EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW • ̿ ḳന〯 2019 UMAGAZINE 20 • 澳大ᑓゆ 56 ⿍ǎǗᕔ̿ ᕐᇮ英ᐵ⿍᳤ૣ २ゆ〓䢬˗൰ ᑜᆒⅰ䢬ᆒᒴ中२̿ 䢬中ᐵൄ ૩ǎǘ㡡 ᐑእ˷ᑓ͜ ᕅᅞ᎙ሇǗ૦ゆ೮ǘⅰ ㌨֯ 䢬Ǘᆒ⦨ກ㓃ᒴˍΦ૦ゆϓ⡃䢬 ༴ᖣっǍᓠ㐜っǍ英ゆ̏ ᨢǎ૦ಾˍ ゆ〓䢬ᕐ͝ ι૦≋⿼˗ ঁܒ ᑚⅰᐵ ٨䢬ᇮιⅰ˞₅ᇃ㟘ྲ ᕅ䋺㠌ǎǘ ګ ϓᒴ$.*ಾ䢬̏ ˗㣍⾾ᤵ㨶䢬 ߂ ဌ 英ᐵ平ᕔׄ 䢬͎ ᕔྷྭ ㉃˔ⅰ ۽ 能ǎ 㡡ᐑእ֦ 䢬 ؛ػ ᒴ㠙㛛䢬成̿̏ ᕔ ゆ〓ಾ⠗ⅰԖ ن 䢬ൄ ᒴᕔ㍦㭗ⅰべ≷能 ؛䢬能㍦ኩዮゆ〓ⅰ⿈ྫྷ Ǎᐵᧈㅊ ٨䢬 ۽ Ⴀྩ ૦̿ ➘ⅰᒴಾ⠗ⅰ ؛ػ ǎ Ǘ英ゆ平ⅰዞ ڌ 䢬⿍̃ ಾ⦨㌨ⅰ ↷ᕔ૦㑎大䢬⡈&-$ⅰᐑᖍ〲〘䢬͞ ᰚ發ಾಾ⠗⦿㉋᳤ ϭᢵ䢬ઌ͒ м᎙ᕔ英ᐵⅰᄢᕤǎǘ 㵤ᗘབྷ㤚ᐓೀ 澳㟑ಾ大૦ྷ ␣५㈭ൄ 㟘ୣ 」英 ᐵ䢬ਸㅂ大ಾ נ ຂ♟⑆̜ ڇ ૦ⅰಾ⠗ ᒿ㟠䢬ΠᎭ㡡ᐑእⅰഊ䢬₢中ᕔ˗റ ಾⅰ英ゆ平 ڱ ѷ᭨˗ נ ǎଡ֦ 䢬ᢩ 㤘ⅰಾ⠗㭓㬟ᒴ࿘㣍ⅰ䢬Ǘㅂ־中 ᒿ䢬英ゆ⠿ຨྮ Ⴄ௭ቒ㑢̜ ᆒۙۜ ؝ᘪ 㢂そᢗᕡれ㈁ǎᆒ⢸˗ᒴὥ˔ᕍ㕃 ↷ⅰ䢬⡈˜成✻㑮ྩ ˍ⧛ǎǘ㡡ᐑእⓏ ゐ䢺Ǘ⠿ຨ㑢ᆒ䢬˗ᒴ᳤् ᆒ英ᐵ⑨֦ 䢬⡈ᒴ᳤् ᆒഭಾ⠗ᕔˍͮ ⻗ د 䢬؝ ˔ᆒⅰ⢍⛨˗㚠ǎ₢ᒿᆒ࿖⼿ྩ ⛛䢬 ᆒ㐥ᕐっ㓃ᕰ┰૯ତ䢬Π⠿ຨଡ⇀Нᆒ ѵྲ 䢬ଡㅐᆒཅ⒢⦨Н࿖ǎǘ ₢䢬㡡ᐑእᕡれⅰそᢗ䢬ᒴⁱ⟜२そ̿ 5IePEPre 3PeUILe ᆳഖⅰ Ǘ5Ie SMPUIǘǎ⠿ຨ㐔ತ㐔۴ᐑᆒ發㦆䢬՜ ήᇷՄႌიǎ㐛ᒴ㵢ᗖཕᐑಾ䢬 ګ Ӎ 㐿ᦨˍឺ 䢬໓ᆒ㙢〲ᆳ㣍ⅰ⥈⊃䢬㐔 ㈨ ܗ ♰㷞ǎǘ㒄ᡷ㢮ᴿᦒᕔỼỠ䢬Πྲ ̜ く׃ⅰᢩ 㤘くゆǎǗ⠿ຨᦒᕔ ᕤ䢬ۣ ⡈ㅖᆒѵྲྩ ତǎᆒତი ػ 䢬㐛ൄ ᒴᢩ 㤘ಾ⠗ǎᆒॺᐑಾ中̏ ؛ؤ ϓಾ ᕔ㐛ឺ ⅰ㭓ᕐǎǘ fluent in Cantonese, Putonghua, and English. It gives you a broader worldview when you have more than one language at your command.’ ‘For students from CMI schools, it is always possible to catch up,’ says Prof Chen; ‘motivation is the key.’ She explained that adults have higher cognitive abilities and are able to learn grammar rules and sentence structures more quickly than children, yet what most people lack are motivation and consistent practice. ‘Which level students can achieve very much depends on their goal-setting. When the ELC designs teaching materials, we give top priority to piquing student interest and provoking the desire to “own” English.’ Scaffolding and Positive Learning Almost all students in Macao have been exposed to English since kindergarten. In other words, they have more than 12 years of experience in English learning before going to university. Prof Chen has observed, with concern, that many suffer from learning stagnation. In her opinion, a positive learning experience is key to helping students develop, and teachers can play a central role in facilitating this. ‘I remember when I was in Form 3, I went for a solo verse speaking competition. At that time I was not the best one in my class; I was in the lower half. My teacher, Ms Tsui Wai Ting, picked me because she thought I had a good voice and I was quite energetic in class,’ Prof Chen said. ‘I was extremely nervous and my English was not that good, but my teacher saw something in me and she gave me faith, so I worked really hard because of her.’ The poem Prof Chen recited was The Sloth by the American poet Theodore Roethke. “In the beginning, I couldn’t pronounce the words correctly, so my teacher patiently taught me the correct form. Later, I began to understand rhythm, how to emphasise and bring out emotion. My teacher gave me enough scaffolding that I needed to become confident so I knew I could do it. Though I didn’t win I was the first in my school who received a Certificate of Merit and very positive comments from the judges. My teacher was very pleased. Since then I have had the confidence to develop my English language knowledge. I would like to instil this confidence in my students.”
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