After the presentation on Monday’s class, I find that the situation in Mainland China is quite different from the situation in Hong Kong.
Many teachers in Mainland, especially primary and secondary teachers, use less new technology in their classes. I think there are several reasons for this issue. Firstly, many schools are equipped with poor hardware facilities, teachers or students are not permitted to get access to enough technological tools or tools of high quality. This is a common phenomenon in Mainland China. Secondly, teachers don’t have enough knowledge about new technology or skills of using technological tools. This maybe because new technology in language teaching hasn’t been taken so important recently and teachers really lack such kind of training. Thirdly, PPT is usually the most common skill and the only skill that many teachers can use in their classes. Its effect is limited Students would lose freshness and feel boring when looking at it every day. Fourthly, Mainland English course is always strictly carried out according to the teaching syllable. Teachers always have corresponding teaching tasks of every class. They usually don’t have time to give specific training programs of language skills to their students. Using on-line programs in schools is often impossible because the condition of network doesn’t permit. Lastly, class number of students is also a problem, too. It’s quite common that most classed in Mainland have over 60 students. It’s really hard for teachers to control such big classes especially when students get excited.
Comparing the presentations between full-time and part-time students, full-time students usually talked about learning experience of new technology, and a few of them who have teaching experience provided some information about new technology in language teaching in Mainland, but really limited information. Oppositely, Hong Kong teachers often had much to say. They shared a lot of useful and interesting experience and ideas about using new technology in language teaching. I think they are quite familiar and skilled to use different kinds of technologies and tools in their teaching. For me, I am most interested in their on-line English programs, and I think using on-line programs is really an effective way in language teaching.
Hi Helen,
回覆刪除Reading your feedback is quite enjoyable because you gave many fruitful information to share.
I agree about what you've mentioned of the different teaching and learning styles between Mainland China and Hong Kong.
As a Hong Kong teacher, I really found that Hong Kong teachers and students are very lucky because they have chances to access different technology to enhance their teaching or learning. For example, teachers can use videos from YouTube to make his or her lecture more interesting. Students use internet to search information for their projects.
However, I think both Mainland China's teachers and students can also access those technology because the technology in China keeps upgrading very fast!
Hi Helen,
回覆刪除What kind of on-line language programs are you usually used? I'm so impressive with your and the other mainland classmates' English. As I think that mainland students start learning English much later than Hong Kong students, however, it seems that Mainland studnets' English standards are better than / as good as Hong Kong students. There must be some good teaching English methods in Mainland. How do you guys learn English? Can you tell me more?