what they say
What Students Say
You have a great sense of humor and it makes us laugh and to stay motivated. I still remember you showing us your funny car experience in snowy days several years ago:) I hope we can bump into each other on campus someday!
——Ayano
Thank you for all of your effort to teach us. You are very sweet. I really like your bright smile and funny stories. I’m sure you can be a great teacher.
——Mina
She is a passionate and knowledgeable teacher. The most remarkable thing is that she corrects our essays and homework very carefully and quickly.
—— Anonymous
She is a very enthusiastic, passionate teacher for me. When she teaches, she explains not only the meaning of expressions but also the background of the definition, practical examples, and delicate nuances. Her feedback on assignments and tests helped me to improve English. She is genuinely punctual, professional, and sincere at the same time.
—— Anonymous
She is very good. She is sweet, polite and good-natured. She is very good at explaining and always ready to help when somebody has needed, and she is able to put the student at ease.
—— Anonymous
You were doing a great job to motivate students and cheer us up. I am happy to be the student of you.
——Anchi
Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for our class. During the semester, you have provided a bunch of materials to deepen our knowledge. In the meantime, I like your Korean pronunciation. You speak very precisely, even with just a few words (including my name). I know you will speak Korean better than me eventually.
——Yoonjae
You are an experiential teacher. You know how to teach English and always tried to teach us in the best way. You made us stay motivated and we have an active atmosphere in our class. Thank you so much! Keep in touch.
——Jun
Stacy, thank you very much for all the energy and passion that you put in every single class. It is challenging some times to maintain the attention and interest of all the students. However, you have done pretty well. I was always happy to go to Columbia and then to attend classes online. You are an excellent teacher. I am pleased about being your student.
——Maria
She is kind and with a happiness personality. This is help me to feel comfortable in class.
—— Anonymous
Dear Stacy when I think of you, I think of this quality: JOY.
——Cristina
What the Advisor Says
Beautifully done. You are able to establish a wonderful connection with your students. I can clearly see they respect you and are willing to share when you ask them to. I also like the rapport you have with them at the beginning of class. It really “humanizes” language instruction and sets a nice tone for the student-student and student-teacher interactions in the rest of the class.
Excellent work. Your language has a high level of accuracy, fluency and complexity. The formality level is exactly at the right level, very helpful for learners of the upper intermediate level.
Excellent. Professional attire, pleasant voice and volume, confident yet friendly (lots of smiles ) facial expressions. You have that natural teachery presence!
With my lovely students
Class Video Clips
A clip from a reading activity where I provide vocabulary explanation using body gestures to facilitate understanding.
A speaking activity where students work in pairs to practice using the language focus that was presented in previous part of this class.
A clip of corrective feedback where I used the clarification request method to elicit student’s self-correction.
A metacognition activity to help students reflect on their previous learning experience on the language focus.
A delayed feedback during post-activity stage to elicit good answers from students and give corrective feedback.
A short clip of corrective feedback. Technique: conversational recast.
A lesson about storytelling in the past. Target language: narrative tenses.