Homework about TALKING ABOUT LESSONS

 




1. WRITTEN: A DESCRIPTION OF A LESSON

The three articles below all describe “Lessons that have worked”, and were written by Portuguese teachers of English for a magazine series. Read the articles and discuss them with your partners. Would you like to teach these lessons? Why / Why not?

I would like to teach George Hayes's lesson because I consider that most people learn better visually, and listening to music related to the subject helps a lot to motivate learners.

I would also like to teach using the pedagogical strategy of Fátima Beatriz Lopes since through a collaborative game, all the learners better assimilate the knowledge that we want to transmit to them. And I thought the game used by Fatima to teach how to describe people, especially children, who are much more sociable and most like to play, seemed very interesting.

I would definitely use Maria de Fátima Aráujo's strategy because it can turn a difficult subject to learn into a role play that helps them develop their communication and social skills and at the same time internalize the knowledge of the subject.

Write about the lesson of yours that has "worked" and display your description .

According to my experience in teaching languages, in a lesson I asked my students to record themselves in pairs, doing predetermined dialogues that were in the workbook and that I already had their original audios. Then, together we compared the audios made by the students with the originals, so that the students themselves could identify their pronunciation errors and record themselves again until it came out better. In this way we would be developing the speaking and listening skills of our students and best of all, they would be learning it for themselves and we would only be guides.




2. REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING
Look at the list below or some other activities you know. Do you think which ones you preferred and why. Do you think your students would feel the same as you?

  • Gap-filling to check comprenhension of a reading passage.
  • Discussing a topic in order to use target language.
  • Identifying a student's mistakes.
  • Listening for specific information.
  • Writing about something you have done and displaying it for others to read.

I prefer the identification of students' mistakes because that way we can correct which they made and to clarify any doubts they may have regarding the subject, it also helps us to realize if it makes it difficult for them to learn something, for example: grammar, vocabulary or listening. In my point of view I am sure that yes, because students will not always be able to understand or grasp a topic quickly, that is where the teacher must fulfill his function and guide the student in the best way and be able to correct his mistakes and help them clarify any doubts they may have, we also take advantage of this opportunity to interact a little more with the student and try to improve little by little what makes it difficult for them to learn.



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