What are Hualien ETAs doing in August?
ETA Anna and students at Dau Hsiang Elementary School with their Hero Masks
花蓮ETA Anna與稻香國小學生展示英雄面具
August was filled to the brim with activities for the Hualien ETAs. Online workshops were spent enhancing classroom management skills, learning how to make lessons more interactive, and determining ways to provide effective scaffolding. The Hualien ETAs taught an English Superhero Camp at Bei Chang Elementary School and Dau Hsiang Elementary School, reminding the students that they are cool, smart, and super in their own ways. They also kept students of all levels entertained with different portrayals of Goldilocks and the Three Bears at a storytelling event at the Ji'an Library. When the ETAs were not teaching English in some shape or form, they were dancing and doing art with a nearby elderly community, drinking mango smoothies to escape the heat at Shitiping, or learning how to stamp and dye leather bracelets and keychains. Orientation was a good mix of teaching and fun, now it's time to lean into the next semester!
花蓮ETA有一個充實的八月，有增進教室管理技巧、如何增加課堂互動和如何提供有效的鷹架學習的線上課程，有到北昌國小和稻香國小的「超級英雄」營隊活動，讓學生認識到自己又酷又聰明並且都有大家都有各自擅長的領域，他們也到吉安鄉立圖書館講三隻熊的故事給孩子們聽，當ETA沒有在教英語的時候，他們和長者們一起跳舞和做手工藝、在石梯坪躲在小店喝芒果冰沙消暑躲太陽和設計屬於自己的原住民風格的手環和鑰匙圈，八月暑訓充滿了教學和趣味活動，現在要準備邁入新學期囉!
Storytelling at the Ji'an Librar
吉安鄉立圖書館說故事
Group picture at Shitiping
石梯坪團體照
Showing Hualien ETAs and elders’ work
花蓮ETA和長者展示當日手工藝作品