Our class letter was A. I named our class the Class A Aces and we made large cards and chanted during dinner time.
Each session classes come up with new words to put on a “vocab wall.” This session we had a vocab storm.
Students also make class posters with their top 10 TIP activities.
Each session we also give out stars for students good behavior and efforts in learning and helping others. They put their names up on the wall when they are rewarded.
Two of our favorite stars!
Again, and with the ABC's of oral English on the left.
Students after getting their certificates.
All smiles after finishing their speeches.
I started a board outside my room to help me practice some Chinese. The other facilitators enjoy it.
More learning. The chinglish of the week was pretty funny considering the other sections.
More Chinese to learn. :)
One of my favorite experiences with students during game time was being able to teach some of my students how to play volleyball.
I had to train a camera man to help document it.
Other students played badminton, the second most popular sport in China after ping pong
Playing and posing.
This was the only student who wasn't a teacher in all of this TIP session. He was a businessman who came to work on his English, and was one of my favorite students. He talked about taking me out for “drinks” sometime in the near future.
This was our class monitor. She was very good speaker and a great help to Laura and I.
The one-footed set. Great form.
More quality setting.
Her arms should be the turned the other way.
Like this.
I taught them proper form.
Bumping
Setting
Instructing.
I also taught them to say “Mine!” or “Yours!” I can't remember if one of them yelled it here...
I think I called it, but the students were there to cover me just in case.
Proper setting.
We had a birthday party with the students. We taught them twister.
The women were fascinated and weren't willing to play.
The men loved it.
It got a bit awkard
and hilarious
The women made a good audience.
These were two of my favorite students. Nancy in the back became like a Chinese mom for me. She gave me napkins at lunch and helped me clean up when I spilled. Shirley in the front was very sweet and eager to learn.
The students also loved Uno.
Back to more awkward twister.
More students.
Then we started the limbo!
The Chinese are quite flexible.
How low can you go?
How high can you fly?
The Chinese love sunflower seeds. They chew them like candy.
The businessman mid-dance.
My co-facilitator Laura teaching the Electric or Cha-cha slide.
Laura's fiance Peter. Attractive.
The class doing the “chicken dance” (notice how I was avoiding the dance by taking pictures)
We have a Talent Show each session. Our student Judie (on the right) was one of the MC's.
Our class did a skit about a Monk who came to TIP and had to make a decision about staying committed to TIP or marrying Cinderella.
Here were his companions
Cinderella was is on the left.
In the end the monk chose the girl. :)
The act was complete with a dance.
clapping too.
This was the dance leader. She was a great dancer and patient teacher.
There was even a fashion show as part of our dance.
More poses
At the end of the show, Laura and I came out, made a pose, and we sang our class chant.
I forget how tall I am compared to my students!
We did the disco clap to make the form of A's for Aces as we chanted.
The students were in the form of TIP
At the end of the talent show, the facilitators are usually coaxed into singing a song.
Tim and Dorothy, who are dating, couldn't think of a song. Therefore the students agreed to settle for a “kiss.” Tim was embarrassed.
The students' cameras were ready, but in the end we all sang Jingle Bells together and then turned off the lights and sent the students home!
We do this hilarious activity in class where students form groups and write and tape as many body parts onto their bodies as they can.
They love it.
The winner usually has about 40 different body parts!
The most hilarious part to me is that they are primarily 30-50 year old teachers, having a blast with this game!
The students also practiced for the Talent Show outside, in the 25-35 degree weather.
Practicing the fashion show poses. Usually awkward, but hilarious too!
One day when it was really cold, I taught the the “I'm a star!” jump where you jump as high as you can yelling “I'm a star! I'm a star! I'm a star!
I learned this from soccer camp at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island where you had to do 5-10 star jumps if you lost.
They weren't very syncronized, but boy how high the women could jump even in heals!!
I'M A STAR!!!
Our class monitor and businessman.
There are two TIP programs that run simultaneously. Here is the picture of our group!
