【英语趣味课堂】老师们-Teachers

Todd: So, you know, you have a very small school. Have you ever worked for a large school before?

 

Conrad: Yes, I've worked basically every different type of school possible to work here in Japan, starting with the kindergarden, junior high, senmongakko. I was at a university for four years and I also did a little bit of intensive English camps just a couple of years ago.

 

Todd: So you said senmongakko. What's that?

 

Conrad: That's a kind of technical or vocational¹ college. It's a two year school.

 

Todd: OK.

 

Conrad: Yeah, I forgot to mention that I also taught at business company classes and of course, ei-kaiwa or language school here, too.

 

Todd: OK, do you think that, you know, when you have your own... from a teaching point of view, when you have your own school, is the instruction different for a small language school compared to a big language school?

 

Conrad: Well, the instruction is just depending on the teacher I think, and right now I'm the only full-time² teacher and, you know, the guest teachers who do come, I know them personally so I know that the students always have a very qualified³ teacher and maybe that may be different because you know, sometimes at a big school it's hard to really monitor the teachers that you hire and even monitor what they are doing in the classroom.

 

Todd: Right. Now, when you talk about a good quality teacher, for you what makes a good quality teacher?

 

Conrad: Well, I think personality is very important for one thing, but also I think students need and want a teacher who has experience teaching English. Some of my friends back home tend to think it's easy to just be a native English speaker and teach English, which is really not the case, so I value an experienced teacher and someone who's also studied a little about it and has a TEFL certificate or something like that.

 

Todd: Well, good luck with your school, Conrad. I hope it's a big success.

 

Conrad: Thanks, Todd. Thank very much.

1 vocational   

adj.职业的，业务的

参考例句：

• They have set a regular time for vocational study.他们把业务学习时间固定下来。
• She was given some quick training at the vocational school.她在职业学校受过速成训练。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。