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Tell me about teaching in Hong Kong

 
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martinphipps



Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 55
Location: Taiwan

PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:51 am    Post subject: Tell me about teaching in Hong Kong Reply with quote

I am writing a book about teaching English in Asia, but my experience only relates to Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Tell me about teaching English in Hong Kong. I have some specific questions.

Do you work with a local teacher? Is she in the classroom with you or does she teach the same class at a different time? Is he or she considered your boss or your equal or does this depend on how much experience you have?

When in Hong Kong, do people expect you to learn the local language or are they surprised whenever you use Chinese at all? Are you forbidden by your school owners from using Chinese in class? Do the students seem to expect you to understand Chinese and get frustrated when you don't understand Chinese?

Do most people work in private cram schools or in government sponsored public schools? Do they provide you with textbooks and a syllabus or is that entirely up to the teachers? Do you get in trouble for using Thai in class or by not playing enough games or are teaching methods left up to the teacher to decide?

If it isn't you who makes the decision as to how to teach your class then who's decision is it? Your co-teacher? Your supervisor? The owner of the school?

What is the biggest problem that students in Hong Kong have? How does the local language affect the way they speak English? Are there any words they especially have trouble pronouncing? Do they have trouble adapting to the fact that English uses a different alphabet or do they pick it up fairly quickly?

Thank you.

Martin Phipps,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Applied Foreign Languages,
Chungtai Institute pf Health Sciences and Technology,
Taichong, Taiwan
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Newbs



Joined: 14 Nov 2004
Posts: 75
Location: Hangzhou, China

PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Members of Daves might be interested to read some of the comments that were posted after this request (entitled 'Tell me about teaching in China') on the China (Job related) forum, also on December the 2nd. I did not post on that one because I esentially agreed with Old Dog.

Still, judge for yourselves.
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hkgirlo



Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 57
Location: Hong Kong

PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:48 am    Post subject: Hong Kong? Reply with quote

Are you including a section on teaching in Hong Kong in your book? I wouldn't want to read about teaching in Hong Kong based on information the author got from people on a forum. You should come here and teach or research if you are going to write about it.
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