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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Jul 15, 2006 4:20:23 GMT 7
Are there any things that you brought to China to help you with teaching that you wish you'd brought more of, didn't bring but wish you did, or brought but didn't use? What are must haves for newbies and old hands alike? What can/can't you get in China that's needed to enhance the total teaching/learning experience you offer? I know.  |
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Post by Ajarn on Jul 15, 2006 10:39:32 GMT 7
Except for a few books titles, I have been able to obtain virtually every teaching resource I have wanted / needed from the internet.
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Post by woza17 on Jul 15, 2006 16:22:23 GMT 7
4 sets of Monopoly.
Gonzo are you going to tell us?
Yes the internet is a fantastic resource for teaching material.
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Jul 15, 2006 16:32:03 GMT 7
What I meant by "I know" Woza, was that I know I'm a gibbering old fool.
If I knew the answer to anything, I'd be a rich man by now.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jul 15, 2006 19:16:53 GMT 7
Wish I'd brought some scrabble games. More coins and notes from around the world that are just sitting in a jar at home, garnered over the years in my travels. Not much else.
Wish I'd brought a lot more real physical books for myself to read. ebooks just don't do it for me.
Yeah, the rest I pretty much crib from the net.
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Post by Missi on Jul 15, 2006 19:36:41 GMT 7
Vicks Vapour rub to apply to your nose. High School students smell something terrible in the winter.
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Post by Missi on Jul 15, 2006 19:47:49 GMT 7
a map of your country, pictures from around your country, young adult fiction books for student prizes, a video of some places of interet in your home country.
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Post by Dragonsaver on Jul 15, 2006 19:54:06 GMT 7
Posted this on wrong thread. I blame it on jet lag, couldn't possibly be 'old-timers'.  Didn't bring but needed:cans of salmon Scotch tape - ie tape that sticks stapler more pictures of myself and family stuff to hang on walls Copies of songs - music plus words. Children and adult songs.
Brought and used:English-English dictionaries as gifts for students with highest marks. Maps of where I live. Dictionary Thesaurus Pictures Calender with pictures of Canada Coffee Brought and didn't use:some of my text books hobby stuff |
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Jul 16, 2006 1:56:18 GMT 7
I'm just curious as to the pedagogical use of cans of salmon. Similar to Misi's Vicks Vapor Rub? Salmon may approximate the odors wafting down the hall from the latrines.
Blutak: didn't see it in China. Great for sticking wall maps on blackboards.
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Post by Escaped Lunatic on Jul 16, 2006 4:22:33 GMT 7
>4 sets of Monopoly.
OK, I gotta ask. What would one do with 4 sets of Monopoly?
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- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Post by Missi on Jul 16, 2006 7:02:58 GMT 7
Thesaurus- DS it is usually better than a dictionary!
Doc, teenaged Chinese students in the winter time, especailly in Jingmen don't bathe regulary. They smell. Vick's help to reduce the headache and you smell menthol rather than the dirty body smell.
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Post by woza17 on Jul 16, 2006 12:18:25 GMT 7
Loonie play with them. For example I have regular adult classes of say, around 20 students. I set up 4 boards, explain the rules and what the things are in English. If anyone speaks Chinese i take a hundred off them. Boy do they get upset and they love dobbing each other in.
Gonzo I really thought you had the answer and like a good teacher you were going to elicit our answers first
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Jul 16, 2006 12:45:25 GMT 7
Actually Woza, second time round, given the benefits of hindsight, I took nowt but a paperback dictionary and thesauras, both of which I never used.
The internet, and the arrival of free photocopying, not to mention reasonably efficient off-set for larger runs got me over the line.
Also, this second school was cashed up, and in Shanghai, so getting hold of moderately reasonable resources was much easier.
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Post by woza17 on Jul 16, 2006 17:31:07 GMT 7
Hindsight, magical.
When I first came to China I didn't even want foresight. I wanted to plunge into the deep end. In ,I think I would have brought things but for me at that time I wouldn't change a thing
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jul 16, 2006 22:29:56 GMT 7
I'm a pretty minimalist teacher. Usually all I want is a chalkboard and chalk. A whiteboard and markers are even better, though; I can always huff the solvent from the markers in a pinch.  |
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Post by MK on Jul 17, 2006 15:36:43 GMT 7
Books are heavy. English-English dictionaries are becoming more widely available in China- I think the MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners is actually published in a cheap local edition now. It's hard to wean students of their electronic translator thingys though.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Jul 20, 2006 20:37:46 GMT 7
More really good throat lozengers. The Chinese ones just don't seem to be as effective for 4 classes in a row of straight lecturing and following up with activities.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jul 21, 2006 7:34:53 GMT 7
Try Hong Kong honey. I'll get the chinese name and post it. It is great.
nin jiom pei pa koa
the last 3 are the name, the first two the company.
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Post by woza17 on Jul 21, 2006 21:58:22 GMT 7
I never chewed gum in Aussie and I know it is probably a bad thing to chew in class but I have to or my throat seizes up and I go into coughing fits I need the machine well oiled as it were
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Post by con's fly is open on Jul 26, 2006 21:43:12 GMT 7
A crate of comic books and those fridge magnets shaped like letters for kids. Easy classices for adults, like Old Man and the Sea and Tender Is the Night.
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Post by woza17 on Jul 26, 2006 22:00:41 GMT 7
I used to have some fridge magnets of the Simpsons and Barbie and her many outfits and with small classes, the kids had a ball dressing up Homer in Barbie outfits and viz a viz.
In fact their are some great fridge magnet things.
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Post by DollyODear on Jul 27, 2006 3:23:05 GMT 7
Activity books. Who can get enough of them? Especially in the first year . . .
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Post by gengrant on Jul 27, 2006 20:12:43 GMT 7
mad lib books...hilarious for the teacher, but leaves most of the students clueless...  |
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Post by Dragonsaver on Jul 27, 2006 20:24:13 GMT 7
mad lib books...hilarious for the teacher, but leaves most of the students clueless...  What |
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Post by gengrant on Jul 27, 2006 20:37:03 GMT 7
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