My Teaching Style of English

I believe that teaching style depends on who I will be teaching. Assuming that I would teach English to elementary students, I would choose the student-centered approach of  facilitator, which focuses on more activities. Of course, I have to give some instructions, however, small kids don’t have a lot of patient especially if the subject is not fun for them. For example, when I teach words of vegetable and fruit vocabulary or verbs, such as cut, cook, boil and so on, I try to demonstrate and let them do like I do. The more fun it is to learn English, the more they remember and learn. I like the facilitator teaching style because I didn't like lectures when I was a kid. It’s so boring to just sit and listen in the class, so I believe that a student-centered approach is more fun and suitable to elementary students.

Be careful of something called verb tense shift. It is when we change the tense of verbs in one sentence to different tenses.:

I ate an apple while my friend talks to me.---You notice the first verb is somewhere in the past, the second verb is in the present.

so we change it:

I ate an apple while my friend talked to me.---or---I eat an apple while my friend talks to me.

It may be easy to think of verb tense shift like time-travel. 

Hope this helps. If you have questions, let me know.

James

My English Diary 6.29 2016 (No.6)

Japan is in its rainy season.
Summer is coming soon.

By the way, I used to work at a hair salon and an advertising agency also. (you don't need also here, "and is doing that job, so "also" is repeating the same "idea")
Their experiences became to my property.
I would also like to various challenges. I would also like to challenge myself. or...I would also like to have various challenges.

My favorite proverb is "No challenge,no new findings."

When you use also:

1. Also can be used like "and" when taking about adding actions.

I love to work. I also love to dance.

**Also is placed before the action.

2. You can use also at the beginning of a sentence:

I love to work. Also, I love to dance.

If you have questions, let me know!

James

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It's quite warm today, but yesterday it was very chilly. (sometimes we can use time as an object/subject)
I am so tired because of sleepless and fitful nights. I am trying to catch up on sleep during the day, but usually without any success.
On Sunday, we go to church because it is a date of the Saint to whom our church is devoted to. In Russia, we traditionally name churches after saints otlr<--(I am not sure of this word---altar?) after great church festivals. After church services, we go to a dinner party. Everyone cooks something and brings some snacks such as cheese or sausages. Because it's a fast now, and we can't eat food which is produced from animals ( for example, butter, milk, soured cream, etc.)That's why I will cook vegetable salad mixed with vinaigrette.

Be careful when you use words like after or because. These words set the structure of the sentence. 

They are used two ways, usually:

1. In the middle of a sentence, it is used to connect a big idea with a small idea:

      I love ice cream because it tastes good.  I went to school after I finished breakfast.

      We go to church because it is a date of the Saint to whom our church is devoted.

2. If the because or after is at the beginning of a sentence, we have to use commas (,) in the sentence:

       Because ice cream tastes good, I love it.    After I finished breakfast, I went to school.

       Because it is a date of the Saint to whom our church is devoted, we go to church.

If you have questions, let me know!

New chapter of my life

I had passed the brutal Gaokao and got a pretty satisfying score，so now I am seeking for something different.Because of the place I was born，which is a closed and poor place，I can‘t find any foreigners，I come to here——italki，hoping that I can put my 9 years’ of English learning into use.So do you wanna chat with me？

And yes, I'd love to talk with you. Please add me to your friends list.

James

The Scrapes

The other day when I was on my way home, I got blisters on my heels because I was wearing new sandals.
In this sentence, you need to finish the context first before you go into the next part of the idea. footsore may be too general, so we need a more specific vocabulary word.
When I took a bath at the that night, the scrapes really hurt me, but at the same time, the tingling pain reminded me of my childhood. (this is a great description!) When I was a kid, I would get scrapes or cuts easily so they bothered me during the bath time and I tried not to soak the part in the bath.  (this sentence has too many ideas at different times. I suggest keeping the childhood "cuts and scrapes" sentence separate from the bath time: I would get cuts and scrapes when I was a kid. During bath-time, they would bother me so I tried not to soak those parts in the bath.
Nowadays, I often get bruises but hardly get scrapes any more. So, I looked back to that time and enjoyed the tingling pain on my heels.

A few days later, when I took off my socks, I scratched one of the scrapes with my thumbnail accidentally. Try not to use similar forms of a word in the same sentence.
Oopsy～
I think I will enjoy the pain longer. Yay!

Thank you for reading my notebook.

The revised version:

The Scrapes

The other day when I was on my way home, I got blisters on my heels because I was wearing new sandals. 

When I took a bath that night, the scrapes really hurt me, but at the same time, the tingling pain reminded me of my childhood. I would get cuts and scrapes when I was a kid. During bath-time, they would bother me so I tried not to soak those parts in the bath.

Nowadays, I often get bruises but hardly get scrapes. So, I looked back to that time and enjoyed the tingling pain on my heels. 

A few days later, when I took off my socks, I scratched one of the scrapes with my thumbnail accidentally. 

Oopsy～ 

I think I will enjoy the pain longer. Yay! 

Thank you for reading my notebook.

Hello there, Back up is a phrasal verb. It is when we combine an action (verb) with a preposition (in, on, by, at...). It changes the meaning of the word a little. Example: eat up- it still means to eat, but it means to start eating or eat and enjoy the food. So, back up is trying to show the air is not going forward (to him), it is going back to the air tank. which isn't good. I hope this helps, James

Overall, this was a good entry. However, please watch out for verb tense shifts in your writing.

Awards Ceremony for Good Job Awards

​My company held a awards ceremony for "Good Job Awards" this morning. Several people or teams are selected for the Good Job awards each month. Winners are supposed to have contributed somehow to the company.

I was a bit nervous since this was my first time to attend the ceremony and to do a photo shoot as a PR person.

I have taken countless pictures throughout my career. However, it was my first time to do a photo shoot with my present company's camera. (here it was too wordy you can combine the two ideas into one) Also, I didn't have a clear image of the venue and photo shooting spots.

6 teams were selected for the "good job award" in May. There were two photo shooting settings. The first setting was when winners received a citation from the CEO. The second setting was a group picture that featured award winners and the CEO.

Although I worried about photo shooting lights, angles, and distances, it proved unfounded.

Most times,  (here you can take away always and use Most times, or if you want to use always, you have to put it before the action...always feel.) I feel nervous about anything I do for the first time if have enough experiences since there is something unknown or unpredictable. That gives me worry and uneasiness. (here we can just talk about the feeling not the number of worries you had.)

Now, I can say that it was a pretty easy job for me.

Hello there, The first part of what you wrote was very natural, but the last sentence has a small problem. It is usually written this way: Stop blaming it on me. (the "...for something I can't help." Is implied in the sentence.) You can also say: Stop blaming me for something I can't help. ( it is more formal.) Lastly: Don't blame me for that. (This is very casual.) hope this helps James