WELCOME TO HUT

1. WELCOMETO HUT Hubei University of Technology Hubei Gong Ye Da Xue

2. Who to see for what • Administration • Personal assistants • Head teachers • Teaching assistants • Student monitors

3. Living on campus • Your apartment • Shopping • Eating out • Bank • Post office • Transport

4. Classrooms • Teaching buildings • Style of rooms • Multimedia equipment • The Key Lady • Class hours and breaks • Photocopying

5. Cultural do’s and don’ts • Courtesy • Greetings • Mealtimes • Siesta

6. A Guide to Teaching Chinese Students

7. Cultural do’s and don’ts in the classroom • Body contact • China • Religion • Saving face • Pointing

8. Your students • need to know exactly what you want them to do. • fear being embarrassed in front of their peers. • are curious about you.

9. So, we the teachers need to • speak slowly • ask good questions • write the question on the blackboard • give students time to think • not pounce questions on the students • repeat what has been learned • leave a good first impression

10. Speak slowly. If you speak too fast, some students may give up.

11. Write the question on the blackboard.

12. Ask good questions.

13. Don’t pounce questions.

14. Give students time to prepare their answers ...

15. Give students time to think ...

16. Use timed interval reinforcement.

17. Your Students • are good memorizers. • enjoy doing drills. • are able to read in unison. • are loyal to and supportive of each other.

18. However, some students may not understand you. • Don’t ask the student if he/she understands. The student will say “yes”. • They have spent years at school learning to be invisible and to anticipate what their teachers want to hear from them.

19. Teach for outcomes. • This is why we must teach for student outcomes. Get students to engage in practice through which you can evaluate their learning.

20. We must remember to find out what the students already know. • We don’t want to waste time teaching something that they are too shy to tell us they have learned before. • If our teaching is focused upon outcomes and evaluating outcomes throughout the lesson, we will be more likely to discover what they can and cannot do.

21. The First Lesson • Introduce yourself. • Get to know them. • Set a list of 5 or 6 class rules. • Course outline and grading • Set them a homework task in preparation for Lesson #2. • Give students an email address (not phone #).

22. Speak slowly

23. Attendance list • Take attendance at every lesson. • Ask students if they wish to adopt an English name. • Use attendance list for review or introducing a new topic. • Use the list to call upon students during class.

24. Planning structured lessons • Plan your lesson to achieve a specific outcome. • List the lesson objective(s) on the board before class. • Tell students: ”Today we are going to...”

25. Basic Lesson Plan • Warm up • Introduction to the topic • Presentation - teacher explains / lectures • Practice – the students DO something • Timed interval reinforcement - mid-lesson or every 20 minutes • Evaluation – at the end of the lesson the students DO something again that is measurable • Timed interval reinforcement again i.e. review of day’s lesson and outcomes

26. Skill-Focused Lesson Devote one 45 minute period to one or two skills at the most e.g • listening • listening and speaking • listening and writing • writing and grammar • reading and speaking • vocabulary and speaking

27. You may list your objectives on the board as follows: • TOPIC: “What career do you prefer?” • Outcome: Students should be able to speak about jobs and career preferences. • Skill focus: Listening and speaking • TOPIC: “Writing a Resume” • Outcome: Students should be able to write a resume. • Skill focus: Writing and vocabulary

28. and remember…

29. Speak slowly