The English Teacher

Education has always been my main focus in life. I enjoyed school when I was younger, and I strived to achieve in school when I grew up. In elementary school, I had several teachers that made learning enjoyable. One particular teacher inspired me to believe in myself. She taught me how important it is to follow my dreams. To this day, she guides me and encourages me in my endeavors. She continues to teach me what is most important in life. Furthermore, she shows me how education can impact and…

empirical relations between teachers’ resilience and reflection on practice. They used Masten, Best, and Garmezy (1990, p. 425) definition of resilience as the conceptual framework of their study, “resilience refers to the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation despite challenging or threatening circumstances” (P.291). This study was tried to discover and investigate the relationship between teachers’ resilience and reflection on practice. Twenty-three teachers from seven…

and I have many reasons to thank my country, Ireland, for preparing me for the challenges I had to face in my adult life as an international citizen. In this article, I will review the differences of my experiences as a student in Ireland and as a teacher in China and Brazil.…

and teachers and make learning an endless opportunity. On my first day of school, I saw teachers greeting me and other kids, I saw enormous gymnasiums and libraries, and I envisioned my growth and development in this school. However, one of my teachers, Ms. Chobot, would be my biggest obstacle towards growth, success, and happiness. Ms. Chobot was my English remediation teacher during my five years in elementary school. While ELL teachers help students improve and prosper with their English, Ms…

account when developing lessons, within instructional practices, when using discipline, and when building relationships with the students. It is important to foster and harness enough influences and resources for all races within the student and teacher population to have an impact on the cultural aspects each race. When identifying the three most prevalent races from the 2015-2016 Tennessee State Report card, Sycamore High School has 89.3% white, 7.4% African-American, and 3.3% Hispanic that…

As an educator today, there is information about my students that I need to know to be an effective teacher. It is important to me that I get to know the background and culture of my students. This information is going to help me prepare and better understand my students. Our classrooms today are very diverse with students of different nationalities, religions, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds. To be at my best, I need as much information I can get from my students. Being able to…

Lessons from the Classroom Introduction “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle summed up well what the reflections that follow are about. The Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course introduces many important lessons. However, the most significant ones are learnt by putting the theory into practice in the classroom: 1. My teaching strengths To build a good rapport with the students I am learning to establish…

School North as an English teacher and then obtained her certification to become the Media Specialist at the high school. Because of this, I have had the ability to work with her as an English department colleague, and then work alongside her in the Media Center as she led my students through the daunting task of the dreaded research paper. Sharon has been able to take her love of English and transform it in a way to reach all students who come into the Media Center. With her English…

classroom environment, teacher knowledge, teaching aids, administration, testing or examination, etc. Testing is a very essential aspect which can affect positively or negatively the teaching/learning process. Though testing is widely used around the world for different purposes, the aspect of testing in language teaching-learning is for the purpose of effective learning and assessment. The testing has been there at UG level in Telangana since the beginning of the formal English education and…

History is something that many people overlook, something that is even more overlooked is geography. It seems that most people are only concerned with what effects them, or at least what they think has an effect on them. There are 196 countries in the world, and more than seven billion people on earth. Besides obvious over population issues, there is the issue with the overall education of everyone. “Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it” (Edmund Burke). This quote is so simple…