101學年度分區到校輔導-B組

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A total of eighty public junior high schools are divided into six groups so that teachers from neighboring ones can attend the workshop. The workshop is held to create an opportunity for English teachers to exchange teaching ideas and practices. Thus, all the participants can reflect on their own and gain some novel strategies to incorporate in their class. Those who are assigned to share their work at the workshop will have to organize their thoughts and prepare their PowerPoint slides in advance.

101學年度第一學期領域召集人會議暨課綱轉化研習

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The convention that promotes important English education policies with regard to scheduled events for the following semester was held in Yu-Ying Junior High School today, with a total of eighty English teachers who are going to help Taichung City fulfill those requirements attending this meeting. Gloria Lin (林秀慧), who specializes in planning and organizing for the English Advisory Group, first gave a brief introduction to the job description of the Group so that all the participants can have a basic understanding of what to expect from the Group. Thus, all the members of the Group will provide our service when any of the teachers applies.

2012 TESOL Training Program at Queensland University of Technology

Week One

I used to think studying abroad was a dream which was impossible for me to realize because I took on huge responsibility as a husband and a father of two, and I couldn’t just abandon my family and my job only for my own dream. A couple of years ago, some colleges of mine decided to pursue their master’s degree in the United Kingdom, which made me so jelous. Therefore, when I learned the Ministry of Education was going to subsidize English teachers to study in Australia for five weeks, I immediately knew this was a great opportunity to fulfill my “unfinished business”, so I tried hard to get myself accepted. Now, here I am in Brisbane, studying TESOL with so many amazing English teachers all over Taiwan in such a beautiful country, Australia.

國中小聯合團務會議

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A joint committee is organized by the Advisory Group, and both members of the Elementary and Junior High subgroups meet on a regular basis to have a professional discussion about the current teaching practices between these two stages. The main idea of this meeting is for all the members to have a chance of exchanging teaching ideas and techniques regarding some of the frequently asked questions, like the Bipolar Distribution phenomenon, Remedial Teaching, Multiple Assessment, the Washback Effect, etc, that we usually encounter when meeting teachers on the front line.

分區到校輔導-F區東勢國中

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A brief introduction to the roles and job descriptions of the Advisory Group was first made by today’s keynote speaker to officially open the workshop, which includes all the professional workshops, English competitions, the promotion of important policies, educational researches and teaching resources. It was also suggested that teachers should incorporate corresponding teaching techniques, like Readers’ Theater or Learning by Singing, into their own classrooms in order to truly fulfill the concept that every student deserves a fair chance as the elites do. Moreover, a variety of workshops designed to brush up on teachers’ professionalism are already arranged by the Group this summer, so teachers are very welcome to sign up in time.