Unit 33 giving feedback

           Giving feedback to your students is a tool you can use in order to support them better. Of course, you first need to take into account that when giving feedback, you are giving your personal comments about an activity the students did. However, these suggestions must be positive because these can be used by the student to improve what was wrong. When I make my internship, I realized that my tutor did not apply this rule because she used to make her students feel embarrassed every time they did some activity wrong. I also noticed that my students showed a lack of confidence when they had to prepare a presentation. Some of them did not want to participate because they were afraid of being humiliated in front of the rest. To sum up, a teacher needs to know that giving feedback must be used by the students to improve their works without exposing them to any trick.

Unit 32 correcting learners

          Teacher generally correct learner in order to avoid they continue making them. That is a natural process for most of them. On the other hand, the same teachers do not realize that the way how a teacher should correct learners is also important. Sadly, many teachers may interfere in the language process because they want to correct learners’ mistakes immediately. This only can cause that learners lose their confidence and furthermore, they do not want to participate in class anymore. For example, if you do not want to interrupt you students’ language production, you may use gestures and facial expressions which help students to realize that they are making something wrong. To conclude, it is important to know some alternatives which can help you to correct your learners without interfering in their language process, so try them when teaching and you will see if they work.

Unit 31 grouping learners

One of the most common interaction patterns a teacher should not forget to apply is group work. As you know, the reality that many teachers have to deal with is the fact to work with 30 and even more than 40 students in a class. This is a situation which can interfere in a correct language learning because imagine that you need to make sure whether your students learned something you have taught previously. That is going to be a time-consuming activity. Instead you can try group work activities in which you may have the chance to check your students in a less chaotic way. However, you also need to realize that students take advantage of this activity in order not to do the tasks because they just wait until the others to finish it, so you must be ready to avoid these situations

Unit 30 teacher roles

Most of the time, the teacher roles is a demanding activity which takes to put a lot of effort and patient. Of course, we have to keep in mind that the job of a teacher does not have to do just with her students. A teacher has to deal with the authorities of the school, parents, and even with other teachers who sometimes look for you to ask for some advice. Furthermore, during a class a teacher really needs to perform different roles such as: informer, manager, planner, etc. Then the manner how a teacher is prepared is essential to foster the performance of these roles in the best way. Finally, no matter what role you have to take, it is important to be willing to help your students, so you will feel comfortable by knowing you were useful for someone else.

Unit 29: Categotising learners' mistakes

  

              It is common that learners are exposed to make mistakes, but something important teachers should regard is how we can categorize them. First of all, mistakes can affect language progress because they produce some difficulties on students when they learn a second language. For example, when students try to work beyond their actual level will lead them to make mistakes; also, they may make mistakes that can be corrected by themselves which are called slips. These kinds of mistakes generally occur when the students show tiredness or lack of concentration. Then our responsibility as future teachers is to identify the kinds of mistakes and give them special attention in order to avoid any interruption during the language learning process which will obviously influence on students at the any stage of that process.

Mistakes, errors or slips take part into learning a new language as English

Unit 28: Identify the Fuctions of Learners' language

How do we identify the functions of learners' language?

         Base on the interaction of the student in Class using L2, it is important to mention that exponents take part into class when students can interact appropriately with each other, to improve teaching in classes Teachers will use interactive activities in which teacher use useful expressions without explaining the grammar, so learners are going to use those in role plays, and real situations as for example when they are late they would say “May I come in” or when they do not know the meaning of a word they would say “What’s the meaning of…..?”, based on that student will be able to talk in English when the language is needed. To sum up, exponents should be implemented in a class to promote students interaction using English, and the teacher should use active activities in class, so grammar is not necessary in the learning process of students about chunks and utterances.