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Originally Posted by marie777  ...
Has anyone got any ideas for learning and remembering my students names as quickly as possible? Also, I am not sure if schools in China compare, but is the seating mostly rows? - if this is the case, what would be the best way to prepare groups?
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Also, I don't want to point to my students as I think its rude and would much rather say their names.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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I have not been this kind of situation before, but here are
some thoughts:
In one of the classes I took as an adult, we were required to
pin our names to the shirt for a few weeks. The teacher had
brought in all the material (pins, plastic tags and paper). We
wrote our name on it, and after each class, deposited it in the
teacher's box. I felt kind of silly but it worked. The students
may find it to be a novel exercise. ;)
If there is a fixed seating arrangement, you could prepare a chart and
write the student's name in the corresponding position so that
you can refer to it and call his/her name. Just an idea....
I have never used the techniques mentioned
here to memorize
a large number of foreign names in a short time, but it may
be worth reading it to get some ideas.
Good luck on your new assignment. :)