hi......I'm going to show you some excersises of the different worksheets we used to develop our plan.....
Worksheet A
1. CARNIVAL What does this word mean to you? What country does it make you think of? What happens in carnival? Do you have carnival in your country? What public celebrations do you have?
Worksheet B
Reading / Listening 1. Are the following statements true or false? a. In Europe, there is a bigger festival than Notting Hill Carnival b. The weather was very good at Carnival 2002 c. The carnival parade went a different way this year d. Many activities continued till midnight e. Over a million people wore special costumes f. For some people, it was difficult to see the parade g. Some police danced and partied h. There were many kinds of music i. More than half the arrests were for theft j. The carnival represents only one group or community in London
lunes, 28 de junio de 2010
TOPIC FOR OUR INVESTIGATION
Negative consequences for drugs use in eleventh graders of Colegio Técnico Profesional Padre Roberto Evans Saunders in Siquirres.
SURVEY ABOUT TEACHER ATTITUDE AND INNOVATIONS
Answers
*According to the question 1 “How many year have you been teaching English” five teachers answered they have taught from 6, 15, 22, 30, and 33 years.
*According to the question 2 “Which levels are you teaching” the teacher answered they are teaching from seventh to ninth, seventh to eleventh, seventh to eleventh, seventh to eighth and eighth graders.
*According to the question 3 “What is innovation for you” the teacher answered that innovation is…
To use different methods, techniques or tools in the classroom for students better understanding.
It is something new, creative.
To apply new techniques and strategies in the classroom.
To do something new and creative for the students in order to motivate them to learn English.
It is new things I don’t know and can be learn either technological or written.
*According to the question 4 “Do you consider yourself as an innovator teacher” the teacher answered…
No. I have to move to different places, so for me is so difficult to carry out extra material. I use books and flashcards but those are not innovative material at all.
Yes. I try to use my computers, presentations, new learning activities
Yes. Because I try to make ma classes in different ways, using different materials, games, stories etc, in order to catch students’ attention
Yes. Because I try to do interesting my class.
No. I’m not that proficient with modern technological tools.
*According to the question 5 “What tasks would be put in practice to achieve an innovative class” the teacher answered…
Videos, recordings, listen to natives exchanging points of view about different topics.
New activities related with dialogues, songs…
Songs, movies, videos etc.
Brainstorming to get information from my students, interactive practice in which students can improve their language.
Watching videos and they can guess what’s coming up, scaffolding and I like trying role plays.
*According to the question 6 “What are the main techniques you use to teach English” the teacher answered…
Reading comprehension, repetition, recognition of pictures or drawings, games, role plays…
Repetition of vocabulary, readings, dialogues
Pictures, realia and tapes.
*According to the question 7 “What kind of technologies do you use” the teacher answered…
None.
Computer
Tape recorder, computers,
DVDs, tv, computer, video beam
CD Player and Laptop
*According to the question 8 “Do you consider that teacher’s attitudes affect the environment in the classroom” the teacher answered…
Yes. If students have a good relationship with the teacher it is very easy to develop the teaching- learning process, but if the students are uncomfortable with the teacher they are not going to participate and they will not pay attention what the teacher is trying to teach.
Yes. Because if I arrive to classes with a negative attitude or angry, they are going to realize about that, and the environment is going to be affected.
Yes. Teachers need to be serious and strict with their teaching and friendly to increase students’ interests.
Yes. Because a wrong teacher attitude can interfere in the students attitudes too.
*According to the question 9 “What kinds of teacher’s attitudes affect the environment in the classroom” the teacher answered…
Disrespectful, disinterest, arrogance…
Superiority, to be an insolent person or using bad manners
When teachers are angry or they don’t want to answer student need.
Bad temper, lack of communication with her/his students.
When teachers are lazy and they are not creative.
*According to the question 10 “Do you consider that student’s problems and feelings affect the environment in the classroom” the teacher answered…
Yes. Students use to behave as they feel. If they are happy, they are going to participate; but if they are sad they are not going to do it.
Yes. Students act and participate in the way they are feeling.
Yes. Because if they have problems in their houses they are going to transmit them in the class disturbing the classmates.
Yes. Because if they have problems, those problems affect student behaviors in the acquisition of knowledge.
*According to the question 11 “Are you conscious of your student’s problems and feelings” the teacher answered…
Most of the time (I think)
Mmm, sometimes
No
Yes
*According to the question 12 “Do you consider that student’s motivation affects the environment in the class”
Yes. If they are motivated in learning a new language they will participate and be interested in putting attention during class time.
Yes. Because if they really like the language, they are going to learn it, but if they do not show motivation for it, it is most difficult for they to learn it
Yes. Because if they are not motivated they won’t feel attraction to the second language
Yes. Because if they are not motivated, they don’t learn.
This survey helped us to know what teachers think about different attitudes and innovations used in the classroom, we are going to get the positives things from these answers and applied them in our daily work…………
Many years ago was totally normal to go to English classes and listening the teachers talking and talking, the students completing books or translating them, nevertheless, that period has past, and now teachers have found new ideas or practices to teach the language.
These new ideas or resources are carrying out around the world in many fields not only in education. It is for this cause that we cannot simply ignore these changes.
I know that in the beginning all these changes are very difficult for different reasons or limitations in our schools or high schools, but we must think positively and trying to change the way of teaching.
If we took into account many methods, activities, ideas and others from the past, we can take into account new ones that help us in our daily routine, without putting in risk our work.
I agree that every innovation or change is complex, but we must think about the positive results in our classes and students, we must be in constant change to avoid the boredom, and we should not forget that our main goal is to promote communication in the target language, no matter the way in which we could get it.
Nowadays, innovation is very important; it does not depend of any field or profession, we as teachers and people of the XXI century cannot deny to these changes.
It is completely normal to be a little bit scared when we face new things, but it is our obligation to put in practice new technologies, concepts, ideas, and others to improve the way in which we are teaching the language.
We are the main source that students have to learn the language, if we change our old methods, students could achieve our main goal that is a communicative environment in our classrooms... so we need to make a change NOW...
The woman who had changed many lives around the years
Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy never suspected that she would be the inspiration of many women and educators around the world. When she began teaching she had to face a big challege, although she was a special educator, she worked with a girl highly undisciplined and blind.
I consider that every teacher has a little bit of special educator in his or her live, every single day we fight with different student’s problems; these could be emotional, intellectual, or learning problems among others. We as professional must face them, we can not ignore them because they are part of our work and moral, also, because most of our students trust on us, and we can not fail them.
Besides, it is very common to hear in our schools to different teachers that believe that the best way to discipline students is to send many reports or giving them slow scores, but is does not work, sometimes, students have different problems in their homes or lives and the only way to forget them is to be undisciplined. We must pay attention to these acctitudes and be able to help them in order to get a nice environment in our classrooms (as a mutual agreement).
When we are in our classrooms we share our time and work with different students who do not have any physical disability, and sometimes with that reality our work becomes in a battlefield. Honesty I admire the patient that special educators have, they teach to their students not only the subjects they must to, but also, they prepare them to continue living and facing this changing world.
For me is really amazing to know that a woman shared many years of her life helping a student, she had the capability to attended classes with her in other institutes, she fought constantly for her rights, and also, she created different foundations to benefit blind people. Is this the class of woman we must follow? The answer is YES…instead of being complaining for the extra work that sometimes we have, we must pay attention to the benefits we are offered to our students and be proud for that.
lunes, 24 de mayo de 2010
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