Critical Language Teaching

This approach is very straightforward to me as I didn't have that much teaching theories before. So, what I can do is find out the problem I meet in the class and find a solution to solve it. As I didn't follow a particular way when teaching, it didn't trap myself in it. I think it is hard for experienced teachers or teachers who had lots of theoretical training as they thought they've accepted that much training so they shouldn't critique themselves.

I quite agree that teachers should consider all aspects as they all affect our teaching process. Also, I think it is really important to reflect our teaching all the time as we learn when we teach. We must get something new from the teaching. It can be new sources for next teaching.

There's an issue I'm interested in is teaching second language in student's first language. Chinese is my first language but I teach it in a English-speaking country. Most of my students speak English as their first language. I found that it is very useful at the beginning stage as this will help students get into the new area quickly and efficiently. Besides, immersive teaching might be useful but I think students should be immersed in the social situations rather than classroom. If students don't have enough knowledge about second language, no matter how much you say, they still cannot understand. Moreover, they will feel anxious and refuse to learn anymore.