English Angel 在師大 (鄭苔英老師)

1. Goldilocks and the three bears. 金髮女孩與三隻熊 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS3nN6PH96Y (1) woods 樹林 (2) stood still 一動不動的站著 (3) wee baby bear 小熊 ( 4) porridge 麥片粥 (5) bear's cottage 熊的小木屋 (6) frightened 害怕的 (7) gobble up 吃東西吃的很快 (8) slippery 滑的 (9) peer into his bowl 盯著他的碗看(10) puzzled 困惑的 看一下童話故事，紓解一下壓力吧!!

在人生的旅途中，起起伏伏是家常便飯! 如果剛好遇到了，只要朝著目標勇敢前進，並記得以下這一句話! 那麼你就不會那麼擔憂了! Cross the bridge when you get there! 船到橋頭自然直!

After watching this video, I cherish my life more. Besides, I learn to be like what Nick says "to be thankful, to dream big and to never give up!" I hope you all find this encouraging and inspiring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnT9vIX048E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVGbwlAoqo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNFawu2QuSM&feature=related (附中文字幕) Nick Vujicic (一個天生沒有四肢的人，但是他的生活態度是你我所不及的! ) 有興趣的同學可以把其他的部分(4-13)也看完喔!

同學每次上 Angela 的 blog 時都可以看一下圖片框框的英語喔 ! (1) Enlgish Idioms Daily 每日英語慣用語 ( 右邊第一張圖 ) (2) British English 英式英語 ( 右邊第二章圖 ) 今天的用語你們學會了嗎 ? (1) drop in 非正式的拜訪 (2) return ticket 來回票

每一期第一節上課時，總是會有學生很驚訝!以下是第一堂的反應... A: 要說英文喔? B: 上課不能講中文啊? C: 一直要聽英文喔? D: 中籍老師為甚麼要說英文? E: 有的聽不懂耶 F：我的英文很爛耶 其實如果同學仔細看一下這些反應，是不是心有戚戚焉的感覺。 如果你是很想躲到陰暗的角落，不要被老師發現，拒絕說英文，能說中文就說中文，不能說中文就應付一下敷衍幾句。那麼Angela要告訴你，學英文要開始學習態度了喔。最值得注意的是：大家來到了課堂，不管程度好不好，不管緊不緊張，不論害不害怕，只要先調整一下心態，改變一下，跟隨Angela 的指導，雖然不一定保證突猛進，不過進步空間一定是可以預期的。 :) 俗說 No pain, no gain.  沒有痛苦，哪來收穫阿！ 又說 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧！ Angela

If you are a dentist and you don't know how to communicate with your patients, you might want to read the following. Here are some of the lines that you might hear from your dentists. 1. I'll see you in six months to make sure everything looks good. 2. You are one of my best patients. 3. I'm proud of you. (To kids when they did a great job sitting on the chair for a long time.) 4. If you feel uncomfortable, just let me know. 5. If you need to rinse, just let me know. 6. I'll see you in six months. 7. That's it unless you want to come back earlier. (You can tell a joke to your patient.) 8. Everything looks good/fine. 9. If you feel any pain/discomfort, let me know. 10. You make my job so easy. (If you patient is not a trouble maker. )

These few years I have had experiences teaching students from different settings, universities and school of continuing education. Some students are studying at a prestigious university. Some are studying at a low ranking university. The others are adults who take English classes just to improve their English abilities or personal satisfaction. I have to say that I actually learned a lot from teaching these students. For example, high level students who are currently at a so called "good university", the majority of them has good English abilities and their attitudes toward English are positive. They have the habits to read English and they are more responsible for their own studying. A lot of them are from a family where their parents pay attention to their education and will be willing to provide them a good learning environment. Therefore, students' general English abilities are higher. On the contrary, lower level students who are from low ranking universities do ha...

Good teachers make a difference. But the question is "What is a good teacher?" "Am I a good teacher?", sometimes, we all ask ourselves the same question. From time to time, we examine ourselves and hope we are the one who inspires the students and helps them learn in class. Sometimes, I hear complaints from students and I am so surprised by what they say. Students who have a problem learning or hate English due to the teacher's attitudes. Therefore, I believe that as a teacher we can do the following. A good teacher should: 1. have enthusiasm and patience. 2. answer students questions patiently. 3. give students challenging tasks. 4. inspire students to learn. 5. motivate students. 6. have good interaction with students. 7. provide variety of activities in class. A good teacher shouldn't: 1. deride students. 2. look down at slower learners. 3. have a superior attitude toward students.

When I teach freshman English Reading class at universities, I do find out students' attitudes are quite negative toward English. I remembered the previous year when I taught lower level students at a university. I asked students how much they enjoyed learning English. The students' answers were quite disappointing. Students told me that they hated English a lot. Like usual, I had a big class around 65 students. Many students attended the class simply because it was compulsory. Few students really liked or were motivated to learn English reading. In order to know their attitudes toward English, I asked them on my very first class to tell me how much they hate or like English. I would draw a graph from 0 to 100, every ten is an interval, to see if they like or dislike English. O means they like English very much; 100 means they hate English the most. The survey results showed that almost 2/5 of my students hate English a lot. 1/3 of the students say they don'...