Last day of class we were talking about what we are going to learn, and I'm expecting great things to come ...
The point of the teaching plan that most has caught my attention was about Class Management... But today, let's talk about this week!
On Monday, in one hand, we were talking about one resource called Symbaloo. We have to use it to gather good information and also good internet resources for our future students and also for ourselves as English teachers.
I was creating this website and using it for the first time and it's quite simple, easy to use, and especially useful, not only for English teachers, also for all the teachers and people who wants to gather information and internet resources that are interested in.
On the other hand, we were talking about the difficulties of being a teacher:
- be innovative - creative - motivate the children and ourselves
- achieve good atmosphere - parent's meetings - be organized
- be adaptive - be perseverant
And I think these are difficulties, but also challenges, we have to see it as an opportunity to make changes for the better and also to improve as teachers. And why not? It's always good to have a challenge, because challenges help us to grow in our passions.
We answered to 3 questions and my group answers were:
1- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING OF BEING A TEACHER?
To deal with the diversity of the class and give every kid what he need. To know the background of each child.
2- WHAT DO TUTOR TEACHERS AND THE ENGLISH TEACHERS HAVE IN COMMON?
They both have to know the kids in order to help them. They have to work together like a team and have to be in contact. They both have to set up rules in class.
To sum up, the most that they have in common is the students.
3- WHAT DOES THE ROLE OF CLASS MANAGEMENT PLAY?
They make the class more effective not only for the teacher, but also for the students. Because they give them security and comfort.
We answered to 3 questions and my group answers were:
1- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING OF BEING A TEACHER?
To deal with the diversity of the class and give every kid what he need. To know the background of each child.
2- WHAT DO TUTOR TEACHERS AND THE ENGLISH TEACHERS HAVE IN COMMON?
They both have to know the kids in order to help them. They have to work together like a team and have to be in contact. They both have to set up rules in class.
To sum up, the most that they have in common is the students.
3- WHAT DOES THE ROLE OF CLASS MANAGEMENT PLAY?
They make the class more effective not only for the teacher, but also for the students. Because they give them security and comfort.
These questions open my mind to a thinking: We are not only English teachers separated from the kids. We don't enter into the class, we don't do our teaching and we don't go as nothing has happened than just transferring all the knowledges to the kids. Every child has a heart and has his/her own problems as we, the grown-ups, so being an English teacher is more than just transferring this knowledge, is working on all the problems that involves every pupil, try to help them and also give them a guide to learn...
On Friday the teacher gave us a lot of beautiful ideas, and showed us that songs help a lot to learn and to teach. This is pretty useful in kindergarten but it also works with older kids, especially to catch their attention, she showed us an example and some mimics:
Thi is the song:
On Friday the teacher gave us a lot of beautiful ideas, and showed us that songs help a lot to learn and to teach. This is pretty useful in kindergarten but it also works with older kids, especially to catch their attention, she showed us an example and some mimics:
Thi is the song:
Furthermore, we were also talking about the importance of learning by manipulating things and by doing things by ourselves, because it's by doing that we learn the most and children are irrepressible doers, because it's by doing that they learn.
So, that's all for this week!
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