他是課堂上幽默風趣的英文老師，他的課堂總不乏樂趣與歡笑，他是生活里備受學生喜愛的“大哥哥”，爽朗不失細膩，他來自南非約翰內斯堡，卻在中國發現了生命中最熱愛的事業，他是中加楓華國際學校Jean-Claude Allen。

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It was only in my last year at the University that I decided to become a teacher in China. Its the best decision I've ever made, knowing that I'm making an impact on the young youth of today in their come-up in life is a huge honor. They are our future.

在我大學的最后一年，我決定來中國當一名老師。這是我做過最正確的決定，能在孩子們成長過程中給予正確的引導是我的榮幸，因為青少年是我們的未來。

——Jean-Claude Allen

Jean-Claude Allen，來自南非約翰內斯堡，畢業于南非自由州大學。(南非最古老的大學之一，世界排名在前50位)現任楓華高中部英文寫作老師。

Q：中國學生給你的印象是什么?

I love working with the Chinese students, some are not very interested but some kids look up to you as a role model figure. Knowing that there are some students looking up to you, its very important to set a good example for them. Most of the time the 'non interested' students start to get interested when they see their friends pays a lot of attention to the teacher. Being profesional plays a huge role in making a positive impact on the students and their come-up in life.

我喜歡和中國學生在一起，有些孩子也許對我不感興趣，但很多孩子會把“老師”當作榜樣。當知道有一些學生在仰望我，我就必須為他們樹立榜樣。大多數時候，“不感興趣”的學生在看到他們的朋友對老師很重視時，就會開始產生興趣。一名專業的教師在對學生及其成長方面能起到積極作用。

Q：寫作這門課主要的學習內容是什么，要**學生哪些技能?

The main content is to prepare them to get into the BC program. For that to be possible they need to be able to write and understand how to write something specific. The progress I've seen in some of the students makes me wonder, why are they not in BC already. The key to learning anything is being interested, when you are interested in something and motivated enough, it becomes much easier to understand what and why writing is so important. I do my best to make sure my students keep their eyes on the price.

寫作這門課的主要目的，是幫助學生進入BC做好準備。要想做到這一點，他們需要能夠寫作并理解如何編寫一些特定的內容。我在一些學生身上看到的進步，會思考以他們的能力完全可以進BC。學習任何東西的關鍵是要有興趣，當你對某件事感興趣并有足夠的動力時，你就會更容易理解寫作的重要性。我盡我所能讓我的學生盯住目標，心無旁鶩，學好這門課。

Q：學好寫作課的關鍵是什么?

The key to learning writing well is showing the students an easy and fun way to write and keeping them interested. The first step is to show them a fun/interesting way to start planning. Planning is important and it makes it easier to write knowing what they are going to write about using the planning. I showed the students to use a spider diagram to do their planning, they laughed and enjoy using that method.

學好寫作的關鍵是向學生展示一種輕松有趣的寫作方式，讓他們保持興趣。**步是向他們展示一個趣味十足的寫作計劃，計劃是很重要的，它讓你更清晰地進行寫作。我曾經讓學生們用一張蜘蛛圖來做他們的計劃，他們笑了，很喜歡用這種方法。

Q：您是如何在課堂上提高學生學習這門課目的效率?

I improve their efficiency by making the class fun and making them laugh to get them interested. Using something they are interested in to create a good atmosphere and an example of what they should do. I also teach them how to do a proper planning before writing anything using a funny way they won't ever forget.

我通過增加課堂的趣味性來提高學生們的學習效率。用他們感興趣的事物來創造一個良好的學習氛圍以及范例，我還教給他們在寫作前做一個適當的、有趣的計劃，我想這種方式他們永遠不會忘記。

在與Jean-Claude Allen的訪談中，他多次提到的“興趣”，為了讓學生愛上英文寫作課，他會挑學生感興趣的話題進行教學，并制作豐富有趣的課件。不少學生表示，自從上了Jean-Claude Allen的課，對于“英文寫作”再也不頭大了!

一個人的幸福感取決于對自己**價值的理解和熱愛。Jean-Claude Allen認為，來到中國、在楓華當老師，是他做過最正確的決定。他熱愛他的事業，更熱愛他的學生，祝愿他在中國的**和生活一切順利!

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