10/20 The Old Boys and the Girls

Everybody was excited when the old boys came in the classroom. I guess for those old boys, the way those girls giggled was the most frightening thing in the world~ Just as Rainbow said, if Ss' questions had been polished, the activity could have been more successful. I suggest that we can teach Ss those useful expressions about love before they design the questions. Then, Ss will have more language choices as they design the questions and they will be more likely to produce those expressions while interviewing the guests. Although during this activity, Ss' attention often switches from using English to asking questions to dig out the old boys' secrets in Chinese, I still saw some successful conversations carrying on in not very fluent but definitely communicative English. I think this is an exciting activity and it is also a bold move to conduct such activity because the activity involves something more than English learning. It involves an issue that is so natural but so unnaturally constrained and restricted by adults who happen to have teenagers as their children; it involves people who are the opposite sexes of our Ss and who are not professional English teachers. If I were in Rainbow's shoes, I didn't know whether I could control it well. One thing for sure, I have to develop very good relationship with my Ss. Then, I'll have plenty teaching resources and "voluntary labors" in the future~ This time, I have a clearer idea of how the three classes react differently. It is very helpful for my future teaching.