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TeachingreflectionBeforeIstudiedthiscourseandsteppedintotheplatformtoexperiencewhatisarealteacher,Ialwaysthinkteachingisaneasingthing.Theteacherjustneedstocopytheteachingcontentfromtheteachingreferencebooksandshowthemtothestudents.However,throughthiscourseIfeelallthethingschangedcompletely.Nomatterfromthepreparationtothepractice,frommyteachingplantomyPPT,orfrommyrehearsaltomyrealshow;theyallletmehaveanentirelydifferentattitudetowardsEnglishteaching.Throughasemester’sleaning,teachingandthinking,IhavesomeopinionsoralsocalledteachingreflectiontowardsEnglishteaching,whichincludestheaspectsoftheteacher,thestudents,theteachingmethods,theclassactivities,thetextbookandalsoabouttheteachingreflectionitself.Allofthesethinking,Iconsider,willdoagreatfavortomyteachingcareer.Firstly,I’dliketosaytheteachingreflectionitself.Itisveryessentialforteacherstocarryonitintimeafterclass,whichcanlettheteachertothinkabouttheprocessandhaveaclearanalysisofthisclass.Throughthisprocedure,theteachercanfindtheshortcomingsofthisclass,haveadeepthinkingoftheissuesandlaterfindthesolutionsforthem,whichcanformagoodcirculationintheteachingprocessthatbenefitboththestudentsandtheteacher.Inteachingpractice,wewenttothemini-classseveraltimes.Aftereachteaching,Iwouldstudymyteachingvideotofindmygoodpointsandmyclass’sshortcomings,whichcanasmyreferencetomodifymyteachingcontentortofindmoreproperwaysinthenextclass.ByusingthiswayIlearnedalotabouthowtotransformtheknowledgefrommytextbooktotherealityclassteaching.Secondly,theclassactivitiesshouldbeusedproperly.Aboutthispoint,I’mdeeplyaffectedbyit.Whenfirstwritingmyteachingplans,Iamalwaystryingtoaddmoreactivitieslikechant,game,songandsoon,whichIthinkwillincreasetheinterestingoftheclass.ButwhenIreallycarryontheclassasmyplan,theresultmakemefellupset.Somanyactivitiesnotonlyletclasssometimesoutofcontrol,butalsomaketheclassremainswithforminsteadofrealcontent.Ithinknotonlymebutalsoothersfacethisproblemwhenwefirstbegintoteaching.Bythehelpofmyteacherandthelaterpractices,Irealizedthattheclassactivitiesarenotthepurposeofourclass;however,itisonlyonewayinourteachingprocess.Properquantityandqualityclassactivitieswillactivateourteaching,butabusinguseofthemwillmakeourteachinggotoformalism.Sowhenchoosingtheactivities,itisessentialtoconsideroutteachingpurposeandthecontentofthelessonfirst.Thatlettheactivitiesserveforourteachingisouroriginalgoal.Thirdly,theusingoftheteachingmethodsintherealclassshouldbevaried.Intheteachingtheoryclasswelearneddifferentteachingmethodslikegrammar-translationmethod,directmethod,totalphysicalresponse,situationallanguageteachingandsoon.Butinpracticaluse,itishardlytofindusingonlyonemethodinoneteachingperiod.Eveninthe45mins’class,wehavedifferentstepslikelead-in,presentation,practice,consolidationandotherflexibleparts.Accordingtothepurposesandthecharacteristicsofdifferentpart,weshouldtakeindifferentteachingmethod.Forexample,inthebeginningoftheclasswecancreateasituationbyusingthemethodofsituationlanguageteachingtoattractourstudents’attention.Whenwecarryonclassactivities,wecanemploythemethodoftotalphysicalresponsetodeepentheimpressionofthelanguageonthemindofstudents.Sointhepracticalteaching,theteachershouldconsidertheflexibilityinusingtheseteachingmethods.AndIthinknomethodistotallygoodorbad.Ifwecanfindtherightplaceforeachofthem,theyareallgoodforourteaching.ThefourthlyIwanttomentionistheusingthetextbook.Itisthebasicfactorinourteachingforwegoonourlesson,accordingtowhichwedecideourteachingprocess,teachingcontent,teachingobjectivesandalmostalltherelatedthings.Butitisonlythebasisandweneedbeyondit.Inthepremiseoffullrespectofit,weshouldtrytobeyondandbreakthroughthetextbookinsteadoflimitedbyit.Ourtextbooksprocessflexibility,whichrequiresourteachertousethemcreativelyaccordingtoourteachingcurriculums.Thetextbookshouldbeourbasisandthelifeshouldbeourcontent,whichwillguaranteeourstudentslearnaspossibleasmanythings.Thelastbutnottheleastisourstudentsandtheteachers.Inthespiritofournewcurriculum,thestudentsareourcoreintheEnglishteachingandtheteachers’rolesshouldchangefromthecontrollertotheassessor,organizer,promoter,participant,resource-provider,guidesandothers.Weshouldputmoreemphasisontheautonomyofourstudents.Letthembethemainbodyofourclassandthroughcooperatingandgrouplearning;lettheinterestsbetheirlearningmotivationsforlongtimestudy.Astheteacherunderthecontinuousteachingreformandnewcurriculum,weshouldkeepstudyallthetime.Inspiteofpromotingourprofessionalknowledge,theenthusiasmfortheteachingcareer,theloveforourstudents,thepursuitandtheexploreofthenewteachingconceptandthemoresummarizingandreflectionofourteachingarealsothenecessarythingsweshouldalwaysdo.Alloftheabovearemyteachingreflectionsthroughthiscourse’sstudying.Maybesomeofthemarestillsuperficialorevenwrongtosomeextent,butIwillgoonmyteachingwiththeprocessoflearningandthinking.