2008年10月28日 星期二

C.L.T

Today we learned a new term--"CLT." It means "communicative language teaching." It makes me start to think about a question-- If one day i become a teacher, which part should i focus on, GRAMMAR or FLUENCE? well, in fact both of the two parts are important, But Maybe i will focus much more on FLUENCE, because i still think"communicative ability" is essential. Like when i talk to our foreign teacher, actually they don't mind my english grammar or some wrong spelled words; theerefore, i prefer FLUENCE. However, in Taiwan's Entrace Exams, they still emphasis GRAMMAR. Hmm, so if i am a English teacher, i will seperate my course into two parts and focus on different subjects. Hmm, that way, may students won't exclude English from their lives.

2008年10月21日 星期二

10/21Reflection

Today Mr.Wei told us that after two weeks we have to do a special presentation--Readers Theater! I think it is interesting and it recalls me when i was an elementary school student, our teacher also asked us to performe a fairy tale; we could dress up the roles in stories we loved ; however, what difference is that this presentation(Readers Theater) can only use our voices to present a story, i think it will be a little more difficult and challenged! Anyway, i will try my best!

2008年10月14日 星期二

Four Elemnts of Teaching

This week Mr.Wei concludes four important elements of teaching--teachers/students/curricula/Instructional Environment.

I think "students" is the most important element of teaching, because suppose the teachers, teaching environment and curricula are perfect, but students don't want to learn or having a passive attitude toward learning, that the other three factors are hard to work out.

However, my friend, cloee thought that "teachers" is the most important factor of learning, she said that excluding the factor "student", teachers can handle the other three elements, therefore, she thinks teacher is a very important role of teaching.

Well, in fact, both of teachers and students are very important, ,after all, learning and teaching are related to each other.

Ways of Teaching

Last week Mr.Wei taught us that there are many ways to teach students; however, there's one way that impressd me very much--Interactive Approach. I like this method because students can seperate into several groups and discuss in the class, i think this can increase the chances of speaking. And the climate in class wouldn't be so dull, that way, students may become more active in learning.
In the other hand, i hate the Army Method the most, because this is too strict that just let learners want to escape the class room. Learning should not be so serious and nervous, but some cram school may use the method to teach; however, i still don't like it.