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Self Reflections 2010 Virginia STARTALK Chinese Teacher Academy Shofei Chiu Day1 Reflection, June 29 It’s a day of mixed feelings – excitement, curiosity, and anxiety. Yes, being a learner in a new class, I am just as fresh as my 1st year students. It’s good to have this kind of experience once in a while, so I can remind myself how my students may feel and have some mercy on them. The 5 C’s, hmm, an old topic that I thought I had been quite familiar with, were re-recognized today. They are something I embed in our teaching, but hardly put any effort analyzing them. As for the LinguaFolio, I think I can adapt it and design something similar for my students in the beginning and the end of a school year. The goal Prof. Tseng gave us is like to dream the impossible dream. However, before I came, I had decided to put myself down and trust her guidance. Today, during the discussion, I was surprised and impressed at other teachers inputs. I am now kind of convinced that maybe it is possible. Day2 Reflection, June 30 Day 2! Should I use 才or就？When I think of my dear family, it seems that I still have a long way to go. However, the excitement of learning new stuff and expecting to apply them in my teaching has somehow triggered my avarice. Like a greedy child, I have started to worry if I will be able to dig out all the beautiful shells and carry them home before the sunset. D We learned about theories and approaches today. I have never realized these stuff and the old professors can be so amusing! Who could imagine we laughed so much and even fought for speaking in a class of theories? Besides laughter, I secretly felt guilty a couple of times when I examined my own teaching while Prof. Tseng mentioned about some strategies/approaches. Regarding the early approaches- GTM and ALM, I thought I had quite got rid of them, but maybe I have not quite put away my security blanket yet. I was born in the 6o’s in Taiwan and never left there until 1989. The trad