Metho's of classes
The metho's of classes that I liked the most was Suggestopedia and Direct Method because I've learned English in that way. My professors in the past were telling stories acting the story and letting us to act into the story and they showed me flash cards and post to see what we knew and to see if we were able to create sentences. On the other hand, we had some professors that liked grammar a lot and they liked to do a lot of homework and assigment with us which was boring and most of us didnt get so much information because we as kids were sleeping into the classroom because it wasnt a dynamic activity. Probbably when Im teaching and I need to give some information about grammar and ill consider to teach my kids grammar with some games or something that they can enjoy doing without forcing them to do something that they doesn't really like like boring grammar. Grammar is useful and some students learn how to create sentences and new things based on grammar, but other students like me can't and consider that a boring thing and thats why now students like me are facing problems with some grammar rules that we didnt liked in the past. Furthermore, i've found that learning and teaching a language is a combination of everything, listening, speaking, reading, and writing and you have to make your student feel comfortable with the use of the language . so, they can feel confident in what they're doing and they're not afraid of make mistakes that someone else will point to them. that's why you need to focus on a class with the four language skills, also making the class funny or at least enjoyable to the students.
Wow, you mentioned a lot of ideas in a very short space...
ReplyDeleteYou began with this comment: "The metho's of classes that I liked the most was Suggestopedia and Direct Method because I've learned English in that way." This is a powerful statement because there are both positive and negative aspects to this. On one hand, to be aware of how we ourselves learn is a valuable insight and can inform our teaching. To know how you learned (and didn't learn) can have a tremendous positive impact on how you subsequently teach. On the other hand, if we place the greatest emphasis on the methods by which we ourselves learn, we risk hindering (or, at least, not helping) Ss who learn differently than we do. In such a situation, Ss who may benefit more from other methods lose.
I agree with your ultimate assessment: namely, that you'll need to do a bit of everything: all four language areas, grammar, games, etc. I hope as you've continued through the TTP program you've also learned more about how you might motivate and interest Ss while simultaneously teaching them effectively.