My reflection: The questions were very interesting because each one of them has a relation with the following. I started learning English when I studied as a bilingual secretary. I learn shorthand, typewriting, correspondence in English, grammar, American reading stories, conversation and so on. It was a strict school only for women. The Audiolingual and communicative methods are part of my formation. In addition, all my teachers were native from different countries but more American, in all my subjects. Oral production is very important not only when you learn how to speak English, but also when you teach it. Because people act different with you when you can speak it and you feel better and self-confident. That’s why, since the first contact with my students I try they feel well with them, I like to be friendly and patient with them. Nowadays, I teach the dialogues of the book, which are linked with vocabulary and structure so is almost impossible to separate this ability from the others. It is true, that the course book is not the best, but as a teacher I´ve tried to adapt the same exercises with real facts in Mexico. Every day I bring different materials to improve oral production, and practice in English with the students, and it is better to evaluate them every day, or with an exam once a month. Oral production is important skill in the program. I have realized that the method and strategies I have been teaching are working very well.-
COMMENT: There is too much information to read and to analyze and a little time to understand it. I like the course, the way that the teacher explain the information and the activities we share with partners in the classroom. Teachers must know how important the objectives in a lesson plan are. They have to be measurable, specific, student-centred and communicative. We practiced with activities that emphasized speaking with other linguistic abilities, it can be speaking with reading, speaking with listening or with vocabulary. But the most important is the objective we are teaching and the way, how we are going to teach. We could appreciate that time is very important, at the same time, the procedure and materials, too. Well, every module in this diplomat has been motivating me to reinforce the way in which I am working and try to improve all the aspects in the class with the students. Teaching-Learning must be integral part between teacher and students to get the goal in oral production and all the other abilities.
LESSON PLAN AND ACTIVITY LESSON PLAN SKILLS: LC, RC, WR, OI TEACHER´S NAME CLASS ORG: TC, SG, PR, 1 STUDENTS: 25 DATE: AUGUST 6,2010 ROOM: mb09 TOPIC: NUMBERS LEVEL: BASIC HOUR: FROM 7 TO 9 MAIN OBJECTIVE: students listen, read, repeat and write the numbers and personal information. Vocabulary: numbers, and alphabet. Previous knowledge: alphabet. Time: 60 mins. Evaluation: informal TOPIC: GET SOMEONE´S ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
PROCEDURE: Ss listen and spelling of the numbers Second listening they repeat chorally T writes on the board five examples of the years and says that they often pronounced as two separate numbers: exemplified 1917 is said nineteen seventeen. After that T dictates on a separate piece of paper: 1613, 1716, 1811, 1920, and ss have to check on the board. Next , ss listen again and confirm their answers. After that ss listen and write the phone numbers and the names, they listen again to check the work. T monitoring around the classroom to the ss EVALUATION T asks one of them to tell the first answer and another writes on the board after they have finished to check the answers they repeat the numbers chorally.
MATERIAL: tape recorder, cd, book, board, marker and eraser.
The cd is of the Top Notch CD1 track 38 and the bibliography is: Top Notch Fundamentals Teacher´s edition by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher Pearson Longman. 2006. Pearson Education Inc New York, USA p.16
Muchas gracias Prof. José Martín Gasca por ser tan paciente. El curso estuvo muy bien impartido lo felicito, nos faltó más tiempo para practicar un poco más. Ojalá pronto lo volvamos a ver. Hasta luego.
Hello Martin:
ResponderEliminarI am ready to participate too.
Alberto
My reflection:
ResponderEliminarThe questions were very interesting because each one of them has a relation with the following. I started learning English when I studied as a bilingual secretary. I learn shorthand, typewriting, correspondence in English, grammar, American reading stories, conversation and so on. It was a strict school only for women. The Audiolingual and communicative methods are part of my formation. In addition, all my teachers were native from different countries but more American, in all my subjects.
Oral production is very important not only when you learn how to speak English, but also when you teach it. Because people act different with you when you can speak it and you feel better and self-confident. That’s why, since the first contact with my students I try they feel well with them, I like to be friendly and patient with them.
Nowadays, I teach the dialogues of the book, which are linked with vocabulary and structure so is almost impossible to separate this ability from the others. It is true, that the course book is not the best, but as a teacher I´ve tried to adapt the same exercises with real facts in Mexico.
Every day I bring different materials to improve oral production, and practice in English with the students, and it is better to evaluate them every day, or with an exam once a month. Oral production is important skill in the program. I have realized that the method and strategies I have been teaching are working very well.-
COMMENT:
There is too much information to read and to analyze and a little time to understand it. I like the course, the way that the teacher explain the information and the activities we share with partners in the classroom. Teachers must know how important the objectives in a lesson plan are. They have to be measurable, specific, student-centred and communicative.
We practiced with activities that emphasized speaking with other linguistic abilities, it can be speaking with reading, speaking with listening or with vocabulary. But the most important is the objective we are teaching and the way, how we are going to teach.
We could appreciate that time is very important, at the same time, the procedure and materials, too.
Well, every module in this diplomat has been motivating me to reinforce the way in which I am working and try to improve all the aspects in the class with the students.
Teaching-Learning must be integral part between teacher and students to get the goal in oral production and all the other abilities.
LESSON PLAN AND ACTIVITY
LESSON PLAN SKILLS: LC, RC, WR, OI
TEACHER´S NAME CLASS ORG: TC, SG, PR, 1
STUDENTS: 25 DATE: AUGUST 6,2010
ROOM: mb09 TOPIC: NUMBERS
LEVEL: BASIC
HOUR: FROM 7 TO 9
MAIN OBJECTIVE: students listen, read, repeat and write the numbers and personal information.
Vocabulary: numbers, and alphabet.
Previous knowledge: alphabet.
Time: 60 mins.
Evaluation: informal
TOPIC: GET SOMEONE´S ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
PROCEDURE: Ss listen and spelling of the numbers
Second listening they repeat chorally
T writes on the board five examples of the years and says that they often pronounced as two separate numbers: exemplified 1917 is said nineteen seventeen. After that T dictates on a separate piece of paper: 1613, 1716, 1811, 1920, and ss have to check on the board.
Next , ss listen again and confirm their answers.
After that ss listen and write the phone numbers and the names, they listen again to check the work.
T monitoring around the classroom to the ss
EVALUATION
T asks one of them to tell the first answer and another writes on the board after they have finished to check the answers they repeat the numbers chorally.
MATERIAL: tape recorder, cd, book, board, marker and eraser.
The cd is of the Top Notch CD1 track 38 and the bibliography is:
ResponderEliminarTop Notch Fundamentals
Teacher´s edition by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher
Pearson Longman. 2006. Pearson Education Inc
New York, USA p.16
Muchas gracias Prof. José Martín Gasca por ser tan paciente. El curso estuvo muy bien impartido lo felicito, nos faltó más tiempo para practicar un poco más. Ojalá pronto lo volvamos a ver. Hasta luego.
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