Teaching Vocabulary: This week I had the opportunity to reflect about the importance of vocabulary to built a language and some interesting activities that will help me during my classes at home. One of the aspects that called my attention was the fact that there are many things I can do in the classroom without using any kind of technology. It is very useful because the elementary school where I work does not have electricity. It makes me think that I probably need not only the desire to improve my teaching strategies but also more creativity. In addition to that, I reviewed concepts related to the different intelligences and how they affect the learning process. During my lessons' plannings, I need to remember that students have their own particular way to learn. If I take in consideration those intelligences, it means that I am going to use visuals, videos, music, examples, mimics,etc. to cover the students' needs. It is not an easy task especially when there are 35 or 40 students in the same group.
Class Management: It is probably one of the most difficult aspects in the teaching/ learning process. Most teachers are well prepared and know all they need to know in order to share knowledge with their students. However; it is very difficult to acquire any knowledge in an environment without order or stillness. Teachers are not only concerned about what to teach or how to teach but also the importance of teaching their students responsibility and the respect to their classmates' points of view. According to my experience, it is not an easy task to make a balance in the classroom. During this session, I had the opportunity to learn some strategies that help teacher to have transition from one activity to another. In addition to that; we practice some ideas to deal with peace and timing which are very important elements to answer a task without too many delays. I used to use attention grabbers without knowing that it was its name and the facilitator gave us many other ideas ...
Creativity is really key. Of course, having opportunities (such as this) to see what other people do also helps unlock our own creativity.
ResponderEliminarYou wrote about using visuals, music, etc. DO you think you need o do that with every vocabulary lesson? What do you think it looks like to use more visuals and such in class?