Reading reflecion

The reading for this week was too much for me. As the topic of this week was Integrating Learning, I was focusing more on the points which were somehow related to the theme when I was reading. Although it took me much time and effort to read, I found it interesting.

Integrating learning is one of the best approaches to apply in the ESL classrooms. In this type of learning, learners, as a group, work collaboratively towards achieving a common goal. It provides learners with the oopportunities to learn the target language authentically and meaningfully as they use reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in the process of accomplishing a task. Besides, learners, develop in personal and social ways. for example, they start to develop confidence in terms of contributing in a group and feel responsibility as a member of a small community. This would push them to take part in discussions, exchange ideas, accept, reject, tolerate, persuade, suggest, follow, and lead others in a best possible way. As I found out through readings, almost all of the methodists advocate this way of learning.

As for as I can see, application of this approach is possible in teaching any content in any context and the result is glorious if the teacher plan well, organize the steps and consider the needs, age, level of proficiency, personality, and the culture of the learners, and be explicit in the instructions.