Teaching Reflection 2: Post Reflection
“It is easy to quickly cut across the surface and then claim there was nothing to find” –Ken Norris (You are reading too fast). The experience I have had in this course is just incredible. At the very beginning I thought that it will probably be about theories and traditional methodoly. However, it swiftly changed to be a more dynamic, structured and well-organized subject. We as English teachers had the opportunity to visit different educative centers both elementary and high schools, as well as the English Language Center at MSU. The opportunity to observe different techniques, approaches and methods was valuable and we are highly motivated to put them into practice when we go back to Panama.
First, I learned many things during my eight weeks at MSU. I was able to observe different classes at …show more content…
There’s a procedure by means of what we can achieve this. This was a phrase that was our headache for more than five weeks until we find out what it was “Meaningful communication”, that is to say, to identify if the activity had input, output, if there was interaction, a negotiation and finally if it was goal-oriented. We also had to develop our beliefs and identity as a language teacher. We had to deal with classroom management, writing/reading, listening/speaking, using technologies, teaching demos, observations and a series of principles designed for those activities.
Third, I can say that I will like to use the communicative language learning with certain emphasis because teachers and the students should be able to interchange experiences during the learning process in which the teacher is a provider of information instead of a dictator (who usually gives the order all the time) and the students who can trust on that person and be able to achieve better things since they are working in a positive
“It is easy to quickly cut across the surface and then claim there was nothing to find” –Ken Norris (You are reading too fast). The experience I have had in this course is just incredible. At the very beginning I thought that it will probably be about theories and traditional methodoly. However, it swiftly changed to be a more dynamic, structured and well-organized subject. We as English teachers had the opportunity to visit different educative centers both elementary and high schools, as well as the English Language Center at MSU. The opportunity to observe different techniques, approaches and methods was valuable and we are highly motivated to put them into practice when we go back to Panama.
First, I learned many things during my eight weeks at MSU. I was able to observe different classes at …show more content…
There’s a procedure by means of what we can achieve this. This was a phrase that was our headache for more than five weeks until we find out what it was “Meaningful communication”, that is to say, to identify if the activity had input, output, if there was interaction, a negotiation and finally if it was goal-oriented. We also had to develop our beliefs and identity as a language teacher. We had to deal with classroom management, writing/reading, listening/speaking, using technologies, teaching demos, observations and a series of principles designed for those activities.
Third, I can say that I will like to use the communicative language learning with certain emphasis because teachers and the students should be able to interchange experiences during the learning process in which the teacher is a provider of information instead of a dictator (who usually gives the order all the time) and the students who can trust on that person and be able to achieve better things since they are working in a positive