Quique looked different and believe me I enjoyed your presentation because all the drawing you used in the "warm-up" activity let´s say were nice. you deal the activity well.
Jonathan was telling me something related with the job application Luis told us. It was interesting to hear those funny things that people do just to bother.
Sorry Jonathan but I do not like being recorded that´s why I think I would not apply your method, but you did your best, so congrats.
Xavier´s activities were nice too the only problem is that it started to rain and we could hear clearly some things he asked us to do, but I think we could do what he wanted.
As I have said, this subject is helping us to identify which is the method we would apply in a classroom in order to teach a language, so right now we have some really nice ideas and we hope to learn more about this.
EVERYBODY CONGRAST. YOU DID YOUR BEST AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO IT BETTER NEXT TIME.
domingo, 29 de agosto de 2010
hello, I liked the presentations that were developed in the last class; they were nice because after having a week of partials, they made us feel relaxed for a few minutes. I think that everybody did his/her best to develop those activities, and now that we already know that didactis is about teaching, we have to get ready for doing many activities like the ones we have perfomed in the last classes; It means that next time we can develop them better than the first time. So thanks guys for doing your best. bye see you soon.
sábado, 21 de agosto de 2010
HI AGAIN. WOW I WAS SURPRISED IN THE SECOND TIME OF DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES. WE COULD SEE THAT OUR CLASSMATES PREPARED A LOT ACTIVITIES AND THEY WERE AWESOME. THE CREATIVITY THAT EACH ONE HAS MAKE THE ACTIVITIES FUNNIER, AND THAT IS SOMETHING REALLY NICE THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP STEP BY STEP. I AM LEARNING NEW ACTIVITIES THAT FOR SURE I WILL APPLY IN MY CLASSES. THIS SUBJECT IS REALLY USEFULL BECAUSE AS I CAN SEE IT IS FOCUS ON TEACHING US THE BEST WAY TO "DEAL" LET SAY WITH TEACHING A NEW LANGUAGE. EVEN THOUGH THE ACTIVITIES WERE NOT DEVELOP JUST IN THE METHOD ITSELF THAT EACH ONE EXPLAINED, THEY WERE REALLY NICE AND IN HERE WE CAN PROVE THAT ONE METHOD NEEDS ANOTHER ONE TO BE DEVELOPED. I WILL BE WAITING FOR THE OTHER ACTIVITIES
hello everyboby I enjoyed the activities that we developed in the first day. they were really nice because we are started to get envolved in an environment that techers live everyday. Even though the ones who presented the activities, including myself, did not ask to behave as children, we did it and I think it was because it is like if we already know that we have to help our classmates in a certain way. I enjoyed all the activities and it is something new we are experiencing in our classes. I hope to see the other activities and I am sure we are going to enjoy them too.
domingo, 15 de agosto de 2010
CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION
well what i undestood about this method is that everything that is going to be learn in the target language will be based on what is happening around the students context. so it means that what will be taken into consideration is students lives, interest and goals. I think it can be nice because the method is based on what students know, so it can be easy for them to give opinions in the class right? so I considered that the four macro-skills can be developed in some way.
TASK-BASED INSTRUCTION
In my point of view this method deals with teach students how to be responsible with their duties right? because as I remenber every task that is assignrd to do eather in and out the class has a priority, so it this way students are learning that they have to be responsible as there is time to do each task. I think this method is linked with the silent way method because in this the teacher work with the students while their work on the assigment which is almost the same as my method because the students are the ones who work in learning the target language. so as we can see students have to work in group in order to learn the target language. So this method is more usefull with advaced students as it requires a lot of responsability.
COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING
well this method seems to be very nice and useful but the problem is that not all the teachers (maybe) will be able to be recording some classes as this is one of the activities in this method because it can not be for them to bet a recorder. I think even though Jonathan said the oppositive. as I have mentioned before all the methods are linked in some way for example this one is linked with the task-based instruction and the silent way because in both of them the only responsibles to learn the target language are the students so the teacher´s role is to guide the students on it and we can see they are going to learn the grammatical rules for example inductively; it means that students will learn it through exercises. the most important advantage is that through the recording students and teacher can hear themselves and notice the mistakes they made in the speaking activity, so when they transcribe it in their notebooks they will avoid the mistakes. This method requires a lot of time I think as you have to first prepare what you will record, then goes recoding one by one the students and then made trasncribe it. and imagine if the group is big, how will you do it?. so it would be nice to use it.
well what i undestood about this method is that everything that is going to be learn in the target language will be based on what is happening around the students context. so it means that what will be taken into consideration is students lives, interest and goals. I think it can be nice because the method is based on what students know, so it can be easy for them to give opinions in the class right? so I considered that the four macro-skills can be developed in some way.
TASK-BASED INSTRUCTION
In my point of view this method deals with teach students how to be responsible with their duties right? because as I remenber every task that is assignrd to do eather in and out the class has a priority, so it this way students are learning that they have to be responsible as there is time to do each task. I think this method is linked with the silent way method because in this the teacher work with the students while their work on the assigment which is almost the same as my method because the students are the ones who work in learning the target language. so as we can see students have to work in group in order to learn the target language. So this method is more usefull with advaced students as it requires a lot of responsability.
COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING
well this method seems to be very nice and useful but the problem is that not all the teachers (maybe) will be able to be recording some classes as this is one of the activities in this method because it can not be for them to bet a recorder. I think even though Jonathan said the oppositive. as I have mentioned before all the methods are linked in some way for example this one is linked with the task-based instruction and the silent way because in both of them the only responsibles to learn the target language are the students so the teacher´s role is to guide the students on it and we can see they are going to learn the grammatical rules for example inductively; it means that students will learn it through exercises. the most important advantage is that through the recording students and teacher can hear themselves and notice the mistakes they made in the speaking activity, so when they transcribe it in their notebooks they will avoid the mistakes. This method requires a lot of time I think as you have to first prepare what you will record, then goes recoding one by one the students and then made trasncribe it. and imagine if the group is big, how will you do it?. so it would be nice to use it.
THE NATUTAL APPROACH.
well i think this is a nice method because it based its theory let say in the direct method, so it means that there are many activities that a teacher can develop on the classroom on order to learn the target language. I can see a problem in here which is related with another method and it is that students are not forced to use the new language till they are ready, so when it is going to be the appropiate time for thatamd the pronlem is that students will not be able to create sentences and read them. Another thing is that this method is focus on meanind of words so it is linked with the method teacher Aida explained at the beginning which is the translation method I think. so as we can see this method is linked with other methods.
ORAL APPROACH
some important thing is that this method as the first one i was talking about is linked with the direct method too but this oral approach is more systematic. i like this method and i think that teacher use it in some way as the topics are presented orally first and then written. what i like the most is that the target language is used in classes so it means that students will learn the target language easily. so based on that we can say that at the beginning it is really important for teachers to provide the basis of grammar in order to avoide mistakeds which is one of the principles of this method I think, and that is really important. another important thing is that in each class students are learning new vocabulary and it help students a lot because they will have more vocabulary to use in their speaking activities.
well i think this is a nice method because it based its theory let say in the direct method, so it means that there are many activities that a teacher can develop on the classroom on order to learn the target language. I can see a problem in here which is related with another method and it is that students are not forced to use the new language till they are ready, so when it is going to be the appropiate time for thatamd the pronlem is that students will not be able to create sentences and read them. Another thing is that this method is focus on meanind of words so it is linked with the method teacher Aida explained at the beginning which is the translation method I think. so as we can see this method is linked with other methods.
ORAL APPROACH
some important thing is that this method as the first one i was talking about is linked with the direct method too but this oral approach is more systematic. i like this method and i think that teacher use it in some way as the topics are presented orally first and then written. what i like the most is that the target language is used in classes so it means that students will learn the target language easily. so based on that we can say that at the beginning it is really important for teachers to provide the basis of grammar in order to avoide mistakeds which is one of the principles of this method I think, and that is really important. another important thing is that in each class students are learning new vocabulary and it help students a lot because they will have more vocabulary to use in their speaking activities.
domingo, 1 de agosto de 2010
THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD
This method I think is really nice and it is linked with the direct method in a certain way because as it works with the listening and speaking skills there are activities such as conversation, role plays, and many others that can be usufull in order to achieve the goals, and of course the activities I have mentioned need students to read them and the teacher to teach students the pronuntiation of the words so the other skills which are reading and writing skill are developed in a certain way. The only problem I can see with this method is that students will use the target language just when they are supposed to be ready, and that is the problem because students can say that they are not ready when they may be, so the question is when are they going to start using the target language. Another problem I can see in this method is that in the activities I mentioned before students have to memorize every single conversation for example so they are going to work in that way always and they will never be able to use the target language by themselves. Now what about grammar? as I understood there are no to much explanation about it so it means that with the conversations that students have to memorize they are going to identify some rules, but the problem is that not all the students have that ability.
WHOLE LANGUAGE METHOD
Well this method I think is kind of boring because as Henry said; it works whith tranlation, so it means that students are going to be focus on the meaning of word not on speaking or use the target language in any situation. I think it is really workfull because if the teacher is going to prepare any class he/she has to prepare a lot of materials acording with the student´s likes, and in our country it can not be usefull because the method demands a lot of work and the payment is not good. As Henry said this method works with reading I think, and the problem with this is that sometimes students do not understand the meaning of words, especially beggining learners and they will face the problem and may be will never try to learn a foreign language.
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
I like this method because in here you have to use mimics or gestures if you as a teacher wants to teach any especific topic and that makes the class funny so students will learn in a nice environment. I have applied some activities for this method in my classes and they have been usefull for me and let me tell you that my students have learned and I fell pleased with it. I think that with this method you will never use the translation in order to say the meaning of a word because ypu will use movements of your body to achieve that goal. Of course students will laugh about it but it does not matter because the idea is that you making students be able to understand the meaning of a word through gestures or movements. so when yopu say something students will understand you easily if you model them first eveng though you do not use their native language. I enjoy this and I think this method and the direct method are like complement.
This method I think is really nice and it is linked with the direct method in a certain way because as it works with the listening and speaking skills there are activities such as conversation, role plays, and many others that can be usufull in order to achieve the goals, and of course the activities I have mentioned need students to read them and the teacher to teach students the pronuntiation of the words so the other skills which are reading and writing skill are developed in a certain way. The only problem I can see with this method is that students will use the target language just when they are supposed to be ready, and that is the problem because students can say that they are not ready when they may be, so the question is when are they going to start using the target language. Another problem I can see in this method is that in the activities I mentioned before students have to memorize every single conversation for example so they are going to work in that way always and they will never be able to use the target language by themselves. Now what about grammar? as I understood there are no to much explanation about it so it means that with the conversations that students have to memorize they are going to identify some rules, but the problem is that not all the students have that ability.
WHOLE LANGUAGE METHOD
Well this method I think is kind of boring because as Henry said; it works whith tranlation, so it means that students are going to be focus on the meaning of word not on speaking or use the target language in any situation. I think it is really workfull because if the teacher is going to prepare any class he/she has to prepare a lot of materials acording with the student´s likes, and in our country it can not be usefull because the method demands a lot of work and the payment is not good. As Henry said this method works with reading I think, and the problem with this is that sometimes students do not understand the meaning of words, especially beggining learners and they will face the problem and may be will never try to learn a foreign language.
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
I like this method because in here you have to use mimics or gestures if you as a teacher wants to teach any especific topic and that makes the class funny so students will learn in a nice environment. I have applied some activities for this method in my classes and they have been usefull for me and let me tell you that my students have learned and I fell pleased with it. I think that with this method you will never use the translation in order to say the meaning of a word because ypu will use movements of your body to achieve that goal. Of course students will laugh about it but it does not matter because the idea is that you making students be able to understand the meaning of a word through gestures or movements. so when yopu say something students will understand you easily if you model them first eveng though you do not use their native language. I enjoy this and I think this method and the direct method are like complement.
THE DIRECT METHOD
In my point of view this is a nice method we can use to teach the English language, because there are many nice activities we can develop in the classroom, and students can work or can participate in each one. the most important think for me is that the four macro skill are develop in the same rate or level, and the relationship among the teacher and students is really nice. As a teacher, even though I did not know about this method, I have been developed many of the activities Lupita mentioned in her presentation and let me tell you that they have been really usefull for me. I hope to learn more about this method.
SUGGESTOPEDIA METHOD
This method can be usefull I think in the kindergarten because in that grade students are accostumed to sing a lot of songs, but in other levels I think it can not work for as I understood in Claudia´s presentation the problem is that not all the teachers have the ability to sing in higher levels and the kind of music that has to be used with this method is classical music, something that can be difficult to look for nowadays. Another problem with this method is that the teacher does not correct the students and that is the problem bacause students will not be able to notice the mistakes they are making.
THE SILENT WAY METHOD
Ohhh I hate this method because I explained it but I did not understand it at all especially the part in which it talks about the sound color chart. The only thing I liked is that with this method students can learn how to be responsible with their studies, but the problem is that students how to learn first to understand the teacher´s gestures as this is one of the resources that the teacher is going to use the most.
In my point of view this is a nice method we can use to teach the English language, because there are many nice activities we can develop in the classroom, and students can work or can participate in each one. the most important think for me is that the four macro skill are develop in the same rate or level, and the relationship among the teacher and students is really nice. As a teacher, even though I did not know about this method, I have been developed many of the activities Lupita mentioned in her presentation and let me tell you that they have been really usefull for me. I hope to learn more about this method.
SUGGESTOPEDIA METHOD
This method can be usefull I think in the kindergarten because in that grade students are accostumed to sing a lot of songs, but in other levels I think it can not work for as I understood in Claudia´s presentation the problem is that not all the teachers have the ability to sing in higher levels and the kind of music that has to be used with this method is classical music, something that can be difficult to look for nowadays. Another problem with this method is that the teacher does not correct the students and that is the problem bacause students will not be able to notice the mistakes they are making.
THE SILENT WAY METHOD
Ohhh I hate this method because I explained it but I did not understand it at all especially the part in which it talks about the sound color chart. The only thing I liked is that with this method students can learn how to be responsible with their studies, but the problem is that students how to learn first to understand the teacher´s gestures as this is one of the resources that the teacher is going to use the most.
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