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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
domingo, 15 de agosto de 2010
hello
Audio-lingual method: It is really interesting that students learn grammar rules when they are listening different conversations. I think this approach is really important because students have o repeat what they listen. In that way, students learn pronunciation, new vocabulary and they learn to develop their speaking ad listening skills. For some students, it will be boring to repeat and repeat what the teacher says, but it is the teacher’s job to engage them in those activities.
Whole Method: I think every body has noticed that there are some similarities in some methods and all methods have some advantages and some disadvantages. I think this method is very useful in order to help students to develop different skills such as comprehension, understanding new words through context, analysis, pronunciation, etc, but also students learn about general topic at the same time they are learning English. I really think it helps to develop writing and reading skills but it is important to include some listening and speaking activities in order to help them to be more integral in their learning.
TPR: I think this method is better for kids because they seem really interested when the teacher is dynamic. They enjoy making gestures and they understand body language. As a disadvantage of this approach, I can say that some students are not good at understanding body language and It will be really boring for them these kind of lasses. They could thing that it is really boring to learn a new language and they as young people will think that they are not able to learn it.
Whole Method: I think every body has noticed that there are some similarities in some methods and all methods have some advantages and some disadvantages. I think this method is very useful in order to help students to develop different skills such as comprehension, understanding new words through context, analysis, pronunciation, etc, but also students learn about general topic at the same time they are learning English. I really think it helps to develop writing and reading skills but it is important to include some listening and speaking activities in order to help them to be more integral in their learning.
TPR: I think this method is better for kids because they seem really interested when the teacher is dynamic. They enjoy making gestures and they understand body language. As a disadvantage of this approach, I can say that some students are not good at understanding body language and It will be really boring for them these kind of lasses. They could thing that it is really boring to learn a new language and they as young people will think that they are not able to learn it.
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I am going to talk about content based instruction, and I think it is really important to know that students need to be interested in what they are going to do or what they are going to read. In this way, it will be easier for them to learn a new language. There are lots of activities we can work with students in this approach. We can find reading, listening, writing and speaking activities that can help us to develop a class, but we have to take into account that the first purpose of this approach is to teach students about a specific content, and the second purpose is to teach them the new language. Students need to be engaged in all the activities because they are who want and need to learn.
Teacher’s roll is really hard because they have to provide all the material to students, and he also has to be the one who knows about the topic and the target language. Let´s imagine that students are interested in science fiction; we have to investigate about this topic even if we really hate it, and give students all the material needed.
The task-based instruction is really interesting because we have to look for different activities that can be assigned, and students have to be very active in the class. There are some students who don’t like to be doing the same activities in all the classes, so we have to change from activity to activity and make them to participate. There are also some students who don’t like to do activities maybe because they are shy. In this case, teachers have a hard job, because they have to help those kinds of students in order to engage them in all the activities.
Then we have the approach in which student’s voice is record and I think it is really useful, because students are correcting their mistakes themselves when they listen their voice through a record. I think that students can improve their language when they have the idea that they are being recorded. They try to pronounce in the correct way. Some other students can get nervous and it will be very difficult for them to do their best in their class or any other presentation.
Teacher’s roll is really hard because they have to provide all the material to students, and he also has to be the one who knows about the topic and the target language. Let´s imagine that students are interested in science fiction; we have to investigate about this topic even if we really hate it, and give students all the material needed.
The task-based instruction is really interesting because we have to look for different activities that can be assigned, and students have to be very active in the class. There are some students who don’t like to be doing the same activities in all the classes, so we have to change from activity to activity and make them to participate. There are also some students who don’t like to do activities maybe because they are shy. In this case, teachers have a hard job, because they have to help those kinds of students in order to engage them in all the activities.
Then we have the approach in which student’s voice is record and I think it is really useful, because students are correcting their mistakes themselves when they listen their voice through a record. I think that students can improve their language when they have the idea that they are being recorded. They try to pronounce in the correct way. Some other students can get nervous and it will be very difficult for them to do their best in their class or any other presentation.
viernes, 6 de agosto de 2010
hello
Hello everyone!
This time, I am going to talk about the two approaches our classmates explained last Wednesday.
I think that the situational language teaching is very essential when we want to learn just to speak a language because as Enrique said, this approach emphasizes in speaking skill and grammar structures is like the second purpose.
I really like this approach, because the material is first taught orally and finally it is presented in a written way. It helps students to improve their listening skill, and they are getting accustomed to listening what the teacher presents, and they have the opportunity to correct their mistakes when the teacher presents them the material in a written way.
I agree when it says that learning a new language is a habit formation. It is a fact that we are going to learn a new language only if we practice it day by day. In this approach, students have to apply the target language in every situation of their lives, and it is something that really helps, because they are practicing and practicing. It is the way they are going to learn the new language, and we as English learners can do it too.
The natural approach is kind of similar with the situational language teaching, because it focuses more on communicative skills. I think that it is really important to learn grammar structures and any other area included in language learning. It is important to have a balance in listening, writing and speaking because it happen with people who learn English in the United States that they can speak the language, but they are really bad in grammar structures.
Another important thing in this approach is that classes are begun with listening activities. I remember when I started learning English; the teacher never presented listening activities for us to start getting accustomed to listening native English speakers.
It is important to mention that students are not forced to speak at the very beginning of the course. It is better when they discover that it is important to speak the target language or the teacher looks for the moment to make them speak.
We have to take into account that students need to be interested in learning a new language in order to help them to practice it. It is very difficult to help somebody to practice the language when he is not interested in learning it.
This time, I am going to talk about the two approaches our classmates explained last Wednesday.
I think that the situational language teaching is very essential when we want to learn just to speak a language because as Enrique said, this approach emphasizes in speaking skill and grammar structures is like the second purpose.
I really like this approach, because the material is first taught orally and finally it is presented in a written way. It helps students to improve their listening skill, and they are getting accustomed to listening what the teacher presents, and they have the opportunity to correct their mistakes when the teacher presents them the material in a written way.
I agree when it says that learning a new language is a habit formation. It is a fact that we are going to learn a new language only if we practice it day by day. In this approach, students have to apply the target language in every situation of their lives, and it is something that really helps, because they are practicing and practicing. It is the way they are going to learn the new language, and we as English learners can do it too.
The natural approach is kind of similar with the situational language teaching, because it focuses more on communicative skills. I think that it is really important to learn grammar structures and any other area included in language learning. It is important to have a balance in listening, writing and speaking because it happen with people who learn English in the United States that they can speak the language, but they are really bad in grammar structures.
Another important thing in this approach is that classes are begun with listening activities. I remember when I started learning English; the teacher never presented listening activities for us to start getting accustomed to listening native English speakers.
It is important to mention that students are not forced to speak at the very beginning of the course. It is better when they discover that it is important to speak the target language or the teacher looks for the moment to make them speak.
We have to take into account that students need to be interested in learning a new language in order to help them to practice it. It is very difficult to help somebody to practice the language when he is not interested in learning it.
jueves, 29 de julio de 2010
Hello again!
Hello teacher! It is a pleasure to write again, and this time I want to talk about the importance of the three methods that my classmates explained. First of all, I want to say that I really like the direct method because in this method students interact more with the teacher, it is not allowed to speak their native language, and it is something really important because students feel that it is really important to learn English in order to participate in class. Another important thing is that some topics are developed. In this way, students learn some other things about foreign cultures, and they are able to give their own opinions.
This method has many advantages, and I think that teachers have to give the topic. Then, they have to explain the grammar structures included in the topic. It will help students to learn more about grammar structures. I thing we can apply this method with people of different ages.
Suggestopedia is a method that can work with children because they really like to learn through singing. In my case, I don’t like to sing and it is because I can’t. It is really important that errors are corrected gently, but I think that errors have to be corrected on this way it doesn’t matter what kind of method we are applying.
I really don’t like the silent method. The word “gives me an idea that classes are really boring” but I can it depends on the kind of teacher who is teaching. I will always stand my opinion that it is better to mix good things of different methods and it will help us to become good teachers.
This method has many advantages, and I think that teachers have to give the topic. Then, they have to explain the grammar structures included in the topic. It will help students to learn more about grammar structures. I thing we can apply this method with people of different ages.
Suggestopedia is a method that can work with children because they really like to learn through singing. In my case, I don’t like to sing and it is because I can’t. It is really important that errors are corrected gently, but I think that errors have to be corrected on this way it doesn’t matter what kind of method we are applying.
I really don’t like the silent method. The word “gives me an idea that classes are really boring” but I can it depends on the kind of teacher who is teaching. I will always stand my opinion that it is better to mix good things of different methods and it will help us to become good teachers.
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