Cultural Differences

One hurdle I know that I will have to overcome is the cultural barrier between American-style teaching and Asian-style teaching.

In Asia, lecture is the primary way of teaching. Students learn too! A stereotype of Asian teenagers is that they are very smart. I personally do not understand how they can soak up all the information from a lecture format of teaching. Most American students (like me) die (or want to die) when they have teachers who are strictly lecuterers. So what do I do as an American abhorer of lecture who is going to teach Asian students who are used to lecture formats?

I plan on mixing the styles. I want to do some lecture but mis it up with class discussion and games. Also some field trips and hands-on activities where the students can learn experientially as opposed pure academic learning. These are some ideas for the classroom, does anyone have any other ideas? I really want to challenge the students I'll have so that they aren't trained to learn only one way. And I want to challenge myself so that I can communicate in more than one way.