14 March 2010

'Your Teaching is No Good!'

'Teacher Ann...excuse me, but your teaching is no good' said one of the older Cambodian teachers at the school where I teach part-time.

'Excuse me' I replied.

'I see that you smile in class, this is no good. You must be like me. You see - I have an angry face' she said.

'I am interacting with the students and motivating them to study English' I explained.

This teacher had peaked in the window when I was teaching a class on flags of the world, and saw all the flashcards on the board, and me showing the kids where different countries were on a world map.

'You cannot have them out of their seats like that!' she went on.

I'm not sure I will ever convince the 'old school' Cambodian teachers that interactive teaching is good, and that it is okay to smile during a class and get the students up to the board.

However, I am certainly going to continue my teaching methods, because I see the results!

3 comments:

  1. Do you know anything about the activities, or education in Cambodia?

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  2. Hi Miyu,

    Yes. If you want some details about different activities you can email me, or leave me your email on the blog.

    Thanks for visiting our blog.

    Ann

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  3. Thank you.
    Because my class is going to Cambodia for our pegasus over sea trip this year on April. And we have to research about different things on Cambodia. And I chose school and educations.
    Here is my email:

    petit.miu2@gmail.com

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