I would like to express my appreciation for the
hardworking teachers from CTF. The overseas
project between CTF and MFTU has lasted for seven years. We would like to thank
the team from Canada Canada
During the summer course we learned very
interesting, helpful and new kinds of teaching ideas from our Canadian counterparts.
Also we had workshops on reading strategies, parental empowerment programs,
gender equity, and AIDS, which were organized by this team.
Besides that our writing team- Urgamal.U,
Sarantsetseg.P, Bayasgalmaa.J, Sarnai.D, Saingerel.E, Tsetsegmaa.G, and Tungalag.D-
have finished writing the textbook for the 1 Qth grade.
Also, four
teachers worked with the Canadian teachers as co-tutors: Altantsetseg Z. from
School #18, Enkhtsetseg Ch. from School #1, Asemgul B. from School #1, and
Erdene D. from Orchlon.
Again,
we would like to express our deepest gratitude from the bottom of our heart for
the Canadian teachers' hard work and effort and for sharing their experience,
skills and knowledge.
Sincerely,
Z. Altantsetseg,
Ulaanbaatar
Dear Editor,
I am writing
from Zereg soum, Hovd aimag. My name is Purevsaikhan. I graduated from the Hovd
branch of the Mongolian State University in 2004. I am an English - Russian
teacher, working at the secondary school in Zereg soum, Hovd aimag. I've been
teaching English and Russian for over one year. I am very happy to read your
journal and I enjoy reading the articles and teaching methods. When I was
studying as a junior in university I started to read P.E.T journal. I think
that this journal is very useful and affective for students and teachers.
In our
school there are five English teachers. Two of them are foreign teachers. Their
names are Robert and Hazel Keroack. Robert is American, and Hazel is English.
The other three are Mongolians. We learn many things from the foreign teachers.
I have been training under these two teachers since last year. I think they are
very kind, helpful, intelligent and very hard working. Together we are learning
how to improve our English speaking, listening and writing skills.
I would like
to say a little about my training. I have three kinds of training with my
foreign teachers: group conversation, professional development and lesson plan
review. My professional development training consists of three parts. There are
grammar, oral and listening sections. I have professional development about an
hour and half each week. I show my weekly plan to Robert and Hazel. We all have
conversation practice together. Because Hazel and Robert have come from
different English speaking countries, their accents are different and they even
sometimes use different words to express the same things. During our
conversation practice this is a big advantage for us. Also some weekends we
watch interesting movies in English and spend a special day all together. In
school our study condition is very comfortable, but sometimes it is a little
cold in the winter. Our training events are exciting and interesting, and we
enjoy them so much. I am improving my English language skills. My speaking and listening
skills are especially better than they were before. During our study we use
useful grammar books and dictionaries from the English Language Center. This
leads me to want to write a little about another addition to our foreign
department. .
Our two
foreign English teachers have been helping to organize this English Language
Center (ELC). It is on our school’s
first floor. Sork, one of our Mongolian teachers, helped to build this room.
The boys’ crafts teacher, Batjargal, made a nice big wooden book cabinet with
glass doors. Some friends of Robert and Hazel from different countries also
helped us to develop this room by donating money and books. The ELC and
teaching materials are wonderful to have.
You might
ask what is the ELC really used for? It is used for learning English more
intensively. The classes taught there are in addition to and separate from the
school's regular English lessons. They involve students, teachers and even
adults of our soum who want to learn English. The main goals are to teach the
basics of English and to improve listening, writing and reading skills.
Nowadays every secondary teacher must learn English, so all of our teachers
should be involved in learning English. This can be done effectively in our
ELC. As for the students, they learn how to use dictionaries, prepare for
competitions, and more importantly they also get ready for university entrance
exams. ELC is open and working every school day. The work is implemented
steadily. Some students are even coming to the center in their spare time.
Twenty teachers have been studying English with Robert and Hazel in the center.
Along with other adults in the soum, they now make up five different levels of
study.
I hope that ELC will be changed next year. We will name
it The Foreign
Language Centre because this year our students are
studying English and Russian. In my opinion maybe next year the students will
learn other foreign languages.
I hope that
ELC will be a foreign language centre next year. In our school there are five foreign
language teachers who are teaching foreign languages. Robert and Hazel teach
only English. The other three teach Russian and English. Some hope that our
aspirations will be fulfilled.
Sincerely, Purevsaikhan
Hovd