In Susan's Class

This week we began the observation and discussion of the summer session teachers' organization of class activities. On Monday and Tuesday, I attended Susan's class, and summarized my reflection as follows.

the textbook Susan using in class

what Susan's teaching impressed me most is her constant usage and illustration of the American idioms, some of which, such as "wishy-washy" and "sol", are new to me. In doing this, she tries to immerse her students into the real-life environment of the target language and emphasize the pragmatic function of the language.

her class is also well-organized and fully-prepared. i took several pictures of the textbook and handouts used by her. she also recommended william Zinnser's On Writing Well and the sausus to us, which i believe will be quite useful in my own class. and the samples she used to illustration her points are carefully selected and closely related with the students'everyday life.

in her class, i learned several useful expressions as well as her teaching philosophy, among which are "teachers teach you crutches", "to be personal to your students" and referring her relationship to students as "mother first, teacher second". i also came across such American icons as John Wayn, Ironman, and Star Trek. it is changeling and interesting.

assignments for the class

a glance of the classroom