Monday, September 29, 2008
Class reflection week 5
I liked the teaching of Stephanie and Brian and I learned something from them. As I am from a different culture background who learned English in the Grammar Translation method, it is hard for me to feel very free while teaching. Although I have always tried to change myself but still when I stand in front of the class, i feel stressed. Seeing American way of interation between teacher and students in class, impresses me. Teachers and students do not stick to a set of behaviours that prevents them to be the person they really are while teaching. In other words, In our culture a teacher should attain certain charicteristics while teaching which can be different from who they really are. For example, it is preferred that a teacher not make jokes with students, or should not act out situations to teach something, or should not make teachin as a fun. However, here teachers are free to do so that I think I support and try to develop such a characteristics to some extent as an EFL teacher.
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3 comments:
Great insight about cultures other than us americans. Specifically how other teachers teach. It is great to know.
I agree that the freedom to use any reasonable methodin teaching and express one's own personality is important and often assists in learning
Sometimes this gets in the way of teaching the subject.
In my opinion both methods you describe have merit.
Engagement is key. And incidentally, I see that you figured out the idiosyncracies of the blog.
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