The first word that comes to mind is accuracy.

Looking around, we can find many inaccurate English. When I was hospitalized in a hospital in Shanghai, the English in the inpatient department there was impressive. It seems that the patients are impatient and eager to leave the hospital. Another example is a famous school like Fudan. A science department put out a poster of the seminar and misspelled it as seminar. I can't say what the latter means. Please look it up in the dictionary.

At this point, the requirements for English teachers are much higher than those of other English workers, because teachers should impart their knowledge to students. Teachers' English is not allowed, and students' English is not allowed, leaving endless sequelae.

Similarly, teachers should not condone students' mistakes in English. Especially written homework, should be carefully corrected. In students' compositions, I see some inaccurate methods, such as lack of education, human resources and so on. I pointed them out one by one, and accordingly changed them to be missing in higher education and human resources, and pointed out the importance of accuracy.

In the process of compiling an English-Chinese dictionary, an editor once translated the book Elephants Walking with Teenagers. It seems right. However, after careful scrutiny, we can see that the definite article The here means category, not individual, and "goes" means the present tense of truth. The accurate translation should be "the elephant was pregnant and gave birth in the last two years".

Therefore, teachers must be careful when compiling textbooks and reference books, and the word accurate cannot be overemphasized.

The second achievement of book knowledge is book knowledge. A teacher can't only have book knowledge, but he is not a good teacher without book knowledge.

Reading can not only increase knowledge, enrich oneself and improve self-cultivation, but also be an irreplaceable pleasure. Modern people seem too utilitarian. Reading is either for exams or for promotion. Few people are fascinated by books themselves.

As an English teacher, we should form the habit of reading more books, reading good books and reading miscellaneous books, and truly become a "learned person". This knowledge may not produce economic benefits for you in the near future, or it may not be of practical use to you all your life, but acquiring knowledge itself provides a metaphysical pleasure. I recently read bill Blethen's travel notes and michael moore's attack on the stupid white people in Bush's cabinet. I laughed while watching, which was very interesting. Teachers should keep close relationship with students and don't alienate them.

This is especially important for English teachers, because foreign language learning depends largely on "speaking words" and small-scale interaction. Nowadays, many English teachers are busy with various chores and have little time to communicate with students, let alone get close to them.

In some colleges and universities, the number of English classes has also increased from 15 to 30, 40 or even 100 or more. After a class, teachers and students still don't know each other, which is not uncommon. This is extremely unfavorable to foreign language teaching.

Fudan Foreign Languages Department has always insisted on small classes, 15 students. In this way, teachers can "contact" with each student. I know every doctoral student and master student of mine very well. I know their spouses, children or boyfriend and girlfriend, and I know their personality characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. Only in this way can we teach students in accordance with their aptitude and let students develop their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Dedicated teachers must be loyal to and love education. The bounden duty of a teacher is to teach and educate people, not to fly around for meetings all day and "be a judge".

If I had to choose my life again, I would choose teaching again.

One of the advantages of being a teacher is that she has great freedom and autonomy. She is a bit like a freelancer, and there is no boss to stare at her when she works. But today this profession is still not very popular. Some teachers were bored, so I came up with an idea. I asked someone to record the lecture content for each teacher and give it to them, so that they could find problems or enjoy it. Teachers should not only set an example, but also set an example for students.

Teachers tell some vulgar jokes in class and attack and belittle other teachers in class, which will have a bad "role model" for students and should be avoided as far as possible. Fluency in language is a teacher's basic skill. English teachers must speak English well.

Of course, fluency is relative, and modal particles such as "um, ah" are inevitable, otherwise it will not be like saying but memorizing.

I speak fluently here, but I must speak fast, pronounce clearly and have more synonyms than others. If I say a meaning in different ways, I will be fluent. General training (comprehensive quality) comprehensive quality is actually a question of teachers' potential. In order to improve our comprehensive quality, we should read a lot of books and magazines.

English teachers should dabble in politics, economy, culture, history and literature of English-speaking countries, not just grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation.

For example, talking, public speaking, how to get to the point without being aggressive in the debate, accurate and neat calligraphy, computer operation, and even decorating new houses and making friends are all parts of teachers' comprehensive quality, and should also be the content of quality education.

Our generation has been trained in calligraphy. The handwriting is passable, but you can't use computers and mobile phones. There is an English proverb that an old dog can't learn new tricks ...) When the mobile phone receives a text message, its eyes are dim and it is tired of watching it. Mr. HHumour is not a comedian, but a little sense of humor is obviously beneficial to teaching. In class, humorous language can infect students, make the classroom atmosphere relaxed and improve students' interest in learning English.

A middle school teacher once wrote to me and said, "In one year's teaching practice, I deeply realized that the most important thing for students to learn English well is to cultivate interest. It is especially important for them to learn English easily. This requires teachers to be humorous in class. I learned from China Education News that you have rich experience in successfully using humorous language, so I want to ask you how to be humorous in class, especially for beginners (our mountain school only started learning English in the first grade of junior high school). "

This last sentence makes people sad. A teacher from a mountain school, who had just worked for a year, came to ask me how to be humorous. It can be seen that she is very enterprising. But humor should come from the heart and be a part of personality. Of course, it is also good to read more light books such as Reader's Digest and Private Detective (translated from Hong Kong) and collect some good sentences.

I advocate that the teacher should give the students a brain shock within 45 minutes, and at the same time try to make them laugh more times. Teachers should treat all students equally and fairly. In the relationship between teachers and students, we can't tell the distance from relatives.

For some reasons, teachers have more contact with some students and less contact with others, which is understandable. But you can't show your likes and dislikes, especially when marking exams.

If there is any difference between students with good academic performance and students with poor academic performance, it should be to pay attention to students from other provinces and cities with poor foundations and help them overcome their sense of inferiority.

My relatives are very strict. I have a doctoral student who is very proud of himself. When studying in Fudan, he was quick-thinking and often published articles. After graduation, he disappeared. I criticized him yesterday: "Why didn't you write?" Write more. "Teacher JJudge's world outlook and outlook on life often affect students unconsciously. Teachers should have certain judgment and their own opinions on social life and other issues.

I go to China People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) for meetings, and every year I discuss education issues, such as: arrears of teachers' salaries and so on. Later, I heard about "agriculture, countryside and farmers", and farmers suffered much more than teachers, especially teachers in the mainland and remote areas. Compared with them, the teachers are already quite good, and it seems that there is no need to continue to appeal. This is an example of judgment.

Good judgment is very important. Just like my speech on the stage at the moment, I will judge whether my speech is successful, what you like to hear and what is unpopular from your facial expressions. K A kind teacher should be more understanding and considerate of students and always know their joys and sorrows. Give help to students who encounter difficulties in life. Now the salary given to me by the school is higher than before. I just don't need this kind of money now. My house has also improved, and I don't want to buy a new house. One person can't sleep in two beds. I can donate some money to young teachers, to my sick colleagues and share with you.

This kind of compassion is the minimum moral accomplishment. This is conducive to cultivating students' good quality and improving their emotional intelligence. The meaning of compassion naturally goes far beyond this. It must be very sad for students to make mistakes, scratch their heads, roll their eyes and make faces in class. Teachers should be considerate of them and be aware of their progress. This sympathy does not come from the face, but from the heart. On the day when I was walking in the campus outside Luoyang Military Region, I occasionally saw pairs of male and female students sitting on benches on the roadside chatting. I asked the dean, "Can you students fall in love here?" He said: "nominally, it is not possible, but some people say." I think we sometimes need a little enlightened thinking on this issue (see "judgment" mentioned above). The marriage between a female university and a male university is hard to stop.

On language issues, many expressions used by students, as long as foreigners can understand them, will achieve the communicative purpose. Let him go without criticism. Of course, it should be pointed out that the British and Americans don't say so, which is not contradictory to accuracy.

Shanghai bid for the World Expo, and wrote a 30,000-word bid report, which was translated into English for me to revise. There is a phrase "social order can certainly be maintained", which translates as "the management of social order will be assured" What I said here is actually a question of law and social order, so I changed it to "maintaining law and order." Of course, foreigners may also understand the management of social order. The blackboard newspaper of students' military training says "We make ourselves strong". I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Teachers should be careful, never!

Remember, it is never a long word. Improper contact refers to the teacher's ability to control the classroom.

What I want to say is that teachers should mobilize students' abilities at will in class. For example, students dare not speak English in class, but once their desire to express themselves is mobilized, they should be good at guiding them.

For example, students will talk about the Twin Towers from "9. 1 1", terrorism from the plane crash, Buddhism from Islam, Shanghai from new york, and ribs in the canteen from Shanghai in three years, just like the stream of consciousness. At this time, the teacher should make the class discussion enough, or change from "trackless" to "trackless". Nno-sensestyle (without losing respect for teachers) Teachers should be lecturers, teachers' ethics and teachers' style. Although you can get along well with students, you can't forget your identity.

Shakespeare said that familiarity breeds contempt. Sometimes my classmates will give me a nickname when they get familiar with me, and I don't care. But when the exam approached, they had the cheek to run over and say, "Hey, the teacher missed a few questions." At this time, we must be serious and not lose the dignity of teachers.

I used to be known for being "harsh" in marking papers. However, with the growth of age, personality gradually becomes mellow, hands become looser and looser, and students become wider and wider. My master also wants a discount. OOne's own criticism (self-criticism) However, in order to win the respect of students, teachers should expose themselves in front of students and not pretend to be omniscient gods.

Teachers are as ordinary as students. You won't make fewer mistakes than them.

So whenever I realize that I have made a mistake, I must make a public statement to correct it. I'm not ashamed of it.

Readers often write to point out mistakes in my articles, and I accept them humbly. Recently, women have added a "weak crown" to their heads, and "petty bourgeoisie chicken intestines" are called "chicken intestines". )

I didn't realize it until the students pointed out some mistakes in my English. For example, sidle should be pronounced/saidl/; Another example was considered and confiscated. I read the stress of the second syllable first. Some students pointed out that the stress should be in the first syllable, so I corrected it publicly in class. In this way, I will never forget the correct pronunciation of these words again.

The weakest part of my English is listening. We don't have a tape recorder or a foreign teacher. Until now, I have to listen to a new foreign film two or three times before I can understand it. Sometimes listening to foreigners telling jokes abroad makes a room full of people laugh, but they are ignorant!

Teachers should have self-knowledge, know their weaknesses and tell their classmates. Only when you say it will you change and make progress. English teachers should absorb all kinds of teaching methods and learn from each other. There are many schools of English teaching methods, from tradition to structuralism, communication, functionalism and cognitive linguistics. I find it hard to say which is the best.

When I was a student, my teacher used grammar translation, with emphasis on reading and writing. In retrospect, there is nothing wrong.

On the eve of the Cultural Revolution, when I was a teacher, Fudan once promoted the audio-visual method. I am the main teacher. We have some pictures drawn and hung on the blackboard. Look at the pictures and talk. But when it comes to some abstract words, such as "revolution", this method will not work.

Now the exam-oriented education in New Oriental and the oral training of Crazy English have certain merits.

I advocate eclecticism in which various teaching methods coexist. Teachers should be quick-thinking, witty and flexible.

Some people say, "My class is well prepared". This statement is not desirable. Because there will be new situations and new problems in the classroom. Teachers should be keenly aware of these problems and improvise.

Not long ago, I gave a speech at Fudan University. After the lecture, a classmate asked me, "Please answer in less than 10 words: What is the secret of your success?" Without thinking, I replied, "I am indifferent to success."

I don't care about success or not. Success and failure are all part of life. Don't be surprised by success or failure. It is inappropriate to use romantic realism. But when it comes to the letter R, it can only be "cut to fit the shoes".

I mean idealism and advocate the combination of idealism and realism. In those years when I was the dean of the department, I kept hitting the iron wall of realism with the flesh and blood of idealism, and I felt like Don Quixote myself.

It is impossible for a person to be unrealistic. I value fame, not lofty. There is a British literary magazine called Granta, which collects the manuscripts of writers from all over the world after 9. 1 1 and writes about their experiences in the United States. I wrote an article at the request. After being hired, the name of the district is on a par with writers such as Doris Lessing and harold pinter. This satisfied my vanity.

But I think vanity is secondary to me, and I value metaphysical spiritual satisfaction more. There is a sentence in the E. M. Forster textbook that I teach called the Battle of Waterloo won in the playground of Eton College. The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playground of Eton College. ) I have been unable to find the source, which makes me very uncomfortable. Later, I read the satire 1066 and all those ("1066 and others") before I found this sentence. I jumped up excitedly and told the students the important news.

I attach great importance to this metaphysical pleasure. A teacher of SStamina should have good physical strength, although he doesn't need to be big and round.

When I was a graduate student in my early twenties, I had to teach 15 classes a week. Every night, I practice oral English with several classmates for two hours, and then an old lady of Marxism-Leninism comes to me to learn Mao Xuan. We also exercised a lot at that time.

A strong body is also important for teachers. English teaching should cultivate students' three skills: exam-oriented skills, language skills and communication skills.

I may have no objection to my language ability and communication ability. Talking about examination skills may be contrary to quality education. But I always feel that exams should also have a place in education. Examination is a relatively fair measure.

There is nothing wrong with the exam itself, the key is to see what it is.

For a while, we talked about how good education is in America and how happy children are. However, because children's homework is too easy, their educational level is declining. Even the vice president can't spell the plural of the word potato. When the vice president visited Latin America, he said, "If I had known that I would visit Latin America one day, I should have learned Latin well at school." Laugh generously.

The United States Senate recently decided to strengthen the examination. So I suggest that the training of exam-taking skills should also account for 30%. Unacquainted mother tongue habits

(Abandon the habit of mother tongue) My slogan for students is "Learn foreign languages well and be a good China person."

My wife and daughter are naturalized in America, and I often go to America myself. But in essence, I am a native of China.

Foreign language teachers should not forget their motherland and mother tongue. But learning a foreign language is different. We must try our best to reduce the influence of our mother tongue.

Mother tongue habits are stubborn. For example, you are telling a story that happened a long time ago in English, using the past tense, but after three sentences, it has become the present tense. This is mother tongue interference.

Black English used to be like this. Lack of past tense consciousness has become a sign of low education level. Correction must be overkill, so now we simply use the past tense.

There is a sentence in the report of Shanghai's bid to host the 20 10 World Expo: "The new century gives us beautiful expectations and hopes. The new century inspires us to devote more talents to building a beautiful home for mankind. " Translating into English is the new century that has raised high hopes in our hearts. The new century inspires us to contribute more talents to the construction of a new home for mankind. This sentence is not quite in line with English habits. It is better to change it into the new century, which has aroused high hopes in our hearts and inspired us. ...

In other words, there are differences between English and Chinese. A VVeracity teacher should be honest with his students. Yes or no, your own advantages and disadvantages are clear. Be transparent. Students will like you. English is constantly changing. Dictionaries should always add new words and meanings to dictionaries. This is also instructive for English teachers. We should always update and enrich our knowledge and instill some new knowledge into students.

If you are sick abroad and need to be hospitalized, the hospital will first X-ray your wallet to see if you have the financial resources to pay for hospitalization.

Another example is sizism and lookism, which discriminate against fat people and ugly people.

After 9. 1 1, another word, emotional ground zero, sadly refers to the big bang with the projection point of the nuclear explosion center, and so on.

Read foreign newspapers and periodicals frequently, and quickly discover these new usages, so that your knowledge can keep up with the times. English teachers should be good at discovering language errors.

At this point, Mr. Ge Chuanxie, a former teacher, is a model.

Teacher Ge has three magic weapons: whether verbs are transitive, whether nouns are countable, and where to use definite or indefinite articles.

He once told me that such kind is not an English expression, and the correct expression should be one way or another. I later found that English today is really rare except for Shakespeare's usage.

He taught me this meticulous habit of correcting mistakes. When I find a big mistake in a student's test paper, I always take the trouble to draw a big eye beside it as a warning. I hope every foreign language worker can keep improving in English, not just teachers. For example, translation should be the same.

Our country held a press conference, and I thought the translation of The Golden Couple by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was really good. But as a teacher, you have to pick out bones from eggs.

Premier Zhu Rongji made a remark when answering a reporter's question, which I think is completely wrong. Premier Zhu said that China consumes tens of thousands of tons of steel every year. "Is this market still small?" Isn't it just a small market? Isn't this a small market? ) the meaning is completely reversed. Who said it was a small market?

There is also a "dish", which is redundant in translation. Whose brain is dead, or further, isn't it better to be a vegetable? English teachers should devote great energy and enthusiasm to education. Should have a warm, cheerful and energetic personality.

Introverts can teach some subjects well, such as logic and linguistics. But it is difficult to teach people to communicate in English.

Therefore, people who are outgoing and good at communication are more suitable to be English teachers.