June+8,+2011

REFLECTIONS FOR JUNE 8, 2011

Shaohua Chen - Mr. Chau, after you shared the video about choral response today, you stressed that it is very important to provide think time to students (which was demoed many times in the video), before signaled students to say the words/sentences out loud. Now I reflected on my previous teaching, I either didn't give them think time or not enough think time. From now on I will watch out for that, make sure to provide enough think time to students to process the information.

Jade Jiang Clayton We learned a lot of more detail orientated leaching methods today such as backward design. I am so grateful that Ms Chau shared her pre taped class with us. I see how demanding it can be to design and build the "scaffolding" which would involve tremendous creative work, and also it can be exciting and rewarding. Definitely I have a very productive day. Glade to know that the lesson is helpful to you. Yes, it takes lot of effort but you'll see the result from your students and they will appreciate you for the rest of their life.

YingLi:

This morning we learned the language modification theory. It is very practical. Actually I did a lot similar work in the classroom, but I never sum it up. Now I clearly know how to use the language modification in my future work. Today we also learned the 5 steps of acommunicative lesson plan. It is very useful either in the third week’s lesson plan or in the future years’ lesson plan. New school year is coming. Every time when I think I will face the new unknown students, I feel stress. Ms. Chau, could you give me some suggestion about that? 万事开头难, 好的开始是成功的一半. On Day 4, we'll talk about classroom management. I'll explain the importance of the effective teacher.

Han Wei I reap a lot of benefits from today's orientation. This morning we learned Backward Design and 5 steps. It is definitely important for the teachers to know the students' level and need so that the class can be more productive and effective. Ms Chau also shared with us her demo Chinese immersion class, which is really amazing. In the afternoon, we got to know many in-class activities. My favorite part is the open discussion in which we share the gains and worries in teaching Chinese. Even though it is a busy day, I really enjoy it. Glade to know that the Backward Design and 5-Step lesson plan is helpful to you. I personal feel that both method helps me a lot when I plan my own lesson.

Zhang Xiaohong This morning I learned the 5 steps in designing a lesson plan and the importance of backward design. It is very important for the teacher to have some scaffolding strageties to help students gradually build up their knowledge of both content and language from the lower level to higher level. The demo class of Mrs Zhou exactly reflects this process. This afternoon I learned some activites that can be used in my classroom to help students to practice speaking the target language and also get to know each other better. Glade to know that the Backward Design and 5-Step lesson plan is practical to you.

Yinsan Isabel Hsu Today's class was very effective and productive. I especially benefit from the strategies (SLPs) and the samples activities provided by the Mrs. Chau. In addition, the open discussion was also a great forum for teachers to share their ideas and concerns. I'll give teachers more time to talk because we all learn from each other.

Olivia Yu S-M-A-R-T goals are very powerful tools that guide and help teacher set up the long term or short term working plan based on learning of students. S-specific; M-measurable; A- achievable/ acceptable; R-relevant/realistic; T-timely. Maybe you can share with the L1 teachers about what you learn from L2.

Yewei Jiang Today, the unit "Lesson Design and Delivery" talked about the 5 steps that helped clearify what I should do when making a lesson plan. Ms. Chau's demo video was a perfect model on how to apply those 5 steps in a classroom. Her experience as a successful teacher is very valuable to us! Thank you for your kind words. I learned a lot from every teacher as well.

Chunyan Wang: What a day again!! what I learned today is the 5 steps in designing a teaching plan ,it is called backward design, it is kinda abstract,but after watching Ms. Chau's demo class,it is so clear and you really got understand how to do it. the open discussion in the afternoon was a good way to learn how to manage the classroom,sharing experince and ideas from other teachers. Glade to hear the lesson is helpful to you. Yes, teaching should be a team work so we can learn from each other.

Jubie Ahn What a day! A lot of information need to be digested. I am already thinking how to adapt today's learning to my first day teaching this coming Fall. It's essential to well equipped and prepared before going to classroom. It is what differentiate a good teacher from a less qualify teacher. Lesson design and delivery will definitely enhance my ability to transfer successfully the information to my target student. Glade to hear that the lesson is practical and it will help you in the fall.

Bella(Wei Yang) I am so glad I come back to the program today. I learnt a lot from today's class, including backward design, SLP,ect. And, we had a Question&Answer time in the end of the day, which gave us a good chance to talk about our concern in teaching Chinese and got some wonderful suggestions from each other. That's awesome! I love the demo class Esther showed us. Thank you so much for sharing it. It's wonderful! And, a big thanks for Norman's coordination on our group's lesson plan. Brainstorming rocks! Glade to know the lesson is helpful to you. I believe this year STARTALK program will help everyone a lot!

Louisa Yu （Yu Haiqing) 尽管已经不是第一次学习“ Backward Design，但今天通过王老师的传统的教学五步骤与Backward Design的对比讲解，还有实际教学录像的观摩与分析，我才真正知道理论如何与教学实践相结合. 下午的老师分享时间，也给我们提供了老师之间互相交流，互相学习的机会. Glade to know that both the method and practical demo is helpful to you.

Belinda Liu--What I have learned today is backward design and the methods of I DO,WE DO and YOU DO. I really like to see the video clips that showed us what are the "回声" and "全体回答". I also like to watch the teacher's own demo class. It is good for us to see how to put the theories into practice. I think the 3rd week practicum will be even more helpful for all the teachers in put everything they learned into practice.

Ning Wei My current school district has been talking about Backward Design, but it is good to have the opportunity to review it in Chinese today. I will definitely use the "I do, We do, You 2 do and You do" in my future teaching. Also, all of the different activities we learned/practiced today were very effective; my favorite one is the 2 circle game. Again, I am very glad that I joined StarTalk program this year. Yes, I think many teachers already know Backward Design and I hope that is a good review for everyone. Glade to know that you will use "I do, We do, You 2 do and You do" in your future teaching.

Fanghong Yu It seems that the lesson is very practical to you. Glade to know that.
 * I learn to use tri-angels to illustrate the ideas from Ms Chau. I like the tri-angel about shifting gradually over time from the teacher to the studentthe teacher scaffolds and give more time to the students
 * I will practice with my students with the games "Choral Response", "Echo Talk", "Talking Sick", "Lines of Communication", "Think-Pair-Share" "My Turn, Your Turn", "Give One, Get One" and "Quick-Write and Share". Wow, Ms Chau is so generous to share so many useful and fun games with us. I will definitely try them.
 * The appointment schedule is very usefulIt is a good way to group students

Tracy Peng- I got in touch with something more practical today. Backward Design and the 5 Steps can really help us to set definite goals in our lesson planning. I especially like the exmaples and the demo class Ms. Chau showed us. SLPs let us know more strategies to help students learn and practice the target language. The last part of today's training is impressive. We discussed our worries and difficulties in our teaching and shared with each other our suggestions and resolutions to these problems. That's wonderful. I'll definitely let teachers speak again. It seems that everyone learned a lot from each other.

Mo Geng Today is my first time learned about "Backward Design" and 5 steps of "Lesson Design and Delivery", I believe that are very great theories to teach language. I very like Ms. Chau’s videos, in which I obtained a lot of good ideas of Chinese immersion class teaching skills. During the time of opening discussion, a lot of teachers shared their unique experiences and ideas to improving classroom management. I believe that classroom management is very important for every teacher, so I hope I can obtain more instructions from GVA STARTALK Program. Yes, we are going to dig into classroom management on Day 4. Glade to know that the method and demo are helpful to you.

Ruihong Wu I have a lot of benefits from our class today, from other teachers sharing with their wonderful ideas during managed students, specially from the strategies (SLPs) and the samples activities provided by the Mrs. Chau. It is really helpful. After lesson, our group members kept on discussing how to demo class for kids and how to make them enjoy their summer camp and also can learn something new. Wow, you guys really put your students in the first place. I hope I have chance to see the 3rd week video from everyone of your lessons.

Shelley Xiao I really like the video that showing the how Ms. Chau’ teaching immersion class! It really helped me to better understand how it works. The class activities are so relevant that reinforced what we have learned. You are awesome Ms. Chau!!! I also like the discussion about the suggestions about how to deal with certain students who had difficult time in class. I am looking forward the class deplane/control session tomorrow! Here is the butterfly song our team is going to use for teaching. There are different little songs that can be use for future subject. Please feel free to use them since we don't have to compete with each other. If you have good web sites, please share them with us too : ). [] Thank you for sharing this. Teaching is really a team effort.

Shuo Chen Today I learned the 5 steps of a communicative lesson plan and the Backward Design, at the same time we reviewed the knowledge that we learned yesterday. Although the theory is abstract, after the specific examples I can understand well. I also knew that we need to increase the percentage of "You Do" part. Thank you, Ms. Chau that she gave us a lot of interesting and effective ways to structure practice. After we finished our lesson, I got some valuable experience from other teachers. Yes, theory is kind of dry and abstract and I'm glade to know that the video is helpful to you to understand the theory.

Norman Kao

对今天的早上讲的一些目标的设置非常喜欢，遗憾是没有听到周老师讲往前设 计的东西. 但是周老师把常用和有效的几种教学方法深入浅出的讲出来，让我们更 深刻的体会非常的高兴. 周老师本身的态度更是让人崇敬. 对我们同组老师们的创 造力和尽责的精神也是非常敬佩，收获很大. 非常荣幸来到这里来和大家共同学习. ^ _ ^ Thank you for your kind word. I learned a lot from all the teachers as well.

Guxitao 今天讲的教案设计的五个步骤，真的非常实用. 使我想到自己在曾经的教学中的不足. 究竟该怎么备课，才能使得自己的授课更有针对性，更有效率，更能吸引学生，这一直 是一个让人头疼的事情，今天听了周老师的讲座，特别是周老师用实例辅助理论，使人 一下子豁然开朗，有中茅塞顿开的感觉，太好了，希望今后还这样. Thank you for your kind word. I'm so happy to hear that it helps you understand more about the teaching methods and strategies.

曹永欣

太棒了！今天的课. 尤其是哪28分钟的课堂实录. 我其实一直认为，100%的浸入式教学 不太可能. 但是今天周老师的路想让我真切的感觉到，这是可以的. 希望能看到其他年级 的课堂实录. 教案设计的5个步骤也很棒，结合backwards design，加上老师的对应性讲解 让我对如何设计一节课 无论从理论上，还是实践上，都比以前更清楚了. 谢谢！ Glade to know that the video demo is helpful to you.

I-Chi Wang

I was glad to learn how to modify the language into a level that students can accept. I appreciate Ms. Chau reviewing lessons we have previously learned. The demo videos really helped me how to teach 100% immersion program.

Shan Lou I told some notices on class today. It is very useful for me, so I want to share with everyone. 1 ，用简单的话语解释难以理解的词汇 2 ，用肢体语言解释词语 3 ，把东西藏在盒子里面，引起孩子们的兴趣 4 ，多一些不同花样的测试，不要仅仅局限于纸笔应试. 5 ，提出问题之后，要给他们时间思考，然后再期待他们给出的答案 6 ，可以引入更多的歌曲和短剧，提高学生学习语言的兴趣