Teaching difficulty
Posted by Kansai Blogger | Under General Thursday Nov 2, 2006I teach English on Thursdays and Fridays to children. Teaching something is really encouraging and enjoyable. But at the same time, it’s quite difficult. My students are from 5 years old to 8 years old. On Thursdays classes, students are all girls and on Fidays, students are all boys.
Those girls love songs and dances. They are very diligent. They do homeworks with pleasure. The difficult point for girls is that a few girls shun another girl and they are really mean. On the other hand, the difficulty for boys is that they can’t be quiet nor sit down properly. So that I need to speak loudly and repeat the same phrase many times. That means I get completely exhasted after lessons. However the good point for boys is that they are not mean, rather very honest and sweet.
I think I have to be more strict to students. It seems that they think of me as a friend. From next week, I will say ‘No!’ with serious face and voice when they do something they shouldn’t do.
Teaching isn’t an easy job. It takes a lot of patience, energy, strength and a good lesson plan; one that is interesting and fast paced.
How are the books? Have you used them yet? I’ve been using them in my lessons and the kids love them and are learning lots by using them. I hope you are experiencing the same thing.
Thank you for your comment. I used the book you published. My students seemed to be interested in writing “A” and “APPLE”. I gave them a homework using the book. I think I need experiences. As you pointed out, patience and energy are quite necessary to teach something. I hope I can continue to teach English as long as possible and I can convey to them cultural diversity through speaking English. Picture books and songs in English are fascinating to me so I think it’s wonderful if my students can feel the same excitement as I feel.