Hello! My name is Icaro Pereira. I am a Foreign Teacher at Kang Chiao International School.

I have been teaching for more than 12 years in different countries.

I believe that effective learning takes place when there is a welcoming, engaging and fun atmosphere in the classroom. Nothing makes me happier than seeing students developing their language skills class by class, aspiring being more fluent and independent in an ever-demanding world.

My philosophy as a teacher is summarized by the ancient Chinese quote:

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” -Xun Kuang.

我的(de)第一次烘焙

　　在過去的(de)兩個(gè)星期裏，我一直在和(hé)我的(de)1E學生們學習(xí)和(hé)閱讀名爲“我的(de)第一堂烘焙課”這(zhè)篇文章(zhāng)。文章(zhāng)主要介紹了(le)烘焙所需要的(de)食材，工具以及實際烘烤餅幹所需的(de)一切材料，如書(shū)中所述。

　　在第二周，我們還(hái)一起學習(xí)了(le)巧克力蛋糕食譜。由于學生們一直在圍繞這(zhè)個(gè)主題進行很多(duō)練習(xí)，所以我想出了(le)一個(gè)好主意。

　　我決定挑戰一下(xià)，讓父母錄制孩子烘焙的(de)整個(gè)過程。拍(pāi)攝時(shí)，學生必須大(dà)聲用(yòng)英文說出自己烘焙需要的(de)材料和(hé)步驟。我讓孩子們在周末錄制烘焙視頻(pín)。我們取得(de)了(le)巨大(dà)的(de)成功！

　　這(zhè)個(gè)挑戰使學生能夠流利地使用(yòng)目标單詞，在有意義的(de)現實生活中說英語，同時(shí)又充滿樂(yuè)趣。我們看到了(le)孩子們烤蛋糕，面包和(hé)餅幹！

　　在家長(cháng)們的(de)全力配合和(hé)支持下(xià)，我們實現了(le)這(zhè)一目标。

　　當家長(cháng)，老師和(hé)孩子共同協作時(shí)，一切皆有可(kě)能！

　　我希望與您分(fēn)享我和(hé)學生的(de)學習(xí)過程。我敢肯定，你的(de)臉上也(yě)會露出笑(xiào)容。

My First Baking Lesson

For the last two weeks, the 1E students have been working with a reader called "My First Baking Lesson". They were introduced to ingredients, baking tools and everything they need to actually bake cookies, like in the book.

On the second week, they were also introduced to a chocolate cake recipe. Since they have been exercising so much about this theme, I had an idea.

I decided to challenge parents to recording their kids baking. While filming, the students had to say out loud the ingredients and procedures as they were performing them. The starting day was Friday and the deadline is this Sunday.

It has been an outstanding success!

The challenge resulted in students using the target language with fluency, speaking the English Language in a meaningful real life situation while having a world of fun.. We can see kids baking cake, bread and cookies!

Parents were nothing but supportive and were 100% engaged in making this happen.

When parents, teachers and kids are aligned, everything is possible!