process research. It helps teacher understand how teachers use a language in classroom. Based on the record of discourse collected from the course we learn in the class, this paper attempts to reveal the features of discourse English classroom. The paper describes and analyzes the data from the aspects of the amount of teacher talk, the structures of classroom discourse and the questions of teacher. It finds out some features in the classrooms. This paper finds that teacher talk more than…
I have greatly developed in confidence, and I believe that I am now well equipped to develop a successful career as an EFL teacher. In this essay, I will elaborate on the lessons that I have learned during this course. What is a good teacher? I believe that the answer to the question of what makes a good teacher can be distilled into a single word: passion. The best teachers are people who love teaching, are passionate about the subject they teach, and relish the challenge of helping their…
for the students they must take into account what the different views of school are and where they come from. If a teacher…
Teacher centred pedagogy Teacher centred pedagogy is about a teacher taking full control of the class and teaching while learners listen attentively and taking notes. During activities, learners should work alone and not work together with others. In the teacher centred pedagogy, knowledge is passed on from the teacher to the learners, and learners listen carefully to receive information. The teacher covers only what is required in formal tasks, and assesses learners individually to check how…
questions make it too easy, too much stress is put on schools, and teachers “teach to the test”. Multiple choice questions make standardized tests too easy. They give students a 25% chance of guessing and getting the question correct. When a student does not know the answer to a question and they guess, they can easily guess correctly. This can make it seem like one person knows more than another, but they could actually just have made a couple of lucky guesses. Multiple choice questions can…
School What makes a good teacher? Should teachers earn student trust and care about what students do or think after school? Is it possible for a teacher to change the destiny of students? In the movie Freedom Writers, Mrs. G meets her “unteachable, at-risk” students1 and her idealistic enthusiasm is challenged. Step by step, she changes the students with her love and patience. By the movie’s conclusion, her efforts towards her students have paid off. There are different types of teachers and…
I started my teacher strength project by picking a teacher that has high skill and low will. This teacher has been teaching for 20 years and has been told he was going to have to travel between two schools. This has really hurt this teacher’s motivation to be an effective teacher. By know this teacher, it is clear that he is purpose driven because of this I am asking that he help the program to get back to where it was a few years ago. The way that I address the teacher I felt showed the…
Beyond Discipline Chapter 6 Summary: Alfie Kohn starts by telling a tale of two teachers. The first teacher made all the rules insisting that students obey without question and second teacher stopped commanding and started listening. She found that students learned to make good choices by creating the options for themselves, instead of following directions. When teachers change their questions to begin with, “How do you think we can …” and “How many ways can we …”, this enables students to…
relate my beliefs about my teachings. The things that I am trying to get through to the children relates directly to what I want the children to take from my teachings. I do also believe that I am being honest with myself. My philosophy comes from a standpoint of both a teacher and a student and I feel like that allows me to know what I would like to get from the teachings, and also what I would like others to understand from my teachings. Is it understandable to me and others? I think…
I really enjoyed the movie paper clips and enjoyed the message behind it. These two teachers did a good job with trying to change the world one life at a time. The teachers decided, the Holocaust project would be the perfect way to teach diversity to the students in the small town of Whitwell, Tennessee. I agree, the project was a great way to teach diversity and eliminating stereotypes because the students were from a small town where everyone was the same race. At the end of the project…