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.
GOOD JOB XAVIER
ResponderEliminarOMG!!!
ResponderEliminarTeens are very difficult Xavi.
I wouldn`t like to teach them, but if I were in a situation in which I have to do it I would look for interesting topics related to teens.
As you said before, teenagers are interested in things like sex, beauty, fashion, etc. In my point of view those topics are not bad at all. Actually they are topics that we could take advantage of when teaching teens because we as teachers should help them to understand those topics in a possitive way.
It`s true that teenagers are problematic, but when you learn to deal with them, they can be very effective learners. At this stage the teacher should be like a friend of the students.
Ohhh by the way... GOOD JOB XAVY
I agree that those toopics are not bad and i did not mean that in my post, but we have to take into account that some teachers are afraid of teaching those topics, and it is a big problem
ResponderEliminarHI class!!!!
ResponderEliminarkeep in mind to handle those topics in such a way that you give a good message towards the topic. You may talk about sex, of course, but how are you going to do it? What message would you like them to get at the end of the lesson? In this specific case, you will be not only teaching a language but also values.