Welcome to the third edition of feature: “Stories From Taiwanese Children”. This story is about what a student did on his Chinese New Year vacation. My students name is Kevin and he is 10 years old. Please remember all stories presented here are not edited. Enjoy!
I go to the I-LAN
I going to the I-LAN, I saw some boats, my dinner ate fish
it my Father drive a car, and my sister wate to eat pear, my Father and Mother
and Sister play together in the beach, I drink a
apple soda, and my sister drink banana soda my Father
drink coffee and my Mother drink coffee to, I ate cake
my mother say me and my Sister is good, and my Mother
buy a pen for me, and my sister want a necklace, and
my Mother buy a necklace for my sister, and my Father
drive a car for me and Mother and sister go
home.yea
Entries (RSS)
March 6th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Sheesh, he can’t even spell Yilan right.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Interesting. He seems to have fallen into the “everything is simple present tense” trap. Then again, depending on what your school is like maybe he’s only learned that one tense and he really stretched to come up with “ate”. Is there much overt correction in your classes?
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:32 am
My school is horrible. It was recently bought by some woman and her husband. They changed the name of the school, and they have no idea what’s going on. I do my best to help these kids with what I have. If they make mistakes, I correct them and give them the reason.
The kid that wrote the story above is doing a lot better then when I first started. It’s a work in progress.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
That sounds like a tough situation. I’ve been there. Do they have any sort of curriculum or set of books to follow at all, or are they pretty much just tossing you in the classroom and leaving it all up to you?
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Recently we got the “Way Ahead” series and “Up and Away” series. It’s starting to get better, but it still feels like I’m on my own.
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 am
Oh, right on. I’m a huge fan of Up and Away. I’ve switched all my first and second graders to it.