I've just come back from this afternoon's lesson and i have to rant a bit!
Sometimes, teaching these students (University) is like teaching 10 year-olds! They sit in silence and stare at me. We had a listening today about Robin Hood. It was about the practicality of wearing tights in an English forest. After they'd heard it 5 times, answered the questions about it and read the script, i decided to try an experiment. I covered the script on the screen and asked them to tell me any words that they didn't understand. They said tights...not one of them had bothered to look it up. I explained what tights are, and got a sea of blank faces. I drew them on the board and they finally understood. I then asked them what the tape said about Robin Hood...blank faces again....i connected it to the tights - What did the tape say was the problem with Robin hood wearing tights? Blank faces...i asked them if they understood the question. They said yes. I asked the question again...blank faces....Argh! We spent the last 10 minutes of the lesson in silence because i was so exasperated! I'm convinced this class is the lowest grade. Tey definitely seem to have the lowest intelligence amongst their peers.
Sometimes, teaching these students (University) is like teaching 10 year-olds! They sit in silence and stare at me. We had a listening today about Robin Hood. It was about the practicality of wearing tights in an English forest. After they'd heard it 5 times, answered the questions about it and read the script, i decided to try an experiment. I covered the script on the screen and asked them to tell me any words that they didn't understand. They said tights...not one of them had bothered to look it up. I explained what tights are, and got a sea of blank faces. I drew them on the board and they finally understood. I then asked them what the tape said about Robin Hood...blank faces again....i connected it to the tights - What did the tape say was the problem with Robin hood wearing tights? Blank faces...i asked them if they understood the question. They said yes. I asked the question again...blank faces....Argh! We spent the last 10 minutes of the lesson in silence because i was so exasperated! I'm convinced this class is the lowest grade. Tey definitely seem to have the lowest intelligence amongst their peers.