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RickyMay:TakeMyJobasanHonorIamRickyMayfromtheUnitedStatesandstartedmyteachingexperiencewithEnglishFirst(EF)inShenyanginJune2005.Sincemvhometown—At—Ianta—hostedtheOlympicsin1996.Iamreallyenthusiasticaboutthisop—portunityandconsidermycurrentjobanhonor.Justlikemystudents,lspendsixhoursaday,sixdaysaweekintheclassroom,butIalsospendtimeoutsideofclasspreparingforthelessons.Twiceaweek,Ialsoshowmoviesoutsideofclass.IalsotrytoworkwiththestudentsoneononetohelpthemimprovetheirEnglish.我是瑞克.梅,来自美国。我从2005年开始在英孚的沈阳分校教英语。我的故乡亚特兰大曾经在1996年举行过奥运会,所以我对自己现在的工作非常有热情并将其视为一种荣誉。跟我的学生一样,我每星期有六天每天有六个小时在上课,我还需要花额外的时间来备课以及每星期给我的学生放两次电影。此外,我还尽量一对一地帮助我的学生提高他们的英语。ThestudentsIamteachingaremostlyNationaITechnicaIOfficials.butwealsohaveTangLin,China’s2000Olympicgoldmedalistinjudo,intheclass.Sheisusedtopeopleaskingquestionsandtakingherpicture.Ithinkatfirst,shetriedtobealittleformal.butwehavelearnedtogetalongandrelaxintheclassroom.Now,sheismoreeasycIoingandisimprovingherEnglishwithde—terminationandgenuineconfidence.Sheisalsonotafraidtomakemistakesintheclassroom.Makingmistakesisim—portantwhenlearningalanguage,andsheisbeginningtolearnmuchmorequickly.Sheisaveryconfidentwoman;048HUlmffs日d鲁r^)白r2007shealwaystriestoIearnnewwordsandgrammarandcanbequitepersonableinherspeakingandwriting.IconsidermyselfIuckytohaveherinmyclass.ButIdon。ttreatheranydifferentlyfromtheotherstudentsintheclassroom.Every—onehastheirownspeciaIneeds.SomeofthemaregoodatoralEnglish,somearebetterwithvocabulary,otherswithgrammarorDronunciation.Buttheyallalsohavetheirweaknesses.Ifirsttryto;dent;fvwhattheyareweakatandthenhelpthemimproveinthoseareas.Inmyclass,Iencouragemystudentsalot.Confidenceisveryimportant.1trytomakelanguagelearningfun,oratleasttroublefree,sothestudentsaremorerelaxed.我的学生大部分是国内技术官员,当然其中还有唐琳——2000年悉尼奥运会的柔道冠军。她习惯于被提问和被拍照。我觉得在课程刚开始的时候,她在试着表现的庄重。但我们一直在课堂里学着轻松的相处,她现在已经放松多了,并且带着决心和自信提高着英语水平。她现在也不再害怕在课堂上犯错。对于语言学习来说,犯错误是很重要的,所以她现在进步的越来越快。她非常自信,总是去学习新单词和新的语法点,在写作和口语方面表现突出。能够做她的老师,我觉得自己很幸运。但是在课堂里,我尽量不对她另眼相待。每个人都有自己需要提高的地方。学员们在口语、词汇、语法或者是发音方面各有擅长,但也各有不足,因此我也试着找出每个人的弱项,给他们不同的帮助。在课堂上,我经常鼓励学生。自信很重要。我尽量让语言变得生动,至少别那么难,让学生们无拘无束。stillrememberthefirstclass.Everyonewasnervous,eventheteachenButnow,whenwehaveclass.everyoneisreallyactiveandparticipatesfully.Theyarewillingandoftenenthusiastictoopentheirmouthsandspeak.EFhashighstandardsfortheteacherstheyhire,butIalsohavemyownruIes.Oneofmyrulesisthatyoucannotbeafraidtolosefaceinclass.ItisimportanttoaIlowyourselftomakemistakes.Whenyoumakemistakes,everyonecanIearnfromthemistakes.soitisimportant.我仍然记得在上第一节课的时候,每个人都紧张,当然也包括老师。但是现在在课堂上每个人都很活跃并且积极参与。他们愿意并且乐于开口说英语。英孚对聘请的老师要求很高,所以我制订了课堂规则。其中之一就是在课堂上不应该害怕丢脸。允许自己犯错很重要。在你犯错的时候,其他人也可以从你的错误中学习。SincemystudentsareNationaI1-ech—nicalOfficialsfortheOlympics,ImadesuretopreparesomespeciaIcoursesrelatedtosportsandathleticeventsforthem.考虑到他们是奥运会的国内技术官员,我还为他们准备了一些跟体育和体育赛事有关课程。Inthemornings,weusuallydotextbookwork.Intheafternoons,weusemulti—mediaanddootheractivitiesthatfoCUSonspecialtopicslikeOlympicEnglish.Itgetsboring.fyoudothesamethingoverandoveragain,andstudyingsixhoursaday,sixdaysaweek,canbequitetaxing.Thecoursesareveryintensive,soaddingsomevarietymakesitmorefunandinteresting.ItisimportantthatthestudentsbeenthusiasticaboutIearn—

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