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.
viernes, 10 de septiembre de 2010
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.
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.
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