teaching the japanese english, has seriously got me. i mean, first of all, i'm not a native speaker, which i really don't mind, considering the knowledge that my english is better than them, hence, the teaching. duh.. what worries me is that, i've been thinking a lot of how to teach these students (junior high students esp., coz the kids, seriously, i don't mind, i could just start from A.), and let them know that un-native speaking teachers might as well be as good as the natives tachers.
i've asked them what they want to learn, or know, after the 3rd class, and hearing their asnwers, i have to agree, was what making me having doubts.
some of them said they want to learn reading -- but the thing is, they don't even know how to spell words, let alone pronounce them.
they say they want to learn listening -- but they can't even understand what
i'm speaking!
they want to learn speaking -- but when were asked to repeat after me, they hesitate.
at first, i didn't even allow any japanese language used in my class, but it was a total failure. then, when i started to use japanese in order to explain to them the meanings of the words etc., it turned out into a
japanglish class, which i totally am NOT,
ever, want to happen!!
and i realized myself becoming one of this concern teachers who actually am thinking (hard) bout their students' accomplishments. haha. *puke*
