Interesting comment. Brings to mind: "Ask not what your school can do for you, ask what you can do for the school." Hee hee.
When I arrived in China I was told I would be giving Oral English classes. That was a surprise. Not sure what that meant but I found it means doing chong-fu or back and forth oral repeating. This has some value but I am asking myself in a class of 50 kids, "Who can hear the mistakes and so how can they make slight improvements?" When I teach Oral English I must put the main points on the board as a crutch or support for the oral. In my school I find that if I try to speak with one kid he/she will not speak up so all can hear and thus the whole class loses interest. It is a delima. They are so accustomed to using chong-fu with their Chinese English teachers. I have used some oral games too (Sketch & Hint and Hangman) and recitation but the later is not that successful because of the small voice and shyness in speaking at the front. Any ideas?