Interview with a Student

Here is a recreation demonstrating what I went through a hundred times the past two weeks. Not all students were this bad, but enough to give me a headache.

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[freethinker3161]

your an English teacher right?

[MikeOfKorea]

@freethinker3161 Yes, but please don't blame the fire on the fire department! lol

[Elaina43]

I have a LOT of empathy for your student - I'm positive this is EXACTLY what my ASL conversations "sound like" to my teachers or deaf acquaintances.

Q: I'm not positive about what you were hoping to elicit from picture #1...

They usually "ignore each other in favor of media consumption?"

[MikeOfKorea]

@Elaina43 Question one was to use the present simple. That's all.. I mean, "everything!" He could have said, They usually wear shoes, they usually watch TV, they usually sit in the living room, etc...

[angryislander56]

yikes!

So what are YOU doing on your summer vacation.

Put it in a sentence please, using the word scintillating:)

[MikeOfKorea]

@angryislander56 Probably hit some clubs in Atlanta, hope to sin 'til late in the day.

[94EstebanLP]

I would kill this man, after the first question!

[neohuysuper]

oh my god. I laughed a lot

[neohuysuper]

oh gofddokgsdgkosdg lolololololol

[djgizmoe]

I think this is one reason many foreign teachers don't give speaking tests. Multiple-choice written exams are far less depressing for both parties.

Seriously though, in my lowest proficiency/motivation classes, the text is too hard and administrative expectations too high, so in my one-on-ones, I just ask the student to recall 5 things they remember from the previous chapter (a mix of grammar, vocabulary and content). For those who didn't prep, it's over as soon as it starts...:)

[Elaina43]

@MikeOfKorea AH! Gotcha.