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zanne
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 Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: how important is humour |
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D.O.S.
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Location: TOKYO (now)/ LONDON
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:53 am Post subject: |
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A sense of humour is an essential skill for an EFL teacher.
But more than a classroom skill, I believe it is even most important when dealing with issues while living abroad. |
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ls650
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| D.O.S. wrote: |
| I believe it is even most important when dealing with issues while living abroad. |
Oh yeah... it's much better to laugh with the immigration officials than to shout at them.  |
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Perpetual Traveller
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: In the Kak, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| ls650 wrote: |
| Oh yeah... it's much better to laugh with the immigration officials than to shout at them. |
I don't get it.
And I don't get why you all think a sense of humour is important.
Not that I don't have one or anything... it's just that no one ever says anything funny when I'm around...
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Nomad Dan
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Location: Myanmar
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: |
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lower that filter  let the learning begin |
Heck yes, man.... You gotta be funny. Algebra teachers can be sticks in the mud, but we EFLers need to use humor.
I do, and the teachers I consider to be really good at what they do and not pompous (sp???) asses do as well...
I can't be happy ALL the time...though I try, but I can be funny most of the time....
and I don't worry too much about whether my students are taking me seriously or not..Rather I wonder if at times I take myself too seriously.
I think that can be a bigger problem, eh?
Cheers, and don't worry, make 'em laugh...BRING IN THE CLOWNS!
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Nomad Dan
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
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Location: Myanmar
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: AND ANOTHER THING |
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I recall how I have seen teachers use their quick humor and wit to belittle a student....sometimes the student was being a pain, and sometimes not, but it is never appropriate (I think....or is it ???).
It is something that I need to be extra careful not to do. I don't have to worry about it here in SE Asia with international school students as I don't have the frequent snide remarks coming from the learning masses...
I am a funny kind and gentle teaching tyrant...
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william wallace
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject: Sensei humour... |
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nothing to say
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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Nomad Dan wrote: |
and I don't worry too much about whether my students are taking me seriously or not.. |
I'm all for keeping the lessons interesting and (sometimes) funny, but it's of utmost importance that students DO take their teacher seriously, or they simply won't respect you. Maybe that's less true in conversation schools, but for uni preparatory programs, it's a fact. |
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Nomad Dan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Me teach um university prep and me many funny too.
I think that all of my students do take me seriously, but we enjoy a good laugh frequently. It is a balancing act, granted.
I just don't consciously worry about it.
OMG, should I worry?  |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003
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Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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| my textbook says that children dont understand sarcasm but adolescents do--they are cognitively equipped for it. but I think he must mean american adolescents because i dont recall my teenagers in asia getting my sarcasm--heck i didnt get it myself till i was fourten or fifteen, and it took a good ten years before becoming part of the old repertoire.... anyway sarcasm is... what is it... it is a useful weapon but not to be mistaken for wit. Ever lived in London? |
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