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Teaching I recently started teaching English part time, though I am not a native speaker of English. I thought this would be easy, because I was confident about my English skills. I only need to teach English phonetics for the time being. However, when I faced a group of students, things became a bit different. Different students were endowed with different learning abilities and they were in different learning phases too. So it became a bit difficult to reach a balance in my teaching pace as the lower- or higher-bound students may both complain. The second thing is the problem of my own attitude. At first, I treated it simply as a part-time job to make money, but not as a serious undertaking. So every time I finished the lesson, I instantly ran out of the classroom. Later my supervisor told me that it wouldn't work with the students, because they were expecting more conversation with the teacher, and the teacher should be responsible for giving feedback and keeping track of every student too. I was enlightened and felt guilty. I began to treat it more seriously. However still, three students wanted to withdraw from the lessons because they said they couldn't follow my teaching pace. I felt very disappointed as it was a disapproval of my ability. The supervisor comforted me that the students themselves had all levels, maybe they were more suitable for lessons given by a slower-pace teacher. But I do know that there is something that I can do, and I didn't. Another thing is my personality. I am rather quiet and mild, but teaching requires a more active and energetic personality. There are a lot to learn and a lot to progress. Thank you for any corrections!

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I recently started teaching English part time, although I am not a native speaker of English. I thought this would be easy, because I was confident about my English skills. I only need to teach English phonetics for the time being (for a short while / temporarily).

However, when I faced a group of students, things were a bit different. Different students were endowed with (had) different learning abilities and they were in different learning phases of learning too. So, it became a bit difficult to reach a balance in my teaching pace since the lower- or higher-bound students could each both complain.

The second thing is the problem of was my own attitude. At first, I treated it (teaching) simply as a part-time job to make money, but (and) not as a serious undertaking. So Each time I finished a lesson, I instantly quickly ran out of the classroom. Later my supervisor told me that it wouldn't didn't work with the students because they were expecting more conversation with the teacher.[sentence is a bit long]  and tThe teacher is be responsible for giving feedback and keeping track of all their students too. I was enlightened [surprised, or embarrassed, or simply "understood] and felt guilty. I began to treat it more seriously.

However sStill, though, three students wanted to withdraw from the lessons because they said they couldn't follow my teaching pace [or speed, style, etc]. I felt very disappointed as it was a disapproval of my ability. The supervisor comforted me [made me feel better by saying] that the students themselves had completed all the levels, so maybe they were better suited for lessons given by a slower-paced teacher. In the end, I do know that there is something that I could do, and I didn't.

Finally, another thing is my personality. I am rather quiet and mild [I would choose a different word - mild isn't used in this context usually], while teaching requires an active and energetic personality.

There are is still a lot to learn and a lot to of progress to be made.

Thank you for any corrections!

 

[挺好的!你写了英文非常好!只有一点点问题。还有,对不起,我的corrections不一样。有的时候cross out, 有的时候make comments。不管,很棒的写啦!Sorry for the inconsistency in corrections! Sometimes I crossed things out, sometimes not, etc. - Bruce]

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Teaching

I recently started teaching English part time, though I am not a native speaker of English. I thought this would be easy, because I was confident about my English skills. I only need to teach English phonetics for the time being.

However, when I faced a group of students, things became a bit different. Different students were endowed with different learning abilities and they were in different learning phases too. So it became a bit difficult to reach a balance in my teaching pace as the lower- or higher-bound students may both complain.

The second thing is the problem of my own attitude. At first, I treated it simply as a part-time job to make money, but not as a serious undertaking. So every time I finished the lesson, I instantly immediately ran out of the classroom. Later my supervisor told me that it this wouldn't work with the students, because they were expecting more conversation with the teacher, and the teacher should be responsible for giving feedback and keeping track of every student too. I was enlightened and felt guilty. I began to treat it more seriously.

However still, three students still wanted to withdraw from the lessons because they said they couldn't follow my teaching pace. I felt very disappointed as it was a disapproval of my ability. The supervisor comforted me that the students themselves had all different levels, maybe they were more suitable for lessons given by a slower-pace teacher. But I do know that there is something that I can do could have done, and I didn't.

Another thing is my personality. I am rather quiet and mild, but teaching requires a more active and energetic personality.

There are I have a lot to learn and a lot to progress.

Thank you for any corrections!

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