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RPMcMurphy
Joined: 22 Aug 2012
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Location: Australia
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| Quite possibly Chris. I got it from Language Teacher Research in Asia, Ed. Thomas Farrell, TESOL.Inc.2006 |
Ah, cheers.
I just did a search for the article I had in mind. It's an article in Volume 41, Issue 4 (December 2007) of TESOL Quarterly titled "Conceptions of a Good Tertiary EFL Teacher in China" (pages 781-790) by Zhang Qunying and David Watkins. I highly recommend this article.
Warm regards,
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Thanks Chris, I'll certainly read that.
The one I looked at was purely in a Chinese student/Chinese teacher context, but I'm sure those expectations also apply to FTs.
Do remember, this was a small scale survey [which is where research usually starts] at one institution. |
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kev7161
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Location: Suzhou, China
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Is humorous 24%
They can expect it, but I don't know many good professors or teachers who got their whole lecture or lesson taught merely through comedic performance. I understand that a 40 minute - 1.5 hour class is not always going to be fun. I study and teach with this in mind. |
I don't know that being humorous means acting a clown throughout your entire class(es). I think that if you have a good sense of humor, can crack a joke every once in a while, laugh with your students (but not AT your students!) and find humor in the discussions or lessons you are having would be the definition of "Is humorous". Being a strict or stern teacher with a foul disposition every single lesson would probably be the opposite of this expectation. |
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Shroob
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I actually asked my students (freshmen English majors, first lesson) a question along the lines of, 'What are your expectations of this course?'
They came up with some typical/positive answers such as 'improve our confidence', 'debates and discussions', 'improve our fluency and allow us to talk freely'. Though I also got, 'preform for us every week', 'sing us songs' and 'speak Chinese'.
I agree with the first set of expectations completely, however the second set I told them might be a problem! I had a laugh with them about it, especially the last one! |
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