Dogme language teaching

today’s American education system, children are officially introduced to fractions in first grade. Children use fractions frequently in everyday life and in academics too. A website called, “Math Warehouse Lesson Plans,” provides a lesson plan about teaching fractions to first graders. This lesson plan can easily relate to an article written by the National Counsel of Teachers called, “Common Core brief: The fraction progression.” The lesson begins with the teacher holding two apples in front…

Introduction Exploring teacher beliefs and classroom practices through reflective practice: A case study, written by Thomas SC Farrell and Jessica Ives, is an article which used the case study method on a second language reading teacher, to study the relationship between teachers’ professed beliefs and the classroom practices. This review discusses the article mainly in four parts: the appropriateness of the research approach, the confidence in the knowledge generated, the potential impact of…

Group Study: How to Organize Teamwork without Anyone Goofing Around. Every good teacher always tries not only to provide knowledge to his students but also to make learning interesting, motivating and life oriented. That's where group study can be an extremely useful practice. It helps to improve the process of education and prepare students for real-life experience. Nowadays the aspect of group study is especially important for college students. Going to college is already a challenge for young…

Rosa Parks once said that “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome”. This is my favourite quote from Rosa Parks. I really love this quote because in this quote, it shows that we can’t avoid racism if we do nothing. we can’t achieve anything without doing anything. That’s why this quote shows us that we should face the challenge not by running away from it but to overcome this challenge until it is no longer…

learning and how it is important that students can see the problem in more than one ways. 3. What I Learned: Briefly state what you learned from your classroom experience. This entry should be different for each report. When Dr. Besvinickm was teaching her class I learned that she is very acommidating to her students when they are stuck on a problem. She would make sure that the whole class understand the questions they go over before moving forward because it is important for her to know…

After I read all the assigned readings, I have learned that critical thinking is a tool that I use every day. I had to take some time to understand the concepts and meanings to critical thinking. I am trying to think of how I used critical thinking in my courses or through experiences. The best example that I think of is when I was trying to teach one of my friends how to make a pony beaded creation. I took baby steps and visually showed her the process to make that particular pattern. In the “7…

to help the students with limited English language and literacy skills better understand the content of the lessons. One observed that the students lacked the basic literacy skills to comprehend grade-level content. A template was made to gather information regarding teacher practice that was necessary in assessing the implementation of instructional strategies for the subject. The teacher also coordinated the work to have the students attain oral language score, total writing score, and reading…

The Teaching Tolerance website as stated on their About Us tab was founded by the Southern Poverty Law Center to help prevent prejudice benahavis, to improve intergroup relations, and to ensure fair treatment for students in school. The three biggest resources that can be used by any educator to better plan and develop lessons for the classroom are: the various articles in the magazine tab, the professional development tab, and the classroom resources tab. The latter of the three provides the…

method where the role of the teacher is to step aside and allow students to do the learning. Interestingly, this method (Silent Way) is deeply rooted in structuralist view of language. On the other hand, in many classes throughout our program, we discussed the role that the teacher may have under Sociocultural understanding of language acquisition. Please, compare the two takes on the teacher’s role in the classroom. How would you explain any similarities and differences in teacher roles from…

Peer Tutoring As a peer tutor for the past two years in school, I learned to interact and communicate effectively with students that had trouble with certain courses. Often times, I found it difficult to teach, but I learned to overcome this problem by becoming more flexible with students as I realized that everyone learns differently. As a result, in order to be flexible, I learned to adjust to each individual’s learning style and ultimately, was able to transition this skill to classroom…