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seaoflove · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 11

does anyone have to teach the same lesson 20 times in one week?

Laoshi1950 · Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 198 Location: Australia

Certainly would not want to teach the same lesson 20 times in the one week!

This year, I have seven classes of Freshmen university students for the same subject - so, I have to teach the same lesson 7 times a week.

The good thing is that the lesson preparation is not very demanding or time-consuming - but, by the end of the week I am feeling a bit bored by the constant repetition of the same lesson material.

However, your situation is 3 times "worse" than mine. Maybe you have developed some survival strategies in the classroom to keep each lesson fresh and interesting for you.

robinasia · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 7 Location: China

Try doing the same lesson 27 times per week. The first 15 or so aren't too bad. I just feel sorry for the kids who have me for the last ten--all spontaneity is gone and I just don't care any more. I try to add a bit of variety --make the lesson a bit harder for those whose comprehension is better and a lot easier for the classes that don't understand sh**t. But essentially each lesson is the same and it sucks!

william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

beijing

7969 · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong

is there any point to this post? or is it just meant to be a simple yes or no answer?

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

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mjlpsu · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 128 Location: NJ to Shenzhen

That's a little excessive. I have to teach the same material everyday for two weeks, but it's only one class a day. Plus I can vary the first half of the lesson as much as I want.

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

Why not come up with a two-part lesson (or even two seperate lessons) and teach one for 10 lessons and the other for the other ten lessons, then switch them around the next week?

7969 · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong

i tried mixing up lesson in the past so as to avoid doing the same one all week. it was a disaster. even though i keep a record of what i do in every class, i kept getting things mixed up between one class and another. for the sake of easy organization and planning, i do the same lesson all week now, but i only have 7 classes a week.