IknowwhatmystudentsneedNowIhavebeenateacherforfiveyears.Iknowwhatmystudentsneedclearly.Maybetheywanttohavealot,butthereisthemostneedofthesuccessforthem.SuccessisveryhelpfulforstudentstolearnEnglish.SoIoftengivethemtheopportunitytomakethemsuccessful.Studentsprefertoexpressthemselves,soIliketogivestudentsopportunitiesforself-expression.Forexample,inaconsolidationphase,Ialwaysallowstudentstotaketurnsreading,as"ateacher".Allthestudentsarefondofbeigateacher,evensomearenotgoodinEnglish.Bacausetheycanleadotherstoreadandfeelthejoyofsuccess.Ontheotherhand,Ioftenaskstudentstoperforminfrontoftheclassroom.WhenIreviewthedialoguesinthetextbook,Iwillasksometoactout.Atthistime,Manystudentsraisetheirhandsandhopemegivethemachance.Theycanplaythedialoguesverywelllike”Atasnackbar”,””andsoon.Onthewhole,studentsenjoytheseactivities.Moreimportantly,theycangainasenseofaccomplishment.Butiftheyfailintheactivities,they’llbeverysadandexpressed.SoIalwayschoosesuitableactivitiesforthem.Ithinkit’sagoodwaytomakethemsuccessfulbyactivities.Ihopeeveryteachercandoit.Ofcourse,thestudentswillbehappytohaveasenceofthesuccess.Ithinkit’smystudents’needmost.ThefirstEnglishclassItaughtNowIrememberthefirstEnglishclassItaughtclearly.Wouldyouliketoshareitwithme?OK!Letmetellyou!ThestudentsItaughtwereinGrade3.Mostofthemdidn’tlearnEnglishatschoolbefore.Onthewaytotheclassroom,Ifullofconfidence.WithwhatIpreparedfortheclass,Ismiledandthought,Imustmakethestudentsloveme,loveEnglishclassandloveEnglish!”WhenIcameintheclassroom,firstIkeptsmilingandsaid“hello”tothestudentshappily.Theywereverysmart.Theysmiled,wavedtheirhandsatmeandsaid“hello”happilytome.Iwasveryhappy.Iputmythumbsupandsaid,“You’resogreat!”Theywereveryhappytoo.ThenIintroducedmyselftothem.Immediatelytheycouldintroducethemselves.Howexcellenttheyare!Doyouthinkso?Yes?Thankyouverymuch!Later,IaskedthestudentstosaysomeEnglishtheyknew.Tomysurprise,theysaidalot,suchasUFO,NBA,CCTVandcool.Ipraisedthematonce,“***!YouknowsomuchEnglish!WhocantellmewhyweshouldlearnEnglish?”Thestudentslistedmanyreasons,forexample,learningEnglishwell,wecantalkwithforeigners,wecanreadEnglishnovels,wecanwatchEnglishcartoons,wecangetahighscoreinthetestandwecanlearnmoreknowledgefromforeigncountries.Attheendoftheclass,Iaskedthem,“DoyouLoveme?DoyoulikelearningEnglish?”Theyhappilyansweredmetogether,“Yes!”Ithinkinmyfirstclass,I’msuccessfulthatImakemystudentshappyandconfident.TheyknewthatEnglishisuseful,Englishisfun,Englishiseasytolearn!I’llneverforgetthefirstEnglishclassItaught.Willyourememberit?Howtousebodylanguageintheclassroom?Personallyinmyopinion,bodylanguageisveryusefulintheclassroom.Itcansavemytimetoorganizetheclassroomdiscipline.Itcanhelpthestudentstounderstandandrememberwhattheylearneasily.Itcanmaketheclassactive.Buthowtousebodylanguageintheclassroom?NowI’dliketoshowyousomeexamples.First,bodylanguagecansavemytimetoorganizetheclassroomdiscipline.Whenwepracticedialoguesinpairsorgroupsfreely.Iaskthemtostopwhenfinish.Butsomestudentsdon’tstop,justtalkandtalk.Atthistime,Inevershout“stop”orknocktheblackboardloudly.Idolikethis,Istandinfrontoftheclassroomandkeepasmileinmyface.Icalmlysaid,＂Whocandothedialogue?＂Thestudentscanremindeachothertostop.Ifsomeoneputhisheadonthedesk,I’llsmiletohim,straightenupandputmyhandback.He’llbeshy,smileanddoeslikeme.Andwecancontinueourlessonato...
