How to be a western teacher?

So they seem to consider "interactive", "interesting", "flexible", "creative" as "something new from the western education". That is sad. It implies that all they do is rote and repetition.

If you have a chance to communicate with the students ahead of time, ask them to bring pictures of their pets. Then each student can stand up and say what kind of animal it is (bird, fish, dog, cat, etc.), what the name is, what color, how the name was chosen, how long they have had the pet, say whether they share the pet with brothers and sisters, what kind of food it eats, what chores they have in connection with it, has it ever been sick, how many other pets they have had ... etc.

Even without pics they can say these things.

You could cut pics out of magazines to bring to the class. Pass them around for the students to pick out ones that are like their pets, or to show what pets they would LIKE to have. Or have them research pets on the internet and print out pictures of pets similar to theirs, or ones they would like to have ...

For interactive, maybe something where they act out going to a pet store. Some students act as buyers, some as store personnel, some as parents.

How about an interactive group discussion (taking turns) about the pros and cons of different types of pets? Or about why people choose the pets they have?

Hope this all helps.