說一說美國麻州的一個老人中心 2
文章來源: smilha2017-10-07 05:44:21

昨天星期五老人中心英語課,E說有事請假,中國老人C說也有事來不了,隻有我和D撐場子了,管理員Y問我有沒有問題,我頭一揚:沒有問題!我來教最新版的“英語900句”。

怎麽坐公交車,怎麽打電話,怎麽問路,怎麽。。。。。十萬個怎麽辦!哈哈,這都是中國老人很需要知道的常識,美國人教英語和中國人教英語整個的思路都不一樣的,美國老師張口全是英語,不會說中國話;所以很多中國老人感覺聽課特吃力!中國老師英語漢語都會講,所以很受歡迎。

D講課了,他先征求我的意見,講一講拉斯衛加斯的槍擊慘案,這個是目前全世界的焦點!美國老師很客氣,和他們在一起公事很舒服,D開始問了:美國有個很有名的地方叫拉斯衛加斯,聽說過的請舉手?What's happened there? how many people died? injured? who is the killer? why does he kill?.........................

中國學員們很活躍的問問題,回答問題,有的人說把什麽什麽字寫在白板上吧,於是白板上陸續出現了terror, killer, tradedy, motivation......我用中文解釋,美國老師領著大家朗讀.

中國學員們對我們的講課反應不一,想想也是,他們的英語底子不一樣,絕大部分是專家教授資深人士。有的天天用英語,絕大部分是整年也用不到英語,你說讓你教你怎麽教?

下麵是我和美國老師們來往的電子郵件摘錄:

Dear All:
 
Just wondering if possible, can we read  local English newspapers like T&G to our senior Chinese every Friday (or whenever possible), especially those news related to China?
In doing so we can learn English and know what's going on in China and World as well.

 

See you this morning!

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I will be on vacation and not able to be with the class on Friday, July 14th. 

Using our new curriculum, I will prepare the materials for the class to use and hope that C and E will be available to work with the groups on that day.  I will bring the materials with me this Friday so that they will have time to prepare.

Please let me know if you have questions.  Sorry for any inconvenience.
D