It looks like I am going to get another five groups in addition to the five groups assigned to me last week. That means 10 hours teaching time each week. Not bad. And compared to the 20 hours per week I got back in China, 10 hours should be like a walk in the park.
But it is not.
Those 10 hours of teaching mean an additional 30 hours (or more) for preparation (remember: we are BIG on props). So although 10 hours is not a full load yet, I think I have more than I can handle for now. I’ll see how I get by with these 10 groups and if I change my mind in the future, I’ll accept more. But… I don’t think I will.
More loads mean more money but a one has to be careful because more teaching loads could result to a poor quality of teaching. I know most teachers strive to give the best to their pupils but teachers are also humans, they have their limits too and for me a teaching time of 10 hours per week is my limit.
This morning, I prepared a simple game for one of my classes to help them revise vocabularies they’ve learned last semester. I spent hours in the internet looking for appropriate props but I ended up making my own “Picture Bingo” because although there are a lot of printable bingo games in the internet, I haven’t found the perfect one.
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As you can see on the photo, my classroom does not look like a regular classroom. Me and my pupils (including their parents) will be sitting down in a circle on the carpet. One of the principles of the learning center is to make the classroom favorable to learning but somehow different from that of a regular classroom.




