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| Qidong, JiangSu Province |
Every middle school and high school classroom in China has
at least one Monitor. He or she takes the duty seriously. Their primary duty is
to be assistance to the teacher.
Meet Maggie. She was my classroom Monitor at the Qidong
Junior Middle School. Qidong is located in JiangSu province. Sweet Maggie was 13
years old. Her daily duty was to observe and report on the overall conduct of
the teacher and students in her class. She reported directly to the Head
Teacher after each teaching session. She was a quick runner.
Maggie reported on the conduct of the teacher, foreign or
otherwise, the behaviour of the students, late arrivals, unfinished homework,
homework not handed in, inappropriate language by the teacher or the students
and absences. My Monitor was always attentive.
“Maggie, how were you chosen to be Class Monitor?” I said.
“The Head Teacher chose me as Monitor because I have high
marks in every subject,” she said.
Maggie's English is a band score of 4 International English
Language Testing System. Although she is a limited user and has basic English
language competence, she still has enough comprehension to gather your words
and actions in the classroom and report your activities to the Head Teacher.
The duty of a Chinese classroom Monitor was described to me
by Peng Wen Juan, a Chinese English teacher.
“In my opinion, the job of the monitor in a class is to be
a good example and a good guide. He is to lead the class to having a good
attitude towards studying, and also to help teachers to have good classes.”
Tip No. 3: Get to know your classroom Monitor.
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| Drawing by Maggie |
