1.科目：成人英文口說 交友 生活對話 旅遊會話 餐廳點餐...等
2.地點：Skype 通話 or line
3.時間：雙方協調
4.希望待遇：$600/時，多人有優惠
5.教師性別：男性
6.學歷：Santa Clara University
7.聯絡方式：[email protected]
老師的慣用語言是英文，但中文也行得通，如果希望一開始就能練習英文，歡迎英文寄信
，絕對不用擔心寫錯等等的，基礎不佳也沒關係，中文寄信也歡迎！
If you have tried all the methods and failed, resulting in your lack of confid
ence in speaking English. Feel free to message me ;)) let’s do something to c
hange that! When messaging me, give me a brief Introduction and what you want
to learn exactly.
Did you grow up going to cram schools and whatnot, trying to memorize all the
phrases, grammar and words in the books, but when talking to an actual English
-speaking person, you still freeze up and start drawing a blank? Or sometimes
you do understand what they’re saying, but you just can’t express yourself i
n English ending up using body language or google translate?
你是否從小到大都跟著補習班、學校，學了很多課本、講義裡的英文文法、片語，背了很
多東西，寫了很多題目，好像考試也有一定程度，但只要遇到講英文的臉孔，你就只能站
在旁邊尷尬地笑，或是支支吾吾、比手畫腳，想要講個句子卻擠不出字，不知從哪開頭？
Did you try bettering your English skills by watching all the talk shows or
movies, having all these vocabs in your head but never know how to actually us
e it when talking to Americans?
或是為了提升英文聽力、口說會話，想要了解一些生活上的用語，美國當地人究竟是怎麼
說的，因此看了許多美劇、脫口秀，但真正進入對話時，發現自己腦中有許多單字，卻不
知道到底當地人會怎麼說？
Perhaps you have signed up for one of those so-called crash courses guaranteed
by the end of the course you’ll be able to talk to Americans like it’s noth
ing, but always ending up in disappointment and realizing that it’s not exact
ly what you were looking for?
也曾去報名英語會話補習班，那種保證讓你學會開口說英文的課程，但總覺得補習班老師
與學生是授課關係，不是真的與人聊天，沒辦法像交朋友一樣輕鬆地聊天？
If you have tried all these methods and failed, resulting in your lack of conf
idence in speaking English. Feel free to message me ;)) let’s do something to
change that
如果你覺得上面的情況似曾相似，試過了很多方法開口說英文但還是沒有信心說英文，歡
迎你寄信給我！
以下是老師的問答訪談：
1. Backgrounds
I am an American born Taiwanese. I grew up in an environment where teachers en
courage students to be creative thinkers, to speak up, and be expressive in ou
r opinions…where we are encouraged to do extracurricular activities after sch
ool (whether it be sports or art-related projects). In the classroom, teachers
place a high importance on participation so everyone is encouraged to openly
discuss materials with classmates and the teacher, which differs from the Asia
n education system where it is heavily lecture-based.
In America where there is less social hierarchy than Asia, the relationship be
tween students and teachers is more casual and friendly so American students t
alk to teachers more freely and teachers respect students' opinions. I recall
a time where a student cursed in class and the teacher, instead of scolding hi
m, pulled him aside and asked him what happened/what made him curse.
2. What kind of relationship do I want with my students?
老師希望的學生與老師互動模式
So I believe students always learn better when there’s no pressure. I’d like
my students and I to have a causal and friendly relationship where we can tal
k about everything and they don’t feel stress when learning with me.
3. What's the difference between American and Taiwanese education?
台灣與美國的學習系統不同地方
Also, i think Asian education focuses on the knowledge of accumulation/retenti
on (like memorization words and concepts) and on how students manage and use t
he knowledge they learned in school...everything seems to be based on structur
e and precision.
Americans are interested in how students use their knowledge in society. The A
merican system lets students criticize ideas, and challenge as well as create
concepts…which breed comprehensive thinkers (or should i say rebels LOL). And
lastly, i think the pressure to do well in school is prevalent within the asi
an education system. Thats why 補習班 is very popular in Asia.
4. What do you think the biggest problem that Taiwanese people have is?
覺得台灣學生對於口說最大的困難在哪
I feel like a major problem that a lot of Taiwanese have when it comes to Engl
ish speaking is that they tend to just translate everything directly into Engl
ish, a perfect example would be “open the light” cos in chinese it’s 開燈 a
nd Taiwanese people tend to speak really formally using a lot of big words whe
re as in America we like to keep it as simple as possible
5. What can you learn in my class
希望給學生帶來什麼收穫
Given all that, my lesson plan can be really adaptable depending on what my st
udents are interested in, it can go from ordering in restaurants, asking for d
irections, having causal conversations with Native speakers, slangs and phrase
s that we Americans actually use in daily life, or even flirting! The point is
to have fun and learn at the same time!