WVS Teacher - Wen Ding
Contact Info:
wen.ding@mail.aventalearning.com
VoiceMail: 888-228-3682 x5189
Courses taught at WVS:
Mandarin Chinese 1 & 2
Teacher Certification:
Chinese
English
ESL
Educational Experience:
MA—Xiamen
University, China;
BA—Institute of International Relations, Beijing, China
Certificate Program—California State University, East
Bay
Personal Info/Hobbies:
I am originally from Southeast China but now live in
Wisconsin with my husband and two kids. I have been a
foreign language teacher for many years in different
countries--China, Japan and now the United States. This
is the second year that I teach online. When I do not
teach, I like to travel with my family. We have visited
many National Parks and big cities in the States. The
next place we would like to go is Hawaii. We hope to go
there in winter to escape at least for a while the cold
winter in Wisconsin. Besides traveling, I enjoy reading
and listening to music a lot. I don't like sports mainly
because I am not good at most, except Ping pong (table
tennis).
Personal Statement about Online
Teaching:
Being a traditional classroom teacher, I experience a
lot of differences and difficulties in online teaching.
Although this is my second year to teach students
Chinese online, it is still challenging to me,
especially in using technology to conduct language
teaching. As I am getting more familiar with technical
skills, I have found it an amazing experience to reach
my students via Elluminate, email and phone calls. It
seems that the world becomes small and the long-distance
teaching can be “face-to-face” in no time with the help
of technology. I am looking forward to exploring more
technical skills so as to create a more active learning
environment for students. |
