Tuesday, December 3, 2013

擔任台中市外師研習講師:


It was a very good opportunity to put my English skills to test by doing a presentation in English to native speakers, exchanging many interesting ideas about the differences of education reform between Taiwan and the West. We both are very dissatisfied with the current situation and think maybe we can learn from each other. Well, No Child Left Behind incorporated standardized tests and caused backlash while the reduction of study pressure and more student-centered teaching strategies here becomes the new norm in Taiwan. Those policy makers should take more cultural things into consideration when trying to implant those “good” foreign policies.

Monday, December 2, 2013

我的Butterfly S 及 ScreamBeam Pro


因學校無線網路經常不能使用,找到幾個很好的理由後,終於也加入了智慧型手機的行列。現在的Android 有了Miracast,無線投影也變得超級簡單,而且影、音皆可傳,順暢不延遲。上班辨公、教室裏教學、外出簡報及晚上看電影等,都可在指間完成。http://howto.cnet.com/…/miracast-everything-to-know-about-…/

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Cooperative Group Learning


This teaching log is created to keep track of all the workshops, lesson plans, teaching activities and reflections of the project, "Cooperative Group Learning", which is a mandatory program coordinated by the MOE. I was assigned by my school to take on this challenge, but on top of that, I would really love to grab this chance and revolutionize my ways of teaching. Anyway, as I gain more knowledge and skills regarding this topic along the way, this page will be beefed up as well. 

Thursday, August 29, 2013

第2053期「領導人員培育班」研習- 摘要與心得

1.署政策課程(國前署長官-林淑敏視察)
Some important educational policies were introduced, such as previous endeavors and measures put into helping creating normalization of a healthier teaching environment. As a member of the Advisory group, of course I would focus more on how to beef up teaching and assessment, which include Effective Teaching, Differentiated Instruction, Cooperative Group Learning and Alternative Assessment. These courses are considered as the key to the success of the educational reform, so workshops with regard to these topics will continued to be held to promote tried and trusted approaches to in-service teachers, hoping our students can benefit form those changes in teaching and assessment.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Building Teaching Skills Through The Interactive Web

Building Teaching Skills Through The Interactive Web


AE E-Teacher Program
As a member of the English Advisory Group here in Taiwan, I am usually required to do presentations about innovative teaching at workshops for teachers from junior high schools. That’s why I have to constantly expose myself to original ideas and put them into practice in my class before I can share them with other teachers.  I’m also the one who officially blogs for the city government about all the important events regarding English teaching in Taichung City, which is the third largest city in Taiwan (http://eng-j.guidance.tc.edu.tw/). Therefore, not only I’m highly motivated to polish myself in teaching but I have the influence to promote what I have learned from this course to many English teachers in Taichung.

Final Project and Feedback



Final Project (W9)
by Richard Guozhen Li on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 11:48am ·
Building Teaching Skills Through the Interactive Web
Project Report

Name:   Richard G. Li                                                       Country:  Taiwan                 

I. Background 

  • Who are the learners?
There are about thirty eighth graders participating in this class as their extra curricular activity, and they come from different classes with mixed English levels. Before signing up for this class, they are supposed to read the terms of application that they are highly motivated to learn English and have at least an intermediate level of English listening comprehension. This class is conducted only ONCE a week, so they should have plenty of time to prepare for the tasks.