tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post1758985355123696522..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: In general.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-61622015525913878442011-04-08T16:40:02.345+09:002011-04-08T16:40:02.345+09:00Haha, it's not really going to be a problem af...Haha, it's not really going to be a problem after a couple of weeks. The thing is, they've never been in my class before, so they aren't used to my language --- sign or verbal. One way or another, I'm going to have to teach them what certain things mean. And in that case, I'd rather teach them to respond to my verbal cues. The problem with visual signals for things like "listen" and "be quiet" and "sit down" is that the students often are not looking at you when you need to implicate them. Using hand motions during lessons, however, is just a given. <br /><br />But once I explain "listen" one time, it only takes them a couple more times of hearing it and faltering to get it down. Problem solved.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-91341059558721387452011-04-08T16:36:08.068+09:002011-04-08T16:36:08.068+09:00I'm not sure where you are on things like hand...I'm not sure where you are on things like hand signals, but I teach elementary and all my kids - right up to grade six - hang on my hand motions to help them through understanding me (I try to avoid translating as much as possible). A lot of them are more visual than auditory. They learn to associate "Listen!" with a hand cupped at my ear, they watch my hands to see if they should be listening or repeating during drills, they get hints for a word they are reaching for. I know they have to move onto more grownup teaching styles at some point, but for your younger kids who are struggling, it's better than losing them altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-57842750275833576182011-04-08T11:39:59.740+09:002011-04-08T11:39:59.740+09:00I'm not saying I don't yell ever. I unders...I'm not saying I don't yell ever. I understand well how to "act" angry. But I need to adjust to these guys' level of understanding first, and get to a place where I'm sure they understand what's expected of them. For example, that thing with "listen".... they didn't know what I was saying. For all they knew, I was saying, "Keep shouting out more answers!" It's not fair to turn around and shout at them for that. <br /><br />It's going to take *me* a while to understand *them* first, so I need to keep the shouting under control in the meantime, until I can work out what exactly is bad behavior and what is just a misunderstanding. Just my way of doing things.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-21172776031012930802011-04-08T11:36:23.616+09:002011-04-08T11:36:23.616+09:00I don't really understand what you mean by not...I don't really understand what you mean by not yelling... I have to yell at my 4-6 graders from time to time, it's just part of the job. It's not anger, it's just theatre. You need to sell the image of anger so they know that what they have done is unacceptable. Maybe it's because I have over 600 of them filing through each week and I don't have time to sit each troubleamaker down and have a (translated) heart-to-heart. I have no problem yelling because all the other teachers yell from time to time, and their parents DEFINITELY yell (and hit) so it's nothing they haven't seen before. Maybe they don't always know better, but they will after that. Also, since they don't understand English, shaming them in front of the class (often much more effective, just ask my co-teachers) is not usually feasible.Mr. Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125299410825437145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-7336741775508286562011-04-07T20:34:30.089+09:002011-04-07T20:34:30.089+09:00One of my new coteachers has the same repetition ...One of my new coteachers has the same repetition thing as your Head Teacher and it is driving me insane. I'm teaching at the front of the room, she decides to throw a ppt I've never seen on the screen, I ask her how she wants me to handle it, and she flaps and says "PPT PPT PPT!!" instead of "it's a game" or "it's for this chapter's vocabulary" (most of them are so poorly made that it's hard to guess what she's getting at). Why does she keep cutting me off with the same word? Why does she do this in front of the students? I don't know, but it's fucking exasperating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com