In the very first week of our observation,
Kirk got a reputation for being “crazy” among us. Some of us were even afraid
to observe his class again, for we all felt awkward when we had to follow him
to do “crazy” things.
By the time I went to his class, I had got
well-prepared in mind for the craziness. He is really an instructor of passion.
Ten minutes after the class began, he was sweating all over. In addition to
speaking loudly or shouting, he had been gesturing, moving his body all the time.
He combined pronunciation with breath and movement of the body so that students
do not only read out the sounds, but feel the difference of the body in
pronunciation.
Imagine the students and the instructor all
“dancing”, shouting sounds together. It is full of passion, funn , engaging .
No one in class could have a chance to get distracted. This may well account
for the crazy things he asks students to do in class.
Last week, he further explained his way of
teaching. It turns out this way of practicing pronunciation comes from the way
actors of Shakespeare train their voice and speaking. Only a devoted teacher ,
a hard-working teacher could have come up with the idea of applying acting techniques
to pronunciation study!
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