lunes, 13 de septiembre de 2010

Teaching English across age levels

I THINK TEACHING CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS IS SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSABLE OF THEIR FUTURE. AS WE WERE TALKING IN CLASS, TEACHING CHILDREN IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THE TEACHER NEEDS TO BE DYNAMIC IN HIS OR HER ACTIVITIES, AND YOU NEED TO BE LIKE A FATHER WHO IS SUPPORTING CHILDREN ATTITUDE, AND TRYING TO GUIDE THEM WHEN THEY MISBEHAVE.
TEACHING ADULTS IS SOMETHING REALLY WONDERFUL WHEN THE TEACHER KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE COURSE HE IS TEACHING. AS ADUTS ARE WELL EDUCATED, CLASSES ARE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN CLASS. IT IS A FACT THAT SOMETIMES TEACHERS DO NOT TEACH BECAUSE ADULT STUDENTS SHARE THEIR KNOWLAGDE TO EACH OTHER AND THE TEACHER IS JUST A GUIDE.
I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT TEACHING TEENS.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN TEACHING TEENS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC. THEY ARE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT STAGE OF THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SOME SPECIFIC TOPICS LIKE SEX, BEAUTY, FASHION, ETC. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE PROBLEMATIC, THEY ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, AND THEY OWN A WONDERFUL POSSITIVE ENERGY THAT THEY UTILIZE DOING BAD THINGS. TEACHERS HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN ORDER TO HELP THEM TO USE THIS POSSITIVE ENERGY DOING GOOD THINGS. THEY CAN ASSIGN STUDENTS DIFFERENT KIND OF ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO BE G BAD THINGS IN THE CLASS.
ACTIVITIES:
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF ACTIVITIES WE CAN DEVELOP WITH TEENS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFULL TO DEVELOP THOSE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY GET BORED EASILY. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP: LISTENING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PLAYING AN AUDIO, LISTENING TO MUSIC, ETC.
WRITTING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FILLING IN THE BLANK, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, WRITTING POEMS, ETC.
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DEBATES, ROLE PLAYS, ASKING QUESTIONS, ETC.
TEACHERS NEED TO BE AS FRIENDS WITH THEIR STUDENTS SO THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM AND CONTROL THE CLASS.
I WOULD LIKE TO TEACH TEENS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED ON LEARNING NEW THINGS AND LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE IS SOMETHING THEY REALLY LOVE. SOME STUDENTS SEEM NOT TO BE INTERESTED ON LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE, BUT WE HAVE TO ENGAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES.

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  1. Pardon me, I want to ask you about your opinion or your experiences about teaching teens that related to the 5 categories bellow: Thanks before…
    1. Intellectual Development
    2. Attention Span
    3. Sensory Input
    4. Affective factors
    5. Authentic, Meaningful Learning

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