jason downs, 中文名唐杰胜,来自美国德克萨斯州,是美国西北大学( northwestern university )本科生、伦敦大学学院( university college london )硕士生。2015年头步在南农外国语学院担任外教,当前教授的课有英语系本科一大学的“英语口语ⅰ”、“英语语音”、“英语口语ⅱ”,二大学的“西方文明概论”。
however, my first time in china was in the summer of 2010
when i did a summer chinese languager program in beijing.
do you enjoy chinese dishes?
yes, i enjoy many kinds of
chinese food very much.
how do you like nanjing?
nanjing is a very interesting city. i like many things about nanjing, especially the various historcial sites.
why did you choose to teach in
njau?
well, because they offered me a
job.i had been teaching at
a private school called ef for two
years before i took this current
job.
what do you think of njau?
i think njau has a lot of
talented students. i don't have
enough experience at other chinese universities to make a comparison to njau, but i like my job here.
have you ever experienced
something interesting in njau?
haha, well every day is
interesting. i think perhaps the most interesting thing i've experienced has been working with the debate students in the university. they are very talented and interesting students.
what's your teaching style in class?
haha, well it depends on the class i guess. in a class like oral english i try to have the students practice their speaking as much as possible. in a class like western civilization that they will find both interesting and useful, that they can
use to be a better and more knowledgeable person.
finally, could you give some
suggestions for our english study?
read as much as possible! read everything you can. i think this is really one of the secrets that the best language students do. find something interesting and read all you can about it in
english! this will actually improve your other skills of listening, writing and speaking as well. i think everyone should develop the habit of reading for pleasure in a foreign language.