1. NAER PRESENTATION (Teaching Experience in Taiwan)
By Randall James
Foreign English Teacher
Gongguan Elementary School
Miaoli County, Taiwan

2. Sample Teaching Activities
English Exit
Each student must speak an English sentence to the teacher before exiting the classroom
storytelling
TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling
video dialogues
interactive powerpoint
Jeopardy end of semester review
competitive/interactive games
turn and talk
practice speaking to peers in target language
culture share
eg Chinese vs western New Year
kinesthetic learning activities
word race

3. Co Teaching Experience
General Comments
three female co-teachers, one per grade level (4, 5, 6)
excellent English proficiency
also engaged in administrative duties at school
Positives
post/pre teaching conference every Friday
shared classroom: “our” students/class vs “my” students/class
excellent support during lessons
constant feedback and suggestions for teaching activities
Negatives
adapting to three different personalities
adapting to three different classroom management styles

4. Teaching Experiences General Comments
16 year veteran of the high school system
taught at four schools in three countries (USA, St. Lucia, Taiwan)
taught at first experience teaching elementary students in a formal setting
Positives
learning and adapting to a new teaching ideology
students are positive and generally very eager to participate
good support from friendly teaching staff
a wealth of available materials for teaching

5. Teaching Experiences Negatives
exam culture affects teachers’ ability to teach for mastery
issues with homework reduce time available for lesson
language barrier affects efficiency of teaching
textbooks are overly simplistic
textbooks lack authentic activities
excessive reliance on textbook
lack of support for weaker students
no English support outside of classroom
teaching 6 periods per day for 3 days can be exhausting