Writing teachers have to develop their own methods
By Joan Rocafort Valenzuela
How can YOU teach writing effectively?
Police officer mugged right outside PSG compound
How can YOU teach writing effectively?
A decade ago, I made one big choice in life: I decided to be a classroom teacher.
There was an abrupt halt to my early morning rituals on my last Saturday in Oman.
This is the teaching expected of me now: Check students’ attendance without fail; ban trips to bathrooms lasting up to 20 minutes that, in effect, let students partly skip class; confiscate mobile gadgets when used in class; brace myself for random disruption of classroom activities by intruders; prepare weekly lesson plans; give students practice tests designed to achieve set learning outcomes; project an I’m-in-control-here stance; mark papers adhering strictly to rubrics; speak slowly and demonstrate my acting prowess to achieve a little communication; and be extra-patient.
