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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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

LILY'S ACTIVITY

I liked this presentation because I liked rol-plays, in fact, I like to see rol-plays but not perform them.......jeje it is true. I do not like rol-plays because I think I do not have the capacity that others have in this fiel, but it is interesting watching this methos.

ANITA'S ACTIVITY

I liked the present ation that Anita gave us because was colorful and interesting. But I think this way is perfect for children because putting in action this method with adults could be very hard.

HENRY'S ACTIVITIES

HELLOOOOOO!!! I liked the presentation that Henry made because I like read, and this presentation was similar at Reading and Comprehesion class. I found very funny the activity when we had to create a story with the pictures. It was nice.

ALEX (PERFECT's ) PRESENTATION

Hello everyone! about the presentation of the silent way activities, I can say that this way is very common in the classrooms. Yes because you can see a lot of teachers that are there to help you when you need, and they most of the time do not speek so much, and I like this way too.

VANESA'S PRESENTATION

I like the way taht Vanesa chose to develop her presentation. It was really funny, and I think is very interesting try to teach with this method because you to motivate your students to play, to listen, to speak, to try... It was nice this presentatio (and the candies, too. jeje)

ABOUT LUPE'S PRESENTATION

WELL, this method is very useful. I took this method as one of the most useful methods shown during the presentation, and now that Lupe has shown us the way that this method works, I think it is very important to take into acount this method if one day I get the opportunity to be a teacher.

ABOUT CLAUDIA'S PRESENTATION

I really like this predentation, and now I can understand better suggestopedia method. I is really nice learn during a such class. You can relax, you can laugh, you can play, but the most interesting of all of this that you can learn. This is exciting!!!

TASK- BASED INSTRUCTION

About this method, in fact, I can say that I did not understand very well, I mean, if I would put this method into action, mmmhhh I could not do it very well. But I like the principle that says the activities have a perceived purpose and a clear outcome. Yeahh because all the things that a teacher does in a classroom, all has to have a purpose.
so, according to this principle, this is a useful method, too.

CLL

Hello everybody!!!! How are you?? I am happy to could write again in this blog after I was sick, so that I have to tell you: be careful with the mosquitoes because they are too dangerous jeje. Well, talking about Jonathan’s presentations, I can say, according with what I have read, that I think this method is very useful, too. Because it mphasises the learners’ responsibility for their own learning, the students can improve their vocabulary, and this is very important because when we are learning a new language new words are always the path for the speech. I like the principle that says the teachers help students regarding their own learning by taking increasing responsibility for it, and that students should learn from one another.

TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
I liked the method that I explained because I think it is very useful. Imagine!!! we can learn moving our body!!! that is nice. I think it is useful because we learn in th correct way the grammar, the speech, and we can get the comprehension of the new language in unstress way.

WHOLE LANGUAGE APPROACH
I think this method is nice because according to me reading is nice, and I like it so much!! I think that through the literature you can learn alot of about every thing. But I think work with this method would be very hard for a teacher because the teacher has to find the way to connect the lecture with all the students, so imagine!! How a teacher could get all the students’ attention in a lecture if the students do not have the same likes in literature!!! So good luck for someone who is thinking to work with this method!!!!!

THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD

I like the part that says mistakes are bad and should be avoided, as they make bad habits because it is true. When we have a word we cannot say if no one tells us we start saying that word in the same way. But I am not in agreement with the part showed that said language skills are learned more effectively if they are presented orally first, then in written form because I think first than all we have to understand, and then try to speak, and later write.

THE SILENT WAY METHOD
I believe the principle that says the teacher should start with something the students already know and build from that to the unknow is nice because I think that is the way to get the students’ learning more effective because they start with something familiar for them.
But I do not like the part that says students can learn from one another, and the teacher’s silence encourages group cooperation because in my case I believe that the teacher is teacher because he/she wants to help the students during the process of learning, so could be odd that the teacher speaks when the students are lost, only.

SUGGESTOPEDIA METHOD
Well, I think this method is cool because would be nice learning in the way that is described in this method. The principles that described that students have to feel relaxed and confident and that we learn to believe in the power of human brain are nice, but I think this method could not be effective in our country. I do not think this because the method is not effective; no! Of course not! It is just because our culture, and I think that a lot of things depends of our culture, and this method is one of this thing.

THE DIRECT METHOD
Hello everybody! What I could understand about this method is:
The direct method of teaching was developed as a response to the Grammar-Translation method. I think this is nice because grammar developed is very important when some one is learning a second second or a foreign language.
I liked the principle of this method that says the native language should not be used in the classroom. This is totally right because it is suppose people are learning a new language and they have to practice.
Another thing it is very important showed in this method is the pronunciation should be worked on right from the beginning of language instruction. Yeha!!! Because we start speeking with mistakes we will speeking with them all the time!!!!

I hope to learn about the different methods in education in order to get more knowledge about the different techniques that I can use in my future classes.

I hope to learn a lot in this new subject