英語教師口語表達材料

Iknowwhatmystudentsneed

NowIhavebeenateacherforfiveyears.Iknowwhatmy

studentsneedclearly.

Maybetheywanttohavealot,butthereisthemostneed

ofthesuccessforthem.

SuccessisveryhelpfulforstudentstolearnEnglish.So

Ioftengivethemtheopportunitytomakethemsuccessful.

Studentsprefertoexpressthemselves,soIliketogive

studentsopportunitiesforself-expression.Forexample,

inaconsolidationphase,Ialwaysallowstudentstotake

turnsreading,as〃ateacher，z.Allthestudentsarefondof

beingateacher,evensomearenotgoodinEnglish.Because

theycanleadotherstoreadandfeelthejoyofsuccess.On

theotherhand,Ioftenaskstudentstoperforminfront

oftheclassroom.WhenIreviewthedialoguesinthe

textbook,Iwillasksometoactout.Atthistime,Many

studentsraisetheirhandsandhopemegivethema

chance.Theycanplaythedialoguesverywelllike“Ata

snackbar”,andsoon.Onthewhole,studentsenjoythese

activities.Moreimportantly,theycangainasenseof

accomplishment.

Butiftheyfailintheactivities,they'11beverysad

andexpressed.SoIalwayschoosesuitableactivitiesfor

them.Ithinkit'sagoodwaytomakethemsuccessfulby

activities.Ihopeeveryteachercandoit.Ofcourse,the

studentswillbehappytohaveasenseofthesuccess.I

thinkit'swhatmystudents'needmost.

Iknowhowtomakethemsuccessful

Iknowsuccessisveryhelpfulforstudentstolearn

English.SoIoftengivethemtheopportunitytomakethem

successful.

Studentsprefertoexpressthemselves,soIliketogive

studentsopportunitiesforself-expression.Forexample,

inaconsolidationphase,Ialwaysallowstudentstotake

turnsreading,as〃ateacher”.Allthestudentsarefondof

beingateacher,evensomearenotgoodinEnglish.Because

theycanleadotherstoreadandfeelthejoyofsuccess.On

theotherhand,Ioftenaskstudentstoperforminfront

oftheclassroom.WhenIreviewthedialoguesinthe

textbook,Iwillasksometoactout.Atthistime,Many

studentsraisetheirhandsandhopemegivethema

chance.Theycanplaythedialoguesverywelllike”Ata

snackbar”,“andsoon.Onthewhole,studentsenjoythese

activities.Moreimportantly,theycangainasenseof

accomplishment.

Butiftheyfailintheactivities,they"11beverysad

andexpressed.SoIalwayschoosesuitableactivitiesfor

them.Ithinkit'sagoodwaytomakethemsuccessfulby

activities.Ihopeeveryteachercandoit.

Theydoandthentheylearn

GroupworktakesanimportantpartinEnglishclass.It

dependsontheactivity.Iusuallyteachthestudentstodo

thingsbythemselvesthroughtheactivity.Thentheycan

learnalot.Whenthey'redividedintosmallgroups,Ican

joineachgroupforawhile,butonlyasaparticipantnot

asaleaderorinspector.Thepurposeistoletthestudents

solvesomeproblemstheycomecrossbytheirown,thisnot

onlytrainstheirabilityoflearningandusinglanguage,

butalsocanimprovetheircommunicativecompetence.

Forexample,doasurvey.WhenthestudentslearnedUnit3

“Hobbies”from5B,inordertogivestudentstousethese

keysentencesand"hobbies"wordsflexibly,Ihavedevised

asurveyforstudentstostartinvestigations.Suchas”Do

youhaveanyhobbies?Yes,Ido.Ilike…”Inthecourseof

discussion,theymustsolveallquestionsby

themselves.Afterdiscussion,eachgroupchooseonestudent

toreporttotheclasshowtheyhavediscussedorwhatthe

problemtheydidnTtsolve.Attheendoftheclass,Ialways

offermyideasabouttheproblemsandgiveashortcomment

ontheirwork.Usuallygreatencouragementshouldbegiven

tothestudentsandmakethemfullofconfidencein

themselves.

Inshort,theycanlearnalotbythemselvesthroughgroup

learning.Sotheydoandthentheylearn.

ThefirstEnglishclassItaught

I,msoluckythatIhavegotthisjobIhadbeenlooking

for,andIdolovemyjobnow,lovemypupilsandmy

educationlife.Weallknowthatlifeatschoolis

changeable,becausethechildrenaregrowingup

everyday.FromlastSeptemberuptonow,Ican'tremember

howmanyEnglishlessonsIhavetaught.Letmesee,perhaps

280lessons,whichonewasthefirstEnglishclassItaught?

Ishallneverforget.

ThefirstlessonwasforthestudentsinGradeThree.They'

rethebeginnersofEnglishlearners.Sothemostimportant

thingformeistoarousetheirinterestsinlearning

English.Beforetheclass,1preparedalotofthingsfor

myfirstEnglishclass.Forexample,theteachingplan,the

teachingtools,powerpointandtheteachingcards.All

thesepreparedwereformyteachingandinbuildinga

practicalenvironment.Itriedtouse“thesituational

teachingmethod”.ButIalsoshouldstudytheteaching

materialsfurther.InthatUnit,thekeyvocabulariesare:

“pig,dog,horse,catandduckv.Themainsentencepatterns

are:"What'sthis/that?It'sa??,.”Ithinkallthe

studentslikeanimals,soIpreparedmanygamestoarouse

theirinterestsandsympathy.

Atthebeginningoftheclass,Itookthestudentsintoa

zoo,usingalargepicture.Therearesomanyanimals,but

eachofthemwascoveredpartly.SofirstIletthestudents

guess"what'sthis?”Andifsomeonewasright,Iwould

givehimalittlestaroralovelypresent.Thentheyshowed

lotsofinterestsinit.Butlaterthestudentsbecamemore

noisyintheclass.Theynotonlywantedtoguesscorrectly,

butalsowantedtowinthelittlestar.However,atthattime,

IsuddenlyrememberedMissWang.Shehadtoldme:"youmust

usetheprizeforeachgroupsoitcanhelpyoucontrolthe

class."SoIgaveeachgrouparectangleandtoldthemthat

aquietcircumstancewasrequiredandawarded.ThenIwould

givethemanotherone,andtoseewhichgrouprankedthe

first.Afterthat,evenifIshowedalotofinteresting

cardsorotherthingstothem,Icancontroltheclass

easily.Becauseagoodlearningenvironmentisthebaseof

agoodlesson.

35minutespassed,myfirst35minutes,myfirstEnglish

class,endedwiththebellring,IthinkIwon.Eachonehas

many“hisfirsttime”.Butinmylife,thefirstEnglish

classwasthemostimportantone.Ishouldneverforget

it.AfterthatIconsidermyselfnotonlyateacher,butalso

alearner.First,ImustprepareallIwillteach.Secondly,

Imustfindwaysofhelpingmystudentstounderstandtheir

assignments.Thirdly,Tmustthentrytounderstandand

respondinahelpfulwaytomystudents'ideas.Fourthly,

Imustforcemyselftobecreative,becauseifIdeliver

aboringlesson,mystudentswillfeelbored.Andtobe

creative,Imustlearnmore.

Thankyouverymuchforyourattention.

Howtomakemyclassactiveandinteractive

Actually,whenIsteppedtothe3-footplatformtobean

Englishteacher,Itriedmybesttomakemystudents

practicethepatternstimeaftertime,1hopedthatthey

wouldgethighmarksintest.However,mystudentsdidn，t

careaboutit,theyshowedlessattentiontomyclass.

Untiloneday,astudenthadatalkwithme.Hesaid:“

I'mlearningmanythingsthatareboring,uselessandnot

valuable.SoI'mtiredofstudying.MissMa,canyou

understandme?”Atthattime,Ifeltmyclasswaslackof

activeandinteractivepatterns.

ThenIgraduallyfoundthatmakeclassactiveand

interactiveisfromactivelearningtointeractive

teaching.

First,weshouldbeenergeticandencouraging.Becauseour

passioncanmakeclasswanttolearnEnglish,theywillact

withnatureandshowmorepotentialabilities.Also,we

shouldpraiseinvariousways.Incurclassweoftensay

ugood,verygood”,thesimplewordnotonlymakethem

activeinclass,butalsofostertheirsenseofachievement

infuturelearing..

Secondly,weshouldmakeclassmeaningfulandcreative.In

class,wecanusetheshortandsimplesentence,usethe

bodylanguagetocommunicatewithstudents.Weshouldgive

studentsclearpurposeandofferthemopportunitiestotry,

tocreateandallowthemtofail.Makesuretheclass

relaxingandinteractive,befamiliartothefeelingof

Englishlanguage.

Comingupnextisorganizinggamesandactivities.Youknow,

activityisthekeypartofclass.Includingpairedwork,

competitions,roleplay,guessinggame,TPRactivities,

andsoon.WhateverIuse,Ishouldoftenchangethe

way.FromstudentsandI;studentandstudent;tostudents

andstudents.Makeallclass.

Thelastbutnottheleastishelpingtheclassfeel

comfortablewithaskingmequestionsandansweringmy

questions.Todothis,donotcriticizeanyquestionsfrom

students.Thiswillinsurethatstudentswillcontinueto

askquestions.Dogivemorechancetostudentsaskand

answer,makestudentsandourselveslearn

interactively.Soafterclassstudentscanlisten,read,

write,thinkwithoutforceandpressure,keepinginterests

andmotivation.

Thisismytalkfrommyexperience,sharingwithyou

today.Thankyouforyourattention!

Canyoureadthestudents'faces?

Canyoureadthestudents'faces?Ofcourse,Ican.Asa

teacher,it'sveryimportanttoreadthestudents'

faces.Iftheylookexcitedandactive,theymustbefond

oftheclass.Buttheylookblackanddull,theymaybe

unwillingtohavetheclass.

Inmyclass,Ialwaysobserveallthestudents'faces,

especiallypoorstudents.

Ihaveastudent.Heisaboy.Buthe,sveryshy.Hisname

isXiaYangqing.Inthepast,hewasafraidofEnglishand

failedintalking.WhenhetalkedEnglishwithothers,he

wouldfeelnervous.Healwayskeptsilentinclass.Many

studentssaidXiaYangqingwasabadboy.Theydidn,twant

toplaywithhim.Iknowhemustbeverysad.SoIoftenhad

thesensetocallhimtoanswersomeeasyquestionsin

class.Ifheansweredwell,Iwouldpraisehimat

once.Gradually,hehadalittleconfidence.Ialwaystell

him:vYangqing,welldone!Ibelieveyou!You'rethebest!”

Sincethenhechanged.Hebegantoenjoytalking.Nowhe

findsit'seasytotalk.Hehasmoreconfidencein

English.Hedoesn'tfeelnervousinclassnolonger.He

succeeds.I,mveryhappytoseehisgrowth.

IfonestudenthassometroubleinlearningEnglish,hemust

beexpressedinhisface.Solet'sreadthestudents'face

atanymoment.Maybeasmilingfaceorasentencefromour

teacherswillchangethechild'slife.

Beagoodobserverintheclassroom

Ithinkoneofthemostbasicrequirementsinagoodlesson

istopayattentiontoeachstudent.Sowemustobservethem

atanymomentintheclassroom.Ofcourse,toobservethe

students'facesisaimportantstep.Iftheylookexcited

andactive,theymustbefondoftheclass.Buttheylook

blankanddull,theymaybeunwillingtohavetheclass.

Inmyclass,Ialwaysobserveallthestudents'faces,

especiallypoorstudents.

Ihaveastudent.Heisaboy.Buthe'sveryshy.Hisname

isXiaYangqing.Inthepast,hewasafraidofEnglishand

failedintalkirg.WhenhetalkedEnglishwithothers,he

wouldfeelnervous.Healwayskeepedsilentinclass.Many

studentssaidXiaYangqingwasabadboy.Theydidn'twant

toplaywithhim.Iknowhemustbeverysad.SoIoftenhad

thesensetocallhimtoanswersomeeasyquestionsin

class.Ifheansweredwell,Iwouldpraisehimat

once.Gradually,hehadalittleconfidence.Ialwaystell

him:"Yangqing,welldone!Ibelieveyou!You'rethebest!”

Sincethenhechanged.Hebegantoenjoytalking.Nowhe

findsit'seasytotalk.Hehasmoreconfidencein

English.Hedoesn,tfeelnervousinclassnolonger.He

succeeds.Umveryhappytoseehisgrowth.

IfonestudenthassometroubleinlearningEnglish,hemust

beexpressedinhisface.Solet'sreadthestudents'face

atanymoment.Maybeasmilingfaceorasentencefromour

teacherswillchangethechild，slife

Howtoassessthestudentsinclass

Ithinktheteachershouldbefairtothestudentsin

class.Butdifferentstudentshavedifferent

characteristic.Ifyoutrytousethesamewaytoassess

differentstudents,itmayleadtofailure.SoIhave

differentrequirementsfordifferentstudents.

I'dliketoaseessthestudentswithageneralprinciple:

morepraise.Thepurposeofourassessmentistohelpand

encouragestudentstodeveloptheirEnglishlevel,build

uptheirself-confidence,raisetheirinterest,learnto

self-reflect.Sopraiseisagoodway.It'spowerful.When

thestudentsarepraised,theymustbeexcitedand

pleasant.Usually,teacherscanapplysomebriefsentences

tothecourseofpraisesuchas“Wonderful.”"Good.”

“Excellent.”We11done.and“Youareacleverboy.”

1thinkit'smoreeffectiveforstudentstouseaaccurate

languagetoassessthem.

Ihaveastudent.He*sinGradeThree.Heoftendoes

disruptivebehaviorsinclassregardlessofmy

criticism.Butoneday,Ipraisedtheboyforhisgodgesture

attheverymomenthesatveryproperlywhentheclass

began.Isaid:"Boysandgirls,lookatXiaYangqing,how

properlyheissittingtherevOfcourse,Iusebody

languagetohelpthemunderstand.Realizingthathewasthe

exampleoftheothers,theboykepthisgoodgesture

throughouttheclass.Thisisasuccessfulandcreative

applicationofpraise.

Inshort,thestudentscarealotabouthowtheteachers

assessthem.Ihopemywordscansoir.ehowhelpeverybodyto

assessstudents

Italkwithmystudentsthisway

Inmyopinion,studentsandteachersareequal.Weshould

repectthemandwecan，tscoldthemwhentheymake

mistakes.Inaword,weshouldtreatchildrenashuman

being.Butitiseasytosaythatdifferenttoachieve.When

someparentsseeachilddoingsomethingwithdifficulty,

theytendtohelphis\herimmediately.Thisresponseispart

ofourhumannatureandshouldbeunderstood.However,too

muchattentionandcarecandestroychildren'sactivityand

confidence.Instead,weshouldbelievethemandencourage

them.

Inschool,someteachersdonotrespectpupils.They

wouldscold,critizechildrenwhenchildrenmisvehave.Such

behaviorwoulddefinatelydogreatharmtochildrenand

destroytheirdignity,self-confidenceandmotivationin

learning.

What，smore,teachersandparentstendtothinkthat

childrenarejustlikeablankpieceofpaper.Theyshould

befedwithknowledgewhichisusefulfortheirfuture

life.Asaresult,childrenaregivenverylittlerespect

andfreedominchoosingordevelopingtheirownwayof

thinkingandlearning.Webelievethatchildrenshouldbe

respectedintermsofwhattolearnandhowto

learn.Humannisticeducationrequirestheteacherstotreat

childrenashumanbeingwhohavetheirownthoughtsand

needs.Teachersshouldnevertrytoforcetheirideasinto

children，smindsbuttrytothinkfromthechildren，spoint

ofview.Weshouldlearntoofferchildrenopportunitiesto

talk,tocreateandallowthemtofail.Thisisthesamewith

languagelearning.Childrenneedtobeallowedtotrynew

languagetolearnfrom"trialanderror“andgraduallythey

willbecomeindependentlearners.

Otherwise,weshouldrealizethatitisnotreasonable

toexpectchildrentoachievethesamegoal.Weshould

realizeeverystudentisdifferentfromeachotherthatwe

shouldtalkwiththemindifferentways.TheEnglish

curriculumhasalsostatedthattheimportantaimof

teachingEnglishtochildrenatthebeginningistobuild

uptheirconfidence,toprovidemotivation,toshowthem

thatEnglishisfunandtoencouragethemjusttoues

whateverEnglishtheyhavetocommunicate.Anexpertpoints

outthatweshouldnotangrywithstudents，errors.In

opposite,itwillmakechildrenloseconfidencefromfear

ofmakingmistakes,makingthemreluctanttotakerisksand

theyarelikelytobecomedependentontheteacherto

correcttheirerrors.Ifwepaytoomuchattentiont

accuracy,studentswillnotbewillingtospeakfreely

withoutbeing100%sure.

Atlast,asweknow,childrendothingsthatinterest

themandmakethemfeelgoodaboutthemselves.Childrenare

active,creativeandimaginative.Theyliketoactandplay

games.Soprovidingactivitiesforchildrenisagoodway

totalkwiththem.Theyneedtheopportunitytoexercise

theirimaginationsandcreativity.Theywillnotliketobe

lecturedbuttobeinvolvedinactionsand

presentations.Theyneedtoberecognizedforwhattheydo

andpraizedfortheireffortsandparticipation.Therefore,

theirexperienceoflearningthelanguageleadstothe

successfulcommunicationbetweenteachersandstudents.

Atlast,Iwanttosayteachersshouldbefriendlyand

treatchildrenashumanbeing.Obviously,childrenhave

greatinterestsinlearningEnglish.Theclassroom

atmosphereisrelaxingandactive.Wecantalkvery

successfully.

Wecanunderstandeachotherinclass

Asweknow,learningEnglishisforcommunication.Soin

ourEnglishlesson,weshouldmakesurethatteachersand

studentscanunderstandeachother.Ifwecandoitwell,

studentsandteacherswillfeelhappyinclass.Itwilllead

toagoodresult.

IrememberlastweekIwasillthatIcan，tstandinclass,

thestudentsnearmefounditout.Sothestudentsaskedme

tositdownandoneofthestudentsmovedachairforme.I

keptsittingonthechairforthewholeclass.However,the

students,especiallythenautystudentskeptsilentinthis

lesson.Theyconcentratedonthewholeclass.Afterclass,

whenIwentbacktomyoffice,somestudentsfollowedme.I

thinkmystudentsaresokindandfriendlythatthey

understandtheirteacher.

Thisisaboutstudentsunderstandteachers.There，s

anotherexample.Lastyear,ItaughtGrade3and

Grade6.Otherwise,IwastheheadteacherofGrade.WhenIgot

busy,mytoastwillnotbecomfortable.Oneday,astudent

ofGrade3disturbedtheotherstudentsinmyclass.Iwarmed

himbutitwasnouse.Ibecameangryandaskedhimtobe

quietlywithhighvoice.Mytoastwasnotcomfortableat

once.Theotherstudentsscoldedtheboy,butIaskedthem

nottodoso.Aterthat,theboystoodupandcameuptome.He

gavemeacupofteaandrecognizedthemistake.Ithinkthe

boyandtheotherstudentsunderstandmeverymuch.

Asteachers,weshouldunderstandourstudents,too.As

weknow,childrenarenaturallycuriousandactive.They，re

fullofenthusiamandoftenshowsalotofeagernessto

participate.Itisoftensaidthatchildren，sattention

spanisshort.Sosometeachersbecomestricttohis

students.1thinkitshowsthatteachercan，tunderstandthe

students.Becausechildrenarequitedifferentfrom

adults.Adultsoftenlearnwithaclearpurposeor

motivationinmind,whilechildrendonotusuallyhavea

clearpurposeforlearninganotherlanguageastheymay

regarditjustasanotherschoolsubject.Soifsome

studentscan，tcontrolbythemselves,wecan'tbecomeangry,

heshouldbetolerantandpatient.Wecanstoptalkingto

arisehis\herattentioninsteadofscolding.

Oneday,Ihadfreetalkwithmystudentsinclass.I

askedapoorstudentwhereareyougoing?HeansweredI'm

goingtothehospital.Iaskedhimwhy.Hetoldmethathis

grandfatherwasill.IsaidI'msorrytohearthat.Ihope

hisgrandfatherwillgetbettersoon.Thisprodurehelped

theteacheralot.HebecameactiveinthatlessonandI

oftenfoundthathesmiledinmyclass.Icanconcludethat

heisbecominginterestedinEnglishgraduallybecauseof

myconcern.

Arethereanywaysfortheteachersandstudentsto

understandeachother?Ithinkso.Forexample,when

studentsgetgoodperformance,Icansmileathim\herto

praize.Itcanmakethestudentsfeeltheenjoymentand

successoflearning.Whensomestudentscan，tactwell,that

theyfeelembrassed,asteachers,wecangive

encouragementswithoureyes.Itsays〃Itdoesn，t

matter.Pleasetryitagain.Whenwe'retalkingwiththe

studentswho,sverynervousandhescitatedtotalk.They

lookattheteachernervously.Wecanencouragewithour

eyessothathebecomesconfident.Whenastudent，sface

showsheisnotsureabouttheanswerofmyquestion,Iwi11

givehimanopportunitytolistentoanotherstudent.When

thestudent'seyesarenotactive,maybehe'sthinking

otherthings,Icanaskhisdeskmatetoanswermy

question.Whentheexpressionofstudentsshowstheycan't

understandmewell,Iknowthattheyhaveproblemswiththe

lesson.Iwillnotbeangry,insteadingofteachingthem

again.

SoIthinkifateacherwantstomakestudentsunderstand

him\her,he\sheshouldunderstandstudentd,too.

Inevertalktoomuchinclass

Asweknow,childrenarenaturallycuriousand

active.They'refullofenthusiamandoftenshowalotof

eagernesstoparticipation.Itisoftensaidthat

children，sattentionspanisshort,sosometeahcersbecome

verystricttotheirstudents,butIsometimesfindsmall

childrencanconcentrateononethingforfairlylong

time.Soitreallydependsonwhattheydo.Forthefirstyear

teaching,I'mnotgoodatcontrollingthestudents,soI

oftenaskmystudentstositstraighttolookatmeand

listentomealot.Butinaresult,itdoesn，tbenefitthe

studentsandteachingresults.SoIrealizeasteachers,we

can，ttalktoomuchinclass.

First,asateacher,weshouldbeagoodorganizer.When

wegivestudentsanenvironmenttotalk,weshouldorganize

thestudentswell.Toteachadults,wedonotneedtoworry

aboutit.Becausetheycancontrolthembythemselves.In

thisperiod,weneedn，ttoworrywhetherourstudentscan

talkornot,wejustpatmoreattentiontotheir

discipline.Iftheclassroomdisciplineinunderthe

teacher'scontrol,studentscantalkalotfreelyinthe

environmenttheteacherprovides.However,ifthe

disciplineisnotgood,classisindisorder.Soasateacher,

weshouldorganizeourclassinorder,butnottotalktoo

muchaboutdisciplineinclass.

Second,weneedtocreateaveryrelaxedandfriendly

environmentforchildrentotrytospeakinthenew

language.1thinkifthechildrenfeelhappyinmyclass,

theywilllistentomeverycarefullyandIdon，tneedto

repeatagainandagainandthereismoretimeforstudents

totalk.Whenthestudentsfinishtalking,weneedto

encouragethemandpraisethemforbeingbrave.Ithink

creatingarelaxedenvironmen