他是课堂上幽默风趣的英文老师，他的课堂总不乏乐趣与欢笑。他是生活里备受学生喜爱的“大哥哥”，爽朗不失细腻。他来自南非约翰内斯堡，却在中国发现了生命中最热爱的事业。他是Jean-Claude Allen。
It was only in my last year at the University that I decided to become a teacher in China. Its the best decision I've ever made, knowing that I'm making an impact on the young youth of today in their come-up in life is a huge honor. They are our future.
在我大学的最后一年，我决定来中国当一名老师。这是我做过最正确的决定，能在孩子们成长过程中给予正确的引导是我的荣幸，因为青少年是我们的未来。
——Jean-Claude Allen
专访Jean-Claude Allen
Jean-Claude Allen，来自南非约翰内斯堡，毕业于南非自由州大学（南非最古老的大学之一，世界排名在前50位）。现任中加枫华国际学校高中部英文写作老师。
Q：中国学生给你的印象是什么？
I love working with the Chinese students, some are not very interested but some kids look up to you as a role model figure. Knowing that there are some students looking up to you, its very important to set a good example for them. Most of the time the 'non interested' students start to get interested when they see their friends pays a lot of attention to the teacher. Being profesional plays a huge role in making a positive impact on the students and their come-up in life.
我喜欢和中国学生在一起，有些孩子也许对我不感兴趣，但很多孩子会把“老师”当作榜样。当知道有一些学生在仰望我，我就必须为他们树立榜样。大多数时候，“不感兴趣”的学生在看到他们的朋友对老师很重视时，就会开始产生兴趣。一名专业的教师在对学生及其成长方面能起到积极作用。
Q：写作这门课主要的学习内容是什么，要教会学生哪些技能？
The main content is to prepare them to get into the BC program. For that to be possible they need to be able to write and understand how to write something specific. The progress I've seen in some of the students makes me wonder, why are they not in BC already. The key to learning anything is being interested, when you are interested in something and motivated enough, it becomes much easier to understand what and why writing is so important. I do my best to make sure my students keep their eyes on the price.
写作这门课的主要目的，是帮助学生进入BC做好准备。要想做到这一点，他们需要能够写作并理解如何编写一些特定的内容。我在一些学生身上看到的进步，会思考以他们的能力完全可以进BC。学习任何东西的关键是要有兴趣，当你对某件事感兴趣并有足够的动力时，你就会更容易理解写作的重要性。我尽我所能让我的学生盯住目标，心无旁鹜，学好这门课。
Q：学好写作课的关键是什么？
The key to learning writing well is showing the students an easy and fun way to write and keeping them interested. The first step is to show them a fun/interesting way to start planning. Planning is important and it makes it easier to write knowing what they are going to write about using the planning. I showed the students to use a spider diagram to do their planning, they laughed and enjoy using that method.
学好写作的关键是向学生展示一种轻松有趣的写作方式，让他们保持兴趣。第一步是向他们展示一个趣味十足的写作计划，计划是很重要的，它让你更清晰地进行写作。我曾经让学生们用一张蜘蛛图来做他们的计划，他们笑了，很喜欢用这种方法。
Q：您是如何在课堂上提高学生学习这门课目的效率？
I improve their efficiency by making the class fun and making them laugh to get them interested. Using something they are interested in to create a good atmosphere and an example of what they should do. I also teach them how to do a proper planning before writing anything using a funny way they won't ever forget.
我通过增加课堂的趣味性来提高学生们的学习效率。用他们感兴趣的事物来创造一个良好的学习氛围以及范例，我还教给他们在写作前做一个适当的、有趣的计划，我想这种方式他们永远不会忘记。
在与Jean-Claude Allen的访谈中，他多次提到的“兴趣”，为了让学生爱上英文写作课，他会挑学生感兴趣的话题进行教学，并制作丰富有趣的课件。不少学生表示，自从上了Jean-Claude Allen的课，对于“英文写作”再也不头大了！
一个人的幸福感取决于对自己工作价值的理解和热爱。Jean-Claude Allen认为，来到中国、在枫华当老师，是他做过最正确的决定。他热爱他的事业，更热爱他的学生，祝愿他在中国的工作和生活一切顺利！