Teaching Pronunciation: I think that one of the most difficult skills to acquire is speaking because spanish speakers have a lot of problems with those English sounds that does not exist in Spanish. It is really real specially with the vowels sounds and phonemes. I have been worried about the fact that I am supposed to be the role model in the classroom and my pronunciation there should be as authentic as possible. If I miss pronoun a word in English my students will copy my error and I am not going to be able to correct them. It is necessary to be aware of this situation and try to keep studying all the time. I live in a country where the official language is Spanish and it is difficult to have the same environment as in the USA. I like phonetics and after this experience in the USA I am more motivated to improve my pronunciation. During this class we learned some useful activities to make the pronunciation class more interesting for our students with the use of games and songs.
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 ...
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