In recent years, China is brought in line with international practice. The number of foreign students ran up; at the same time bring more foreign teachers. The requirements Chinese students have on the foreign teachers are increasing. In order to be popular with the Chinese students, instructors should be noted these five major issues.
In recent years, China is brought in line with international practice. The number of foreign students ran up; at the same time bring more foreign teachers. The requirements Chinese students have on the foreign teachers are increasing. In order to be popular with the Chinese students, instructors should be noted these five major issues:
1. The Standard Pronunciation and Trueborn Foreign Culture
This is the most important distinction between the foreign teachers and the ordinary teachers, is also the root reason why a large number of Chinese students chose foreign teachers. Chinese students like the foreign teachers’ fluent foreign language; this will improve their ability of spoken language. And they also like the great differences of the two traditional cultures which the foreign teachers displayed.
2. The Lively, Interesting, Rich and Varied Manner of Education
The foreign education manner is a completely different with Chinese education mode. Although the course is just to teach a few sentences or a grammar, with body language, it can be vividly. With the interesting examples, the students’ enthusiasms are mobilized, and dare to speak.
3. Rich After-school Life
Chinese students are affected by the traditional thinking profoundly; they envy the rich extracurricular life of the foreign students. The foreign teachers share some of the after-school life with Chinese students, such as Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Day, parties and movies, this teaching method can ease the tense atmosphere of learning. When celebrating, the foreign cultures come closer.
4. Equality on Students
In Chinese traditional education system, students and teachers is unfair, teachers require students to do so, students must submit to teachers and students eager to be treated equally. If the foreign teachers in the classroom to give students some choice, such as free to answer questions, not named in question, so that the students feel more free and comfortable.
5. Appropriate Encouragement
The teachers who give more encouragement to guide students enjoy great popularity, especially to the students with strong desire to learn English well, foreign teacher’s encouragement to their spoken English is essential; this can not only stimulate the students’ interest of learning, but also provide them with a sense of satisfaction and excitement during the learning process.
All in all, may be affected by the mass media, may be affected by the curiosity about the blond hair and blue eyes, may be affected by the foreign language learning passion, the Chinese students like the foreign teachers innately, it provide a solid foundation for the teaching and exchanging.