今日は希望者のみに対して始めた長文読解課題第1回の提出日。
2名の未提出(出し忘れ)がいた。受け取りは断った。
「せっかくやったのに」という気持ちは私にもあった。
指導すべきなのかもしれないが、
指導はしないと割り切って始めたから希望者のみにした。
約束を守らないで損をする経験も、生徒には必要だろう。
今日の6時間中の空き時間は3時間。
53名の長文読解の解答を採点、添削して、
「解説」の補足を少しずつ書き込んで、なんとか帰りまでに返却した。

放課後、会議の後、
久しぶりに時間ができた。
すかさず教材研究に取り組んだ。
平日に教材研究するのは何ヶ月振りだろう。

参加型の授業に励んできたが、ここに来て、生徒達が失速している。
英語で進める英語の授業はやはり、
ついて来れない生徒を取りこぼしてしまうのだろうか。
例年とデータを比較すると、下のレベルの子供たちが増えている。
「生徒達が勉強しない」と、人のせいにするのは簡単だが、
それではこの仕事に自分がついている意味がないという、
自信を持つことができない。

生徒が頑張り、力を伸ばす指導法(≠授業法)はなかなか見つからない。

Today is the deadline of the 1st optional reading assignment.
Two students missed the deadline.
I refused to accept their late work, though I had a feeling that they made efforts anyway.
Maybe it was the time to discipline them,
but I had already decided to have this an "optional" assignment,
because I had known that I would not have  enough time to take care of such students that far in this time of the school year.
I believe that my students might need some experience in which they fail to benefit due to not following the rule.
I had three hours free from lessons today.
I was marking and correcting their assignments,
put extra explanation on the answer key.
I managed to return the assignments by the time they left school.

After school, when the English Department meeting was done, I had a little time.
I jumped into studying teaching materials and making lesson plans.
It has been a while since I last time worked on lesson plans weekdays.

Although I've been trying to make "student-centered" lessons,
I have realized that students are getting tired of studying.
I still suspect that "English lessons in English" may cause serious troubles to students who already have difficulty keeping up with the class.
As I compared a variety of data, the number of students at lower proficiency levels is increasing.
It is so easy to blame students for not studying hard,
but this does not make me confident in my teaching.
I would like to feel that I'm one of those who should be teachers.

I'm still looking for the way in which students try hard and they become proficient in English.