miércoles, 17 de noviembre de 2010

LARGE CLASSES

Hello there! I really liked this video information because it is very important to know what I can do if some day I work as a teacher, and my students are a high number. Well, I think is very important when the video says you cannot remark your students as, "This student is very smart," or "this student is stupid." I think if the teacher remark his/her students like that, the student will believe that he/she is intelligent and don't need anything else, or someone else. On the other hand, if the student hears, "You are stupid," everyday, he/she will believe it and he/she could fall in depress. I liked, too, that the teacher has to be proactive and not reactive because the teacher has to be fair with all the students and get a chance to each student not only because a student is talkative the teacher will give only this student the chance to participate, also the teacher has to give the chance to participate to the students that are shy or quit.I think this approaches can work in our country, I mean, it has to work in our country because we have many schools with a lot of students in one classroon. And I think, this can work with adults, too. But you have to remember that adults can learn like children but the teacher has to respect and recall some rulers we have about adults.

martes, 16 de noviembre de 2010

INTERNET TOOLS

Hello there! well, talking about internet tools, I think this is very important not only because the society demands technological capacity nowadays, but also because it is funny, and you can know different ways to use internet and not only with the same rutine. I liked this because it is funny to discover different ways to get the same point, and also I discovered pages that to be honest and to be realistic I didn't know these exist!!! I think this is very important because you find a way to practice your english listening stories of different people, recording your voice etc. I think this is nice because you can hear different people, so this meants you are able to hear defferent pronunciations, and if you record your voice you can notice your mistakes. so, for me this is nice. And I think internet's tools use is in the logical intelligence, but to be honest, I think scientists have to categorize a new intelligence: "technological intelligence." Yes. Maybe in the past nobody categorize this intelligence because this not existed, but today we have it, and it is not easy to use for all of us.

martes, 26 de octubre de 2010

contextualized language

Hello!!!!!
Well, contextualized language is the action to take the students into real situations according the topics of the curriculum. I mean, the teacher has a topic, and she/he wants to involve the students the most possible, and the way is to learn with the practice.
This is very important.The student takes not only theory that at the end it is left on the notebook but also gets knowledge of the real situation lived in the classroom. It is not the same to tell a student "Imagine you are tasting an ice cream" that "Taste your ice cream." So, contextualized language has the function to teach the student with real stuations of the real life from the lower to the highest level.
In this stage the attitud of the teacher has to be dynamic in order to get the students awke and interested on the topic. It has to be patient because the students won't learn at the first time, but at the same time it has to show authority to gain the students respect.
The students independence is nice because they can know they are part of the situation so that they have to play a good rol.
In El Salvador contextualized language could work nice because students can be involve in real situations, and they can notice the good things and at the same time the bad things that can be changed in or society.
The students can respond as well as the others students because all of us have capacities that can be develop.
Our EFL can work with it. Right now someone can say "No of cours not, it couldn't work!" But our teachers have the enough charisma to make work this interesting way to learn.

martes, 5 de octubre de 2010

CREATING A POSITIVE CLASSROOM CLIMATE

Well, according with this handout the teacher has a big responsability in the classroom. te teacher not only has to teach a lesson but also has the obligation of creating a good environment and a feeling of succes in the sutdents. I mean, the teacher not only works with the sutudents' mind, also the eacher works with the students' soul because the students learn better in a good environment of the classroom. So, if the teacher since the beginning create a good "Rapport" at the end of the year the students will have both a great knowledge of the subject and a nice experience of learning. I like the part that says "laughing with them not at them" it is nice because imagine! it would be hard if a teacher laughs about you in font, or with all students about you!!!

viernes, 10 de septiembre de 2010

PROFICIENCY LEVELS

HELLO THERE!!!
I decided to write about beginning levels because I think this level is hard to work with. Imagine! you are going to be in the mind of those guys saying oh! I saw this with my first English teacher, or Oh my God!! I have not seen this before, for the rest of their career, they are going to recall you. Moreover, I think this level is difficult, too because you have to find the way those guy get comprehension and retention of the new language. But this level could be nice since you can be creative and get a lot of fun with your students since you can do a lot of activities in order to get their attention and retention.
On the other hand, the teacher's role in this case is to be a model, for me this is hard since your students could like to be like you, so imagine, the teacher has to do a good job in this level because he/she is the first step of babies that satart to walk in a new world.
About authenticity of language, I can say, and I have to repeat it, the teacher is who develop the vocabulary of the beginners, so he/she has to be careful with this and use a good pronunciation, vocabulary and accent in order to motivate the students.
talking about student creativity, well, students in this stage have to be receptive, I mean, they have to process the way in which this new language work, and then they are going to be able to produce the new language, maybe with afew words, but the innovation comes with new experience.

miércoles, 8 de septiembre de 2010

TEACHING ACROSS AGE LEVELS

TEACHING ADULTS
Well, I think to work with adults is better because adults are able to handle abstract rules, and you can work with concepts, and direct things. I mean, you have to find the correct way to work with them, but you do not handle with a lot of things just to get another point. I mean, you do not have to circle a lot. Moreover, adults have longer attention spans even if the topic is interesting for them or not. So, working with children would be hard because you have to be very patient and love children. And in order to work with teens you have to be very intelligent to focus them, and be very patient, too.

viernes, 20 de agosto de 2010

TPR'S PRESENTATION

Well, taking a little about my presentation I do not know how the others (specially the teacher) evaluated this because I know that I am not so good in front of people but I liked this method because is funny, you have to move your body, you can laugh,and you can develop your brain, and of course you learn, so for me this is a good method