teaching so far and also got good feedback from my work supervisor~
Never be better than this~ ^^*
We had a little quiz on wednesday class.
I said there’s a prize, chocolate bar, for the first person who gets all answers right.
I wasn’t expecting that much excitement from students but all of them were very excited and encouraged to get all quizzes right as quick as possible ~ haha
There’s no matter being an adult or kids for a prize hahaha
On Friday when I had a meeting with Elizabeth, she said I've been doing so well~!!
Always prepared, enthusiastic and trying hard- ^^;;
I was really, really happy and appreciated with her comments and She even said if I need any recommendation in the future she would love to do that for me~!!
WOW! What a big accomplishment~!
I’ve learned a lot in ESL teaching so far and also got good feedback from my work supervisor~
Never be better than this~ ^^*
Week 6
1.June – 5. June
From this week I’m going to do one more hour of doubling tutoring for Level 1A.
As I said before they are the students who need lots of support and sometimes it is bit hard to be controlled by one teacher.
Elizabeth felt that as well so she and I decided this will be much beneficial for me as well as them.
Yeah~ Of course. I wanna be the person who is necessary and helpful- ^^*
From this week I’m going to do one more hour of doubling tutoring for Level 1A.
As I said before they are the students who need lots of support and sometimes it is bit hard to be controlled by one teacher.
Elizabeth felt that as well so she and I decided this will be much beneficial for me as well as them.
Yeah~ Of course. I wanna be the person who is necessary and helpful- ^^*
Week 5
25. May – 29. May
* Teaching plan (week 5~ week 10)
- Level 2: Health (vocab, short writing, reading) + making question forms & appropriate answers
- Level 3: Health
(reading + vocab & expressions = lexical approach)
- General speaking class (mon/ wed): “Going places”
(talking about harbor cruise, sightseeing / landmarks around Auckland+ NZ, outdoor activities, planning a trip, making a reservation etc.)
This is my outline, long-term plan, for the rest of 5 weeks.
I want to help my students to be able to build a lot more cultural and language knowledge about the topics that they study in their own general classes and I chose the topic “going places” for my extra afternoon class to teach additional useful information as living in New Zealand.
I will provide as much time as I can to practice speaking in classes with various kinds of ways, like listening, building vocab + expressions, role plays and so on.
This Wednesday the teacher of 1A, Joanna, hurt her back so another teacher came instead of her and I learned something from her-
The 1A students are the students who are real beginners and there are bit more gaps in levels for individuals so some of students do well but some of them are really behind and they need lots of attention and help.
However, the one-day teacher seemed like doesn’t know how to manage well about it that I’ve learned through previous weeks and struggled…
I felt sorry for her as well as for students because the teacher was lost and it made students lost too!
And the materials that she prepared were too hard for them!!!
Also the topic was not related at all with the themes that they’ve studied and because of it I could easily find that students were very overwhelmed, confused and looked very bored….!!
It was the hardest class until now….^^;
But it was good chance for me actually-
As it gave me a chance again to remind myself about the importance of being a good and efficient teacher- !
* Teaching plan (week 5~ week 10)
- Level 2: Health (vocab, short writing, reading) + making question forms & appropriate answers
- Level 3: Health
(reading + vocab & expressions = lexical approach)
- General speaking class (mon/ wed): “Going places”
(talking about harbor cruise, sightseeing / landmarks around Auckland+ NZ, outdoor activities, planning a trip, making a reservation etc.)
This is my outline, long-term plan, for the rest of 5 weeks.
I want to help my students to be able to build a lot more cultural and language knowledge about the topics that they study in their own general classes and I chose the topic “going places” for my extra afternoon class to teach additional useful information as living in New Zealand.
I will provide as much time as I can to practice speaking in classes with various kinds of ways, like listening, building vocab + expressions, role plays and so on.
This Wednesday the teacher of 1A, Joanna, hurt her back so another teacher came instead of her and I learned something from her-
The 1A students are the students who are real beginners and there are bit more gaps in levels for individuals so some of students do well but some of them are really behind and they need lots of attention and help.
However, the one-day teacher seemed like doesn’t know how to manage well about it that I’ve learned through previous weeks and struggled…
I felt sorry for her as well as for students because the teacher was lost and it made students lost too!
And the materials that she prepared were too hard for them!!!
Also the topic was not related at all with the themes that they’ve studied and because of it I could easily find that students were very overwhelmed, confused and looked very bored….!!
It was the hardest class until now….^^;
But it was good chance for me actually-
As it gave me a chance again to remind myself about the importance of being a good and efficient teacher- !
Week 4
18. May – 22. May
First of all, I had a first meeting with my academic supervisor, Beverley Roser, this Friday at coop class.
She seemed very nice~ ^^* even though telling her about my coop plan was bit nervous.
She looked like quite surprised when she heard I’ve already started working and it’s at AUT~! Haha On the other hand, I was bit happy about me.
Why? I’m little bit ahead than the others- ^^;; Just a bit of relief…^^;;
My lessons went well as like usual~ I think I’m very lucky!
I have so good and understanding students as well as supporters~!
There is one important thing that I learn this week
– “Having long-them aim s and objectives in teaching.”
Elizabeth told me this in the meeting of this week.
She said it is very important to have long-term aims when we teach students.
It makes teachers can measure students after weeks and terms.
It is the obvious evidence that students are improved and learned also it can be the feedback for teachers themselves as referring the achievements or failures of students.
Also, it is necessary especially for low level students as they need a lot more repetition.
Therefore I made a decision to have a long-term and specific goal in my coop teaching which is very similar when I write a learning contract for coop paper.
– The measurable and specific outcomes.
Now…I need some time to develop better teaching plans for the rest of weeks….!!
First of all, I had a first meeting with my academic supervisor, Beverley Roser, this Friday at coop class.
She seemed very nice~ ^^* even though telling her about my coop plan was bit nervous.
She looked like quite surprised when she heard I’ve already started working and it’s at AUT~! Haha On the other hand, I was bit happy about me.
Why? I’m little bit ahead than the others- ^^;; Just a bit of relief…^^;;
My lessons went well as like usual~ I think I’m very lucky!
I have so good and understanding students as well as supporters~!
There is one important thing that I learn this week
– “Having long-them aim s and objectives in teaching.”
Elizabeth told me this in the meeting of this week.
She said it is very important to have long-term aims when we teach students.
It makes teachers can measure students after weeks and terms.
It is the obvious evidence that students are improved and learned also it can be the feedback for teachers themselves as referring the achievements or failures of students.
Also, it is necessary especially for low level students as they need a lot more repetition.
Therefore I made a decision to have a long-term and specific goal in my coop teaching which is very similar when I write a learning contract for coop paper.
– The measurable and specific outcomes.
Now…I need some time to develop better teaching plans for the rest of weeks….!!
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