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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Cultural differences between an expat teachr n local students
How imp is it fr an expat teachr to hv a clear understandin’ n b sensitv to the local culture of the country where they teach ?
Wud u get yr child educatd by a expat teachr who is wanting in understandin' the culture of+in yr country?
7 years 28 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
Would you like to write that again in a language we all might understand?
Would you like to write that again in a language we all might understand?
You're trying too hard to get back into character after posting out of character, poser.
Would you want an expat teacher who also took bribes?
Would you want an expat teacher teaching, encouraging and then allowing cheating?
Would you want male expat teachers taking students (middle/ high schoolers and university students) out to hotels?
I have to go... so on to my point
My students are studying English, along with the language comes the culture. And let's be honest, there are many aspects of Chinese teaching that go against actual learning (rote learning, don't ask questions of the teacher), when people learn a language they must be allowed feel comfortable enough to freely express themselves. The Chinese teaching styles puts students down for making mistakes so students are less likely to express themselves. Yeah, I understand the history and reasons behind it but it is wrong for teaching period, especially language. I explain to my students how I do things differently and I clearly explain my expectations and then I hold them to it.
Proof to my point, there is a Chinese teacher who teaches completely contradictory to the Chinese style, especially when it comes to practical and real life practice. I never met a student who didn't say she was the best teacher they ever had.