China - Day 390

My classes are divided into two. The local teacher goes for 45 minutes and then I go for 45 minutes. The difference in style is quite striking. The local teacher uses the Traditional Grammar Translation Method and the board is usually full of Chinese grammar and phonetic transcription of the English words next to a few words of English and the students are encouraged to repeat the English straight after the teacher says the English - usually the whole group repeats because the class sizes are big. The parents sit at the back of the class, some make notes, some spend their times playing/messaging on their phones In this class, the local teacher went first and I sat in on her session