Piano teacher--questions

钟摩西

Sorry I cannot type in Chinese ...
One question for teachers as well as parents.

Is it normal for teacher to play piano CD on the class? One class is 30 mins, the teacher could play CD for over 10 mins.

Christy_BJ

大课无所谓
一对一不正常，就算孩子听也是老师弹，不是放CD
CD可以拷给学生，回家听。
（或者学生自己买CD，网上下载等）

钟摩西

Could anyone please help me out here?

LittleKing

很少这样的。

MEL888

不应该的

钟摩西

we have CD at home, and we listen it from time to time.
Since the teacher moved to the new house and bought a CD player, she kept on playing CD instead of playing on her own.
Yesterday I was really mad since the teacher quickly wrapped off the class because the next student (indian girl) already arrived (around 5 mins early).

So yesterday, the teacher spent 10 mins playing CD, 10 mins checking my daughter's theory homework, and less than 10 mins saw my daughter playing.

...

maybe I should change the teacher? any recommendations?

Sorry  that I could not type in Chinese

maxiaoc

Which city? Which Suburb?

钟摩西

Hurstville, sydney

The teacher was recommended by a friend and she is from China as well and I was happy since we can all speak Chinese and I would love to grab every chance for my daughter to speak in Chinese.
While the odd thing is the teacher does greetings in Chinese and once she started the lesson she would use English...while I don't want to comment on her English but I would rather her teaching in Chinese

宝贝妮妮

上课讲课说英语是正常的。在这边学琴，即使中文老师讲课也要用英文，孩子上学都是英文，说中文反倒不容易让孩子听懂的。但是上课放cd就不好了。也应该老师弹吧。

zjrlisa

换老师吧。 除非孩子特别喜欢那个老师。

30分钟的课， 孩子程度应该不高， 老师给孩子演示非常重要，近距离观察真人现场弹奏 也是孩子学习的一个重要部分。 听CD，呵呵呵，  回家慢慢听好啦。

Dark_Blue

换就一个字

sunnysr1115

一对一的课，听10分钟cd肯定不正常。
偶尔一次可以接受，经常这样不行

钟摩西

Thanks for everyone's response.

I will talk with the teacher first to see improvement;otherwise I'll consider changing.

So much headache for a mum!

Tim_judy

钟摩西 发表于 2017-2-6 15:41
Thanks for everyone's response.

I will talk with the teacher first to see improvement;otherwise I'l ...

老师收费多少呢？

冬迹之樱

第一次听说有这样的

钟摩西

I sent a sms to the teacher yesterday to talk about it. The teacher responded in the way that all mistakes are my daughters--
Since my daughter picked up the pace quickly in previous lessons after listening to the CD, she chose to play CD again and again....
Since we were late for 1 min, she could end up the class earlier...

................

钟摩西

30 dollars/half an hour
cash only

rayki

同样第一次听说。 理论上CD都是课后回家欣赏。 我记得我们那个老师甚至有的时候挑composer 的错误，上次她就说Chris Norton很naughty有的地方弹得处理的不对。  当然她和Chris关系貌似很好。

所以她几乎严格禁止学生听CD练习或者看youtube练习。。 一概只听她的技法。。
就因为孩子曾经早期看youtube跟着学过几次（就是新曲子还没有学到的部分）， 然后被她说过好几次。 以后再也不敢了。

钟摩西

Thanks everyone..
Now I know. I will try to find another teacher for my daughter.

Sigh.

findcaiyzh

上课说英语是对的。
上课听CD不正常。

Christy_BJ

钟摩西 发表于 2017-2-7 10:14
Thanks everyone..
Now I know. I will try to find another teacher for my daughter.

老师很差劲

ericllyy

We are learning Suzuki piano which requires kids to listen CD everyday. The teacher never plays CD at the lesson. Sometimes if she is not happy with my daughter's performance, she said I will play CD on the lesson next time if you don't listen it at hom. But I know it is only a warning and she never do it on her lesson.

IceBlock

我们刚开始的时候听。。就是上课开始的音乐和下课的音乐。加起来就5分钟吧。
但我们是1对2的课。1小时，而且孩子刚4岁。$20

Lz的老师太坑爹。。垃圾

dilbert

IceBlock 发表于 2017-2-7 13:45
我们刚开始的时候听。。就是上课开始的音乐和下课的音乐。加起来就5分钟吧。
但我们是1对2的课。1小时，而 ...

这个老师很便宜，在墨尔本吗？

蘑菇头晶晶

I'm a piano teacher.
I'm sure this is NOT the correct way of teaching piano especially for 1:1 tutor!!!
From the CD, students only hear how the music sound, but still don't know the skills of playing, how the fingers touch the keyboard, the wrist motion, etc...
Teacher's demonstration is the most important part of the private piano class and that's why the private lesson is MORE expensive then group lesson.
Teacher can play CD on a group class, but teacher should show the skills and technology for her student in a 1:1 lesson.
To some degree, just like tennis or swimming teacher. you can't imagine teacher doesn't demo the movements, why piano teacher dare not?!