Two Kiwi Volunteers' Language and Cultural Sharing

My students and I had fun learning about Maori culture with hands-on activities, including the haka war dance, hongi greeting, how to put on a scary face, and so on. 

Readers' Theater Workshop: Bringing the Story Alive

Sharing ideas and techniques of how to bring the story alive and the structure of a screenplay 

A Fantastic Teaching Demonstration by My Student Teacher

An English class filled with engaging activities to help students master the sentence pattern

Four Skype Sessions with a Japanese Middle School

Photo Credit: https://www.fureai-cloud.jp/azuchi-jh

Both Taiwanese and Japanese students had fun sharing school life, culture, and asking follow-up questions in English through international video conferencing

A Malaysian AIESEC Volunteer's Cultural Sharing

Learning about the races, religions, food, and so on about Malaysia through a vivid presentation in English and Chinese

GEPT Reading and Speaking

Using English-medium Instruction and a variety of engaging tasks to help students read and speak better in English

Getting Language-gifted Students to Speak English

With frequent video calls to a native speaker, my students are learning to express themselves in English. 

Winning 2019 English Reader's Theater Championship臺中市國中學生英語讀者比賽第一名

Using Story Circle to Create a Script

English Stress and Intonation Notes

With our amazing script and excellent performance, this was without a doubt another great success in my English teaching career

2019 Dream to the Power of N: New Taipei City

Workshop Ideas

Sharing EMI, international video conferencing, and lesson planning strategies with a live demo and a series of hands-on tasks

Korean Sister School's Educational Visit

Lesson Planning & Logistical Arrangements

KMJH’s Official YouTube Channel’s Coverage

Doing a DAMN GOOD job with two ceremonies, eight classes, and two homestays for the sister school partnership between Kyungpook National University Middle School and Taichung Municipal Kuang-Ming Junior High School

Using Story Circle to Create a Script

https://youtu.be/kJwCl1IoMDA

Creating a script with the structure and critical elements based on Story Circle

Have Fun Speaking English: Icebreaker Questions and Information Gap

Getting my students to enjoy speaking English through a series of connected tasks

A Full Day Course for the Korean Sister School's Visit

Lesson planning for a course to ensure fond memories with English speaking, hands-on tasks, KMJH's distinctive features, cultural differences, and so on

Competency-based Lesson Planning

Six integrated and cross-curricular lesson planning ideas and seven teaching practices that would go well with the new national curriculum guidelines

2019 American English Teacher Seminar

The entire exchange program was sponsored by U.S. Department of State, implemented by FHI 360, with local programming by San Diego Diplomacy Council. There were 21 participants in total from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. The hosts gave us a brief overview of the program and logistics. As a border city with a considerable population of immigrants, we would be mainly focusing on bilingual education and school visits. Then, for our professional development programs, there would be topics related to Content-Based Instruction, Teaching English in English, Dual Immersion, etc.

A Live Demo of How to Conduct International Video Conferencing

Planting a seed of how to conduct a Skype exchange session with the 9th graders at Hsinchu County Chungshiao Junior High School

Some Thoughts about Recent Workshops

Making workshops more custom-made and task-based by incorporating lesson planning strategies into the preparation process

The English Presentation Contest by iEARN TAIWAN

Sharing our VR English campus guide project and various international video conferencing sessions with Japanese and Korean schools in an English presentation contest and winning the Excellence Award

How to Prepare for an English Presentation

The best way I know to prepare for an English presentation is to rehearse with one-on-one online English class. It not only helps me organize my thoughts and ideas more clearly but practice getting everything across in English.

How to Conduct International Video Conferencing in the Classroom

Engaging the teachers with a live video call, lesson planning strategies, and a hands-on experience with Skype settings

The main idea for this workshop is to show the teachers how to conduct a Skype exchange session in the classroom. The purpose is for students to experience how to communicate in the language with their neighboring Asian counterparts or English-speaking teachers on Skype.

The Duo's English Speaking Journey

The Duo truly made significant progress in terms of English communicative skills with many international video conferencing calls in the past school year.

Reading Comprehension Question Types

Getting my gifted students creating mind maps to illustrate question categories, stems, and strategies for English reading comprehension questions from the Comprehensive Assessment Program

Core Competency, Alternative Curriculum, and Lesson Planning with TBL

http://www.naer.edu.tw/ezfiles/0/1000/img/52/129488083.pdf

To promote Task-Based Learning and develop feasible school-developed curriculum, I accepted an invitation from Nani, one of the major textbook publishers, in the hope that in-service teachers can be better prepared for the demanding challenges brought by the implementation of the new national curriculum guidelines.

Sister School MOU Signing

During the signing ceremony, I took on three roles of interpreter, presenter, MC altogether and all went well. It would be one of the highlights in my career.

Sharing My English Learning Journey on a Live Radio Show

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Sharing how I learned English and what I achieved on a live radio show

For the very first time, I got invited by the National Education Radio and talked about my English journey on air. The show host has a regular slot dedicated to English learning, and I'm honored to have the privilege to share the greatest passion of my life.

Building Sister School Partnership

http://ivy.knu.ac.kr

After the back-and-forth with my Korean counterparts, I made a significant breakthrough in promoting international education at MY school. By building our very first sister school partnership, the journey to inbound and outbound exchange just turned a new leaf. The timing also couldn't have been better because we just celebrated the school's 50th birthday.