Hello everyone,
how is everything going so far?
All the students
in Taman Sea School were busy with their exams for two weeks. So, my job was
focused on monitoring the exams. After the exams, students still had to come back
to school and my supervisor and mentor decided to observe me for second time.
The problem at this time was that students were easily distracted in the class because
they just finished their exams and wanted to be relaxed. So, I could not teach
as usual. I must find something that they are interested. Hence, I totally
agree with Wendy’s latest post. She pointed out that she provided several games
related to English to attract students. In this way, students can learn
something and will not feel bored. Students can learn without any stress.
Students can learn things unconsciously while playing the games and then can memorize
things longer and deeper. So, the teaching method about using English games in
language class can help students learn new things actively. Sometimes, as a teacher,
we cannot force students to learn something. It is better that they learn by
themselves. The game I used in my class was to provide various crosswords. Another
method was to let students listen to the songs and complete the lyrics (We
should choose some meaningful songs that we can discuss with our students.). I also
like the games that Wendy mentioned. It is really helpful.
Another thing I
can learn from my friends’ posts is that they used ‘drawing’ in their teaching
process (like Pei Pei and Alia ). They asked their students to draw something
to illustrate the problems. It is a really fun activity that students can
interact with each other and show how creative they are. What is more, they can
improve their language ability this way. They orally explain what they draw. Or,
they should make a sentence without grammatical mistakes according to the
drawings. This method helps students improve in many ways. From their posts, I
also can see how well students can draw. Actually, from my own experience, I sometimes
think that when teachers ask students to draw something, students always
produce negative attitudes and treat it halfheartedly. So, I do not dare to use
this method in my teaching plan. However, my friends’ posts change my view and
give me confidence to practice this method in my class. It makes me find that students
like drawing and have rich imagination. Also, using drawing in language
classroom can help us understand our kids. We can see students’ learning
attitudes, and sometimes we even can know their knowledge background through
their drawing. Moreover, this method makes me think more. As a teacher, we
cannot measure the new generation according to our own background. They are
more open-minded than us. Sometimes, we should dare to innovate in our
teaching, instead of following the traditional ways all the time. Thanks for
sharing your students’ beautiful pictures, my friends.
Best regards,
Wang Siting
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